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2. The Green-Eyed Monster: St Cyprian on Jealousy

Patristic Pillars is a series on Radio Maria England, bringing the Church Fathers to life with Fr Joseph Hamilton.

Fr Joseph Hamilton is the Rector of the Domus Australia in Rome, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney Australia. Prior to his appointment at Domus, he served as private secretary to George Cardinal Pell, until the Cardinal’s untimely death. Fr Joseph completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at Christ Church, University of Oxford, and his license at the Patristic Institute “Augustinianum” in Rome. Prior to entering seminary he worked as an investment banker. Having left the economy of Mammon for that of Salvation, he studied at the Pontifical North American College. A native of Ireland, he is a keen but mediocre (his words) surfer, and enjoys reading and cooking.

CREDO (currently hosting Patristic Pillars) is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

How is it that the human heart is the engine room of all that goes on in the world? Why is an act of overcoming self-will more powerful than prevailing against a tyrant? Do all things of value truly begin in contemplation? Sarah de Nordwall and Tim discuss these things in reflection on The Bardcast #14 what has come to be known as The Bardcast B Side.

THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and 8pm on Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves. 

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Part 5 in our Genizah series.

Jews and Christians, from Conversion to Crusades: discoveries in the medieval manuscripts of the Cairo Genizah’ How do we know that a symbolic slap was given to a Jewish elder at Easter in Toulouse Cathedral in the 10th century, that a Catholic monk, born Johannes in Oppido, Italy, became Obadiah the Proselyte in Egypt in the 12th, or that the knights of the First Crusade enriched themselves through the sale of Jewish books from Jerusalem? Because of manuscripts discovered in the Cairo Genizah! Dr Ben Outhwaite, from Cambridge University's Genizah Research Unit, explains the history behind the manuscripts which revealed these historical events.

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm. 

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Fr Toby on the need to taste and see that only the Lord is truly good.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

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Following the success of our collaboration with Tricolore Theatre Company and the Catholic Association of Performing Arts, we are pleased to bring listeners more dramatised stories from local writers and performers. Tune in to hear the stories live on the radio! Podcasts of the programmes will be updated after the initial broadcasts.

4. DISPUTED INCIDENT IN LOYOLA HOSPITAL by JEREMY ROWE
Broadcast: Thursday 18th April 2024, 3:30pm
About the Writer: I was received into the Catholic Church 1977. I am married, with two sons who live in America. I have been an actor, a lecturer in English and Drama and a librarian. I am now co-founding a professional venture for writing and disseminating new Christian/Catholic literature and drama. Email address: collaborative.direct@btinternet.com  
Readers: JONATHAN COOTE, TERESA JENNINGS, KENNETH MICHAELS

About the Readers: JONATHAN COOTE
An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books.  
KENNETH MICHAELS
Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie.  Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).  
TERESA JENNINGS
Teresa has worked extensively in theatre, most recently with Middleground Theatre touring the Verdict throughout the UK and Dublin’s Gaiety. Lead roles include Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane National Tour Vesta Tilley (one woman show) The Curve, Leicester and National Tour, Ariel in  The Tempest, Joan of Arc and Prim in The Woman Hater, The Orange Tree, Richmond.  Teresa has a BA Hons in French and Drama and won the most promising graduate from Sam Walters’s Richmond Drama School. Teresa is also a writer and has worked on world cruises with Fred Olsen running and writing shows. She is a contributor to The Soho Theatre Comedy Project and does regular, varied voiceover work and role-play with The United Nations. Teresa is also a jazz and folk singer.      

Fr Toby looks at the work of Jean Twenge and Jonathan Haight addressing the causes of the epidemic of mental illness.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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Fr Toby looks at the tragic life of David Foster Wallace and the need for a nourishing hope bigger than ourselves.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Fr Toby introduces us to the towering figure behind the Summa Theologica.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

A long-time faithful Radio Maria listener and volunteer, Surendra Paul tells us the story of his life growing up in a medical family in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the development of his faith, love for medicine and the songs that accompanied him along the way - an episode not to be missed!

Songs in the Wilderness is programme that features a guest telling the story of his or her life and the songs that inspired them along the way. The music in the podcast is clipped for the purposes of complying with copyright laws. Listen Songs in the Wilderness live on Wednesdays at 10am and again at 10pm on Radio Maria England.

