WHCT Daily Mass Closing Credits

This video is the end of the Daily Roman Catholic Mass broadcast for the Archdiocese Of Hartford on Channel 18 sometime in the Spring of 1987. Excellent rendition of "America The Beautiful". Yours truly was helming Camera 2, the zoom down from the altar & cross.

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[kylebook]

I believe that would be Fr. John Gatzak, who was the

2nd "host" priest after Fr. O'Brien on "Celebration Of The Eucharist".

[tuzlaruja]

Thank you for posting this! I rememeber this show well; the same folks came to our church, St Anthony's in Bristol, where I was in the children's choir for a different mass. This show revoluionized Mass for shut-ins like my grandparents. The fact that it was weekly and not 'canned' made a difference. Plus, with local priests, they felt very much a part of the community. Again, thanks for sharing!

[kylebook]

Glad you enjoyed it. We had a lot of fun working on this show. After 18 left the air, I recall Channel 20 WTXX carried the Mass for a number of years. I am no longer in the Hartford area ( I live near New York City now), so I am wondering, are any of the Hartford area stations carrying a daily Mass today?

Thanks,

Kyle

[samiam98s]

this was old

[belltownboy2012]

Yes, the Hartford archdiocese still carries the Mass. I watch it often.

[sanctiofficii]

Seems like it was a nice liturgy. Thanks.

[tinst01]

Kyle - I am starting up a daily "Liturgy of the Word" built for YouTube over the next couple of weeks. I'll have the Catholic tag and Mass tags set. Steve

[tuzlaruja]

I am not sure; I left the region and after my military duty I moved to the DC area. I know that EWTN has the corner on the market as far as cable, but I don't know what's local to Hartford anymore. And you're right -- the TV channel that came to our church *was* WTXX! But wasn't it the same priest who did a lot of outreach on any television program -- youngish, Italian, feathered hair?