On the Dial Christmas 2010-11

Cover Story:

GOOD HELP isn’t hard to find!

The Amazing Story of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help “I am the Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same.”

New Media:

ONE IN A BILLION Seth DeMoor of OneBillionStories.com visits Relevant Radio

Christmas In Our Town RETURNS! Sixth Annual Showcase of Local Choirs Singing Your Christmas Favorites SPECIAL CHRISTMAS PROGRAMS SCHEDULE • LIVE Christmas Midnight Mass from the Vatican • LIVE Latin Christmas Midnight Mass from the Oratory of St. Joseph • LIVE Christmas Day Mass with Bishop David Ricken from St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay

Plus More!

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N THE DIAL CONTENTS

Christmas Special 2010 -11

Relevant Radio Bulletin Board / Contents 02 Mission Message from Fr. Rocky 03 Cover Story: Our Lady of Good Help 04 The Gift of Hope 05 Christmas in Our Town / Christmas Programming Schedule 06 Face Time: We love to see you smile!

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Relevant Radio Bulletin Board Celebrate Christmas with Pope Benedict XVI!

Tune in to Relevant Radio 3pm Central Time on Christmas Eve for Midnight Mass LIVE from the Vatican.

Holy Land Pilgrimage with Chuck Neff and Fr. Dan Farley.

Register by December 30 for this amazing pilgrimage to the Holy Land April 25- May 7, 2011. Click HERE for more information.

Where’s Father Rocky Next? Father will be a featured speaker at FOCUS Conferences in St. Paul, MN; Baltimore, MD; and Nashville, TN in January. Click HERE for more information on these and other upcoming events.

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MISSION MESSAGE Dear Relevant Radio Family,

“…teach them what they should know for salvation.” ~ Our Lady to Adele Brise, 1859 What an exciting time to be a Catholic! It’s Advent, we are all looking forward to Christmas and Christ’s coming, and there are so many good things happening in the Church these days. We have much to be thankful for!

On December 8, 2010, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the Bishop of Green Bay, the Most Reverend David L. Ricken, made an historic announcement with the Church’s findings on the apparitions at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion, Wisconsin. The Church has given official approval for these apparitions in which Our Lady appeared to a young lady, Adele Brise, asking her to teach the children their catechism. This site is the first officially approved Marian apparition site in the United States! (You can read more about these apparitions in the cover story of this issue of On The Dial.)

Because of you, our listeners and supporters, we were able to bring you live coverage of this historic event! Because of you, we are able to help promote this important Shrine and others like it. Because of you, we are able to fulfill Our Lady’s message for her children and “teach them what they should know for salvation.” These are exciting times, indeed, and you are helping us share that excitement with the world!

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support of our mission. By supporting Relevant Radio, you are actually assisting Our Lady and satisfying her desire to have all her children catechized, especially since radio is the most cost effective and efficient method to catechize as many souls as possible. So thank you for helping us spread the Faith through the airwaves!

From all of us at Relevant Radio, may you have a very Blessed Christmas!

With prayers and best wishes,

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Rev. Francis J. Hoffman, JCD Executive Director

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Good Help Isn’t Hard to Find

Cover Story

If you are not from around Northeastern Wisconsin, chances are you have never heard of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in Champion (New Franken), Wisconsin or the Marian apparitions that occurred there in 1859.

On December 8, 2010, this little-known place gained national attention as The Most Rev. David L. Ricken, Bishop of the Green Bay, formally declared the modest Shrine to be a diocesan shrine and approved the Marian apparitions of Adele Brise. It is the first and only Marian apparition to be approved in the United States and the eleventh approval in the world since 1900. The announcement was made during a special Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception at the Shrine. Relevant Radio broadcast this historic Mass live and the Bishop’s press conference that was held afterward.

ON HOLY GROUND: Chapel of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help

Learn more!

You can learn more about Our Lady of Good Help and the story of Sr. Adele Brise by going to www.relevantradio.com and entering keyword: Help.

Relevant Radio produced a short video about the Shrine that features our very own Drew Mariani and Father Rocky. There is also a video of Bishop Ricken’s official decree and our complete audio coverage of the event. Click HERE to go the page directly.

ON-AIR: Drew Mariani interviews the Most Rev. David L. Ricken at the Shrine

The Shrine is particularly known for miraculously surviving the Pestigo fire of 1871. As the raging fire encompassed the surrounding area, the entire five acres of land consecrated to the Blessed Virgin remained unharmed after Sr. Adele Brise organized a prayer vigil that circled the area.

In addition, the history of the Shrine is filled with accounts of prayers that have been answered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. Many physical healings and conversions have taken place as a result of pilgrimages to the Shrine.

With the Bishop’s approval, the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, known mostly by locals, has been elevated to the same level of Marian apparitions at Guadalupe, Mexico; Fatima, Portugal; and Lourdes, France.