Radio Maria England is 24 hour Catholic radio station which broadcasts on Digital Radio in selected regions of the UK and online (using the Radio Maria Play app or the webpage) accessible anywhere in the world.

In episode 10, Antonia and Kate unfurl the fronds of Hopkins's Spring, with a reading from the Gospel of John for the Feast of St Bernadette, along with some detailed instructions on how to propagate basil, rosemary, roses and a few others.

Music is Hard Drive by Evan Dando

Florilegium is a programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and gardening in rambling, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.

About the Creators

Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mother, book designer, editor, actor and teacher. She and Kate began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.

Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.

Fr Toby on David Foster Wallace and the need for a just and merciful judge.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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We come to the end of Ephesians 4 and the end is close in sight. Or is it? Fr Euan has described going through these epistles like opening a tightly packed suitcase - everything just starts bursting out a small space.

AS I WAS SAYING airs live on Radio Maria on Thursdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm. Each week Fr Euan Marley OP makes his way, chapter by chapter, through a book of Holy Scripture providing in-depth commentary.

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Fr Toby on the Risen Lord among us.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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This week Ciro begins to introduce the four pillars of a strong marriage: human, exclusive, permanent and fruitful.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

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Fr Toby on the need for total conversion.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Rev Prof David Wilkinson, Director of ECLAS, and Marta Berbel Gallego, Co-Director of Faith Journeys in Science, discuss the importance of creating role models and leaders who are willing to speak out courageously on the relationship between science and faith in today's world.

For more details regarding funding for projects, please visit: www.eclasproject.org

Marta currently works at a Catholic secondary school in Hertfordshire. Before becoming a qualified teacher at King’s College London in June 2020, Marta read Biomedical Sciences at University College London (2016-2019). Alongside her academic endeavours, Marta was president of Christians in Science (CiS) UCL and has had the opportunity to be a speaker with God and the Big Bang.

To hear podcasts from the all four seasons of the Science and Faith series, please listen here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/scienceandfaith1

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Patristic Pillars: bringing the Church Fathers to life - a new series on Radio Maria by Fr Joseph Hamilton.

Fr Joseph Hamilton is the Rector of the Domus Australia in Rome, and a priest of the Archdiocese of Sydney Australia. Prior to his appointment at Domus, he served as private secretary to George Cardinal Pell, until the Cardinal’s untimely death. Fr Joseph completed his doctoral studies in Patristics at Christ Church, University of Oxford, and his license at the Patristic Institute “Augustinianum” in Rome. Prior to entering seminary he worked as an investment banker. Having left the economy of Mammon for that of Salvation, he studied at the Pontifical North American College. A native of Ireland, he is a keen but mediocre (his words) surfer, and enjoys reading and cooking.

CREDO (currently hosting Patristic Pillars) is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Tricolore Theatre Company in collaboration with The Catholic Performing Arts Association (CaAPA) and GHIRELLI present Eastertide Stories, airing on Tuesdays and Thursday at 3:30pm from 9 April to 9th May on Radio Maria England.

2. THE KIND TEACHER

Writer: PENNY CULLIFORD

Penny is a playwright, author and speaker. Her plays include Warden Pie, The Gingerbread Man, The Golden Chain, Saffron Hill, A Boy Called Porro, and Grimaldi’s Last Act for Tricolore Theatre company. She also wrote the Theodora’s Diary books, The Art of Standing Still and a children’s novel based on her play, A Boy Called Porro. Reader: JONATHAN COOTE An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books.

Reader: KENNETH MICHAELS Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).

Reader: NADIA OSTACCHINI Nadia is an actor, theatre producer, voice over artist, secretary & carer! She was born in London of Italian parentage, trained as an actor and is the Artistic Director of Tricolore Theatre Company whose first dual-language English/Italian storybook based on Jesus’s parables was published last year. She has enjoyed Tricolore’s collaboration with Radio Maria for Eastertide Stories as well as Advent Adventures last year & looks forward to reading: ‘A Boy Called Porro’ to Radio Maria’s younger listeners over the radio this Christmas. Website: www.tricolore.org.uk

AS I WAS SAYING airs live on Radio Maria on Thursdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm. Each week Fr Euan Marley OP makes his way, chapter by chapter, through a book of Holy Scripture providing in-depth commentary. 

