The Daily TV Mass’ worldwide audience continues to grow, and this 27-year-old multimedia institution is rewarding that support and loyalty with new, imaginative programming.

“We're going to continue to tell our story and find creative ways to do that,” said Deacon Mike Walsh, the president and executive director of the National Catholic Broadcasting Council (NCBC).

For the first time ever, the Daily TV Mass, which attracts between 100,000 and 150,000 viewers daily, will present “The Hymns of Advent” every Sunday during the liturgical preparation season for Christmas. Each week, a new hymn-reflection video will be unveiled to set the tone for the next seven days.

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Music director Christine Labriola will offer a reflection on how the hymn connects to each Advent theme. St. Michael’s Choir School director of music Joshua Tamayo took charge of arranging the compositions, including a new version of the Magnificat, written by audio and musical director Angelo Oddi.

“It was all people from Toronto here that we went into the studio, recorded it, and then we worked with a young videographer to actually tape the music videos,” said Walsh. “I've always wanted to make the music of our special feast (days) available, so that's something we're going to probably do more of in the new year.”

These 30-minute musical programs will be included in the Daily TV Mass online Advent retreat.

Before Advent begins on Nov. 30, the NCBC is teaming up with Aid to the Church in Need Canada to broadcast a Red Wednesday Mass in solidarity with persecuted Christians around the world. Walsh noted that the sixth biggest national audience of the Daily TV Mass is Nigerian Catholics. Christian persecution in their homeland has been well documented.

Walsh also teased a soon-to-be-launched streaming channel that will feature devotional content that will spiritually complement the Mass experience. A new “learn together” series, debuting with a program centred on The Book of Revelation, is also set to come out in 2026.

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Amid the new content choices, longstanding traditions remain vibrant. Community members can again commemorate their faithfully departed loved ones by entering their names into the Daily TV Mass Book of Remembrance. For each Mass in November, the celebrant will offer an intention for “for all of those mentioned in our Book of Remembrance” during the prayers of the faithful.

Walsh credits the estate planning of viewers for being instrumental in “sustaining this ministry for generations to come. He remarked that “The Daily TV Mass is only possible because of our sponsors, donors and those who create a legacy gift.”

He outlined two avenues for people to establish an enduring gift. The first is for them to remember the NCBC in their will. The second is a Legacy Gift Fund.

“This is a living gift, created with a minimum donation of $70,000,” said Walsh. “The annual return from that fund sponsors a Daily TV Mass each year on a specific date — perhaps a loved one’s birthday, wedding anniversary or a feast day. It’s a beautiful way to create a lasting connection through prayer.”

Connection has emerged as one of the defining themes for the Daily TV Mass since its inception in 1998. Viewers in Canada and the United States do feel an unseen kinship with their brothers and sisters in Christ tuning in from the Philippines, Zambia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Sweden, Colombia and more than 50 other nations.

While always stressing that watching these broadcasts “are not the same as going to your parish on Sunday,” Walsh and his NCBC colleagues know a core audience group is homebound Catholics who cannot get to their local parish. There are also many Catholics living in remote communities, not afforded regular access to a priest, who come together to watch the broadcasts as a group.

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Legacy gifts, said Walsh, “really help us to support the smaller communities.”

To learn more about the Daily TV Mass, visit https://dailytvmass.com/.