The Father Justin Rosary Hour is the oldest Catholic radio program in the Polish Language in the world. It has been serving the Church and Polonia for almost 75 years and is conducted by the Conventual Franciscans of St. Anthony of Padua Province in the . 

The Rosary Hour is a half-hour broadcast addressing topics dealing with religion and culture. The program is carried weekly through a network of 40 radio stations in the and .  L’ Osservatore Romano called it “the world’s 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 hymsn 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 test of the talks and other materials and information of the activities of this apostolate are accessible through the internet.  By means of cassettes and the internet the Rosary Hour brings the Gospel message to those whom the radio networked does not reach, particularly those hungering for the word of God in Polish. 

The radio prorespondence ministry which is entrusted to a group of friars and laity.  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.  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. 

For this purpose the friars at the Rosary Hour are available to give retreats, days of recollections and accompany pilgrimages to holy sites. 

The friars at the Rosary Hour 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 Scared 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.