ANSWERED PRAYERS: Crutches left at the shrine from miraculous healings

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The Gift of Hope Your prayers and the prayers of others have changed my life.

I was depressed and drinking. Through God’s grace and your prayers, I’m doing much better. Relevant Radio is a blessing from God! Give a year-end gift to Relevant Radio to help listeners create a place in their hearts and minds to receive God’s gift of salvation and deepen their on-going conversion of life.

There’s no better return on an investment than a changed-life! To make your year-end Christmas gift, click here or send your gift to: Relevant Radio

National Headquarters P.O. Box 10707 Green Bay, WI 54307-0707

Checks, money orders or bank drafts can be made payable to Relevant Radio. To make a contribution by phone call 1-877-291-0123. Click HERE to donate online.

Good news! The charitable IRA rollover extension has been signed into law and will be in effect for 2010 and 2011. Donors aged 70½ or older are once again eligible to move up to $100,000 from their IRAs directly to qualified charities without having to pay income taxes on the money. For more information, please contact Joe Draves, Development Director, at 1-877-291-0123 or jdraves@relevantradio.com.

You will also want to speak with your professional financial advisor before making any rollover distributions.

Give a year-end gift to Relevant Radio by December 31, 2010 for a tax deduction in 2010. We are a non-profit 501(c) (3) organization.

Our federal tax id number is 39-2003067.

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Christmas In Our Town The sixth annual “Christmas In Our Town” program will be featured on local Relevant Radio stations December 24th and 25th. “Christmas In Our Town” is a broadcast of pre-recorded Christmas programs from local Catholic elementary and secondary schools, church choirs, and community choirs. This delightful holiday music is made possible because of valued sponsors in each market.

We hope you will tune in on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and patronize the sponsors of this special programming in 2011! For more information on the holiday programming in your area, please visit www.relevantradio.com and click on your local station.

Relevant Radio Network Schedule for Special Christmas Programming 12:00am 12:30am 1:00am 1:30am 2:00am 2:30am 3:00am 3:30am 4:00am 4:30am 5:00am 5:30am 6:00am 6:30am 7:00am 7:30am 8:00am 8:30am 9:00am 9:30am 10:00am 10:30am 11:00am 11:30am 12:00pm 12:30pm 1:00pm 1:30pm 2:00pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm 9:00pm 9:30pm 10:00pm 10:30pm 11:00pm 11:30pm

Thursday, December 23

Friday, December 24 Christmas in Song - Hr 3

Regular Thursday Programming

Saturday, December 25 Latin Midnight Mass LIVE from Oratory of St Joseph

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Christmas in Song - Hr 3

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Urbi Et Orbi LIVE (via EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 2

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Adeste Fideles (EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 2

Christmas in Song - Hr 3

Adeste Fideles (EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Holy Mass LIVE from St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 2

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Adeste Fideles (EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 2

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Christmas in Song - Hr 3 Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Midnight Mass LIVE from the Vatican (via EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 2 Adeste Fideles (EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Christmas in Song - Hr 3

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 5

Family Rosary Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Family Rosary Christmas in Song - Hr 3

Christmas in Song - Shrine OLOG

Christmas in Song - Hr 1

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Christmas in Song - Hr 6

Christmas in Song - Hr 2 Adeste Fideles (EWTN)

Christmas in Song - Hr 1 Prelude to LIVE Midnight Mass Latin Midnight Mass LIVE from Oratory of St Joseph

Christmas in Song - Hr 3 Christmas in Song - Hr 4

Programming Schedule subject to change.

ONE IN A BILLION

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Hearing people’s stories of conversion, reversion and grace helped 24-year-old Colorado native Seth DeMore discover the beauty of his Catholic faith for the first time. He felt called to share. “They were too good for just me to hear. I knew I needed to somehow capture them and put them where others could hear them, too.” And so Seth has made pilgrimages across the country, sometimes via bicycle, collecting these stories and sharing them on his website, www.onebillionstories.com. The website is so named because there is a story for each of the one billion Catholics currently living on Planet Earth. Seth recently visited the Relevant Radio headquarters in Green Bay, Wisconsin while he was in town for a speaking engagement. Click HERE to listen to his interview on The Drew Mariani ShowTM with guest host Chuck Neff.

ON LOCATION: Seth interviews one of the Relevant Radio founders John Cavil

IN THE STUDIO: Seth tells the story of OneBillionStories.com on The Drew Mariani Show

Can I get fries with that?

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY ON-AIR:

During our Fall Pledge Drive, Drew mentioned that he’d dress up in a hot dog suit to sell hot dogs for Relevant Radio if it would help raise money. One of the associates just so happened to have such a suit for Drew.

GUESS WHO? Fr. Benjamin Sember, priest of the Diocese of Green Bay, rolled in to Relevant Radio on a friend’s Harley to celebrate Mass at the Chapel of the Nativity.

Seeing the picture on Drew’s facebook page, a Chicago listener pointed out that a proper hot dog would not have ketchup on it!