I recently returned from a trip to Australia. My family and I visited Sydney and Melbourne. We had the opportunity to visit several churches and cathedrals. Even though we were on the other side of the earth, I experienced feeling at home when we visited these sacred places. I realized it wasn't because of where I was, but because of Who was there. I was reminded that our church IS what it says it is, One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic. Even though we were far away from our parish church, I felt like I belonged there. The places we visited were both small and humble as well as large and magnificent. Wherever we went it, it was good to know that we were never to far from a church. It helped me appreciate our Catholic Faith in a new way. Our Faith is truly a gift! I was even able to listen to Holy Family Radio in Australia using our free Mobile App (available in your app store)! I encourage you take a minute and reflect on how great it is to be a part of the Church Jesus established!

We have two important fundraising opportunities coming up in May. The details about our Pledge Drive and Auction are listed later in this Newsletter. Please help get the word out about them. They are very important to our continuing success.

Joe Nebistinsky

Station Manager

Jnebistinsky@720WHYF.com

St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, Australia

WHYF AM 720 Broadcast Tower Upgrade

Holy Family Radio is very happy to update our loyal listeners about our project to move to a permanent vertical broadcast tower in the Harrisburg area. For many years AM 720 has been broadcasting from a temporary horizontal long-wire antenna that hampered our signal. This was necessary as a previous owner of the station lost the lease to the original AM 720 tower.

With the approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), we hope to soon be relocating our transmission equipment to a new site with a permanent vertical tower and completing the necessary work in the near future. Along with the relocation of equipment we also need to add a new electrical service and additional complex, customized, special filters to make the project a reality.

What this means for you, the listener, is an improved stronger signal that will enhance your listening experience and allow us to share the faith with even more people over a wider listening area.

This project is difficult, challenging and expensive, costing over $70,000. It is the biggest project that we have ever undertaken. Our dedicated volunteers and staff have worked very hard on this alongside consulting engineers and equipment manufacturers for several years. You, our faithful supporters, have also helped by your contributions over the years to our “Tower Fund”.

While we are very close to realizing the dream of a permanent tower location, we are not there yet. As always, we are trusting in God for the resources needed to complete this project. We also turn to you our faithful partners in this mission to spread the Good News.

We continue to need your financial support to pay the many additional expenses that this project has brought to your local Catholic radio station, AM 720. Your continued generous donations are urgently needed to complete this necessary and vital work. At this critical time Holy Family Radio needs you to support it so that together we can continue to spread the message of our newly risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Please call 717-525-8110 or visit 720whyf.com to make your donation now. Our Spring Pledge Drive, May 5-8 is the perfect time for you to help us fully fund this vital project.



Thank you and may God Bless You!

PLAY BALL!

We are going to try a little different fundraiser this summer.

We will have:

Holy Family Radio Night at the Ballpark with the

Harrisburg Senators Baseball Team



It will be Saturday, August 9th. Gates open at 5:00 pm

and first pitch is at 6:00 pm.



MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Use the Link Below

Holy Family Radio

will be holding our

Online Auction this Spring.

DATES: May 16,17,18

This event will be online only.

All of the proceeds will support WHYF.

It is easy and fun to do.

The success of this event is based the number of listeners that we can get to become bidders.

Please help us get the word out about this

important fundraising event!

Spiritual Advisor's Corner

Father Timothy Sahd

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Christ!

I was about a mile away from home a few weeks ago in my car, when I got stopped in a bit of a traffic jam on a side street. All of the sudden, I heard a loud screeching sound from behind. I turned and saw a car racing up the shoulder of the road past me and the other cars lined up. It hit the curb, hit an electrical box (wiping out the electricity for the entire block), flipped over three times, and landed next to a telephone pole, upside down.

I was shocked. I got out of my car to help, but also called 9-1-1. The operator asked where I was located. I went blank. I was in shock. All of the sudden, a young man jumped out of the trunk. The driver was ok, and no one else was in the car! Thank God! How did he get out of this without a scratch?! I still don't believe it.

Life is such a tenuous thing. One minute, we're driving aimlessly, listening to music or thinking about nothing. The next, we could be tragically hurt in a car crash. Life is so fragile. Thankfully in our situation, the driver was unharmed. But not everyone is so lucky.

We live this life in preparation of the next life. Nothing is guaranteed in this world, but Jesus does guarantee that if we follow Him, we will live with Him forever in heaven. We live this life in expectation of the world to come! How often do I worry about the little things here, but completely ignore the great things of the world to come? I so often lose perspective.

This Easter, let's take the time to focus on what is in front of us: Eternal Life in Heaven. That way, we'll prepare for that moment when, as the Eucharistic Prayer at Mass says, "we stand before you (God), saints among the saints in the Halls of Heaven." If we do not live the Sacramental life, that moment will come and we will be standing somewhere else. God bless you!

Fr. Sahd

Holy Family Radio depends on our volunteers. If you feel called to help us, please pray about it and be open to God's will. We can particularly use someone who is willing to learn some of our technical operations. This person should know how to work computers. We can train you on our procedures. Call us at 717-525-8110 or email us at contact@720WHYF.com.

Now you can listen to our local programs on YouTube. Use the Link below!

Scripture of the Month

In Honor of Mothers' Day:

Luke 2:

15. When the angels went away from them to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go, then, to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.”

16. So they went in haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the infant lying in the manger.

17. When they saw this, they made known the message that had been told them about this child.

18. All who heard it were amazed by what had been told them by the shepherds.

19. And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart.

Update from Russ Fry

I wish all the moms a Happy Mothers' Day. Let us not forget our Blessed Mother, the Virgin Mary, as May is traditionally the month for honoring Her. This month is also going to be busy for us here at the station. May 5th through 8th will be our Spring Pledge Drive. This year the Pledge Drive is very important due to not having our Annual Dinner. Please call and pledge whatever amount that you can afford.

We are also having an online auction from the 16th to the 18th. The website link will be sent in a separate email to everyone. Please check it out and be generous with your bids. Look for tickets to "Noah" at the Sight and Sound Theater. We also have a gift certificate for the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad. There are Senators baseball tickets, gift cards and lots of other great items to bid on. Join in on the fun while supporting Holy Family Radio! God Bless!



Russ Fry, Community Relations Coordinator

Rfry@720WHYF.com

May:The Blessed Virgin Mary

Major Feast: Feast of the Visitation (May 31)

Her “yes” at the Annunciation illustrates the Blessed Virgin Mary’s perfect humility, obedience, and openness to the Holy Spirit that we are called to imitate in our own lives. In becoming the Mother of God, she also became the Mother of the whole Church.

So, in the words of St. Francis de Sales: “Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.”



How to celebrate: Have a May Crowning; adorn a statue of the Blessed Mother with a crown of flowers or place a vase of flowers near her image.