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on how no matter which we cannot escape the Cross.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

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And the Bells are back! As are the Alleluias of course. Here's the music listened to with Nick and Tim on this week's episode of the Liturgical Looking Glass

1. Alleluia from Mozart’s Exsultate Jubilate sung by Anna Moffo (1958 recording)

2. The Introit for this Sunday Sung by Stefan Ansinger O.P. & Alexandre Frezzato O.P.

3. Hans Leo Hassler: "Christ Ist Erstanden" • mixed choir, a cappella

4. J.S. Bach: Christ ist erstanden, BWV 627 · Simon Preston

5. Traditionnel: Dimanche de Quasimodo - Communion: Mitte manum tuam · Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye de Solesmes · Dom Joseph Gajard

6. James MacMillan’s Strathclyde Motet sung by The Sixteen with Harry Christophers from the album Bright Orb of Harmony

7. William Byrd’s setting of the Ave Maria, with an appended Alleluia from Stile Antico

8. Vivaldi’s Credo, the movement Et Incarnatus est, from the album Gloria, performed by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir · Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

9. Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah

10. Regina Caeli from the Nuns of St Cecilia's Abbey

Fr Toby on the perils of divorcing Christ's teaching from Christ Himself.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Episode 14 of The Bardcast asks us to capture our vision and write it down, those moments of revelation when suddenly something entirely new makes sense to us...or an aspect of our faith becomes clear! And because someone else might just need that insight, a poem can become a powerful Act of Mercy. Jacky Garratt is a featured listener with her poem Calvary and we also discover some of the remarkable visions of the Secretary of Divine Mercy – St Faustina.

Don’t miss your writing prompt to help you experience your creative process as a spiritual practice and send them to sarah@sarahdenordwall.com. Be sure to let her know if you’d like it read on air, or make a recording and send it to the above email or as a voicenote to 07849 641 899.

THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and 8pm on Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

With a voice as scratchy as the wooden crackers some of you might have heard this Good Friday Tim speaks to Nick about the austere but beautiful music of Tenebrae. Here's the music!

1. Ténèbres du Golgotha - 1° Nocturne: répons " Omnes amici mei" · Choeur des moines de l'Abbaye de Saint-Pierre de Solesmes · Traditional · Dom Jean Claire

2. Hurt by Johnny Cash arranged and performed by 2Cellos

3. Palestrina: Improperia - 1. Popule meus, quid feci tibi? · Sistine Chapel Choir · Massimo Palombella

4. Chant Reproaches for Good Friday (in English) by Bruce FordSung by Angela Marie Rocchio, see: www.chantacademy.com used by kind permission.

5. O bone Jesu a 19 · The Sixteen · Harry Christophers · Robert Carver

6. Crux Fidelis Vocal  Ensemble: The King’s Singers from the Album The Golden Age, Composer: João IV

7.  In manus tuas Pater, commendo spiritum meum from Taize 8. The Choir of Winchester Cathedral, under the direction of David Hill, perform John Tavener's 'Lament of the Mother of God'

Fr Antonio teaches us how to carry the festal shout in our hearts!

Ania Graglewska from the Cenacle Charismatic Prayer Group in London also joins us to speak about the Festival of Life evening at St Dominic's Church on the Feast of St Joseph, bringing both the Spiritual Adoption of Fathers and Effatha Revival Campaigns to a close.

Fr Antonio Maria Diez de Medina is a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal currently based at St Columba Friary, Derry, Northern Ireland.

CREDO nourishes us in our Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 4pm Monday to Friday and is rebroadcast the following day at 4am, as well as Saturday 4.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available on the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Medical Life Lines was founded in response to the Ukraine war. Founding member Aliya Aralbayeva is joined by volunteers Dan Whitehead and Dominic Proctor, to tell us about their aid missions to Ukraine. Find out more about the charity here: www.medicallifelines.org.uk

JUST LIFE encompasses all aspects of everyday life, airing live on Radio Maria Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10am. Rebroadcast 10pm; Saturday 11am and 8pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

If you have enjoyed this programme, please consider making a one-off or monthly donation to Radio Maria. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to continue being a Christian voice by your side. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk ⁠

Tricolore Theatre Company in collaboration with The Catholic