The Rosary Hour is a half-hour broadcast addressing topics dealing with religion and culture. The program is carried weekly through a network of radio stations in the United States and Canada. The L'Observatore Romano called it the greatest Polish Pulpit.
The program's format consists of a
catechetical address, questions and answers as well as comments
and announcements regarding the Church, Polonia and the Rosary
Hour. There is a variety of traditional Church hymns and
contemporary religious songs, which illustrate the theme of each
program. The entire apostolate is financed exclusively by the
freewill offerings of its listeners.
The Rosary Hour today has widened its activity to a younger generation of Polonia. The actual recording of the programs, the talks and other materials and information of the activities of this apostolate are accessible through theinternet. By means of cassettes and the internet, the Rosary Hour brings the Gospel message to those whom the radio network does not reach, particularly those hungering for the word of God in Polish.
The Rosary Hour staff fulfills the
dream of its founder, Fr. Justin Figas, who proposed the task to
"create one big family, to rejoice with those who rejoice,
weep with those who weep and have the same regard for one
another. In keeping with the desires of th Holy Father the Rosary
Hour summons its listeners to a new evangelization in the third
millennium. The Franciscan Friars also operate the central site
of the Knights of the Immaculata for Polonia, which mission is:
To lead every individual with Mary to the Most Sacred Heart of
Jesus." The MI builds a civilization of love through the new
evangelization with Mary in order to realize the universal reign
of God in the modern world.
The Fr. Justin Rosary Hour continues its mission begun over 80 years ago by its founder, the well known Franciscan, Fr. Justin Figas, to use prayer and multimedia to instruct and inspire its listeners and participants with authentic Catholic Church teaching and to inform them on current happenings in the Church and Polonia.
Autobiography of WW II Prisoner, Soldier, Priest and Foster Parent
by Lucian Z. Krolikowski and Dr. Gosia Brykczynska
Father Lucjan, of Chicopee, MA was encouraged to write his autobiography by 150 WWII orphans whom he adopted as their foster parent and guardian after the war.
Father Lucjan was arrested at the outbreak of WWII and deported to Siberia with one and a half million other Poles (officers, statesmen, intellectuals, policemen, clergy
and civilians) by the Stalin regime. Eventually freed because of an agreement between the Polish Government in Exile (in London England) and Stalin. Lucjan became
a soldier in the Free Polish Army established to fight the Nazis.
