St. George Ukrainian Church

During his pastoral visits to the shut-ins, Very Rev. Msgr. Mitrat Michael Poloway, pastor of St. John Ukrainian Catholic Church on the Southside of Pittsburgh, was always overwhelmed by the response from his parishioners who could not attend Divine Services at the parish church due to their illness. There where always many faithful parishioners who were residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities. In order to respond to their spiritual needs Msgr. Michael Poloway founded the Radio Program “Christ Among Us”, which would be a Sunday radio broadcast for the elderly, homebound and shut-inns of the tri-state area. The response was overwhelming. Now the shut-inns were able to tune in to listen to the Divine Word of Our Lord Jesus Christ and to sing our beautiful liturgical hymns. A great help in organizing this program was Mr. Michael Komichak, Director of the Ukrainian Radio Program, who with his professional experience was able to assist Msgr. Michael Poloway in getting the program on air.

On Sunday, October 7, 1973, “Christ Among Us” began its mission to the faithful on WPIT AM 730. For 31 years until his retirement in the year 2004 Msgr. Michael Poloway faithfully hosted this program which brought so much joy into the lives of God’s people. The faithful of various ecclesiastical jurisdictions in the tri-state area continue to tune in each Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on radio station WPIT, AM 730, to listen to this program. The program is presented in Ukrainian and English and features liturgical hymns, Gospel reading, homilies and announcements of church events. Today the program is brought to our listeners by the Central Deanery of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat and the moderator is Fr. Valerian M. Michlik, pastor of St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church in Pittsburgh.

RADIO PROGRAM "CHRIST AMONG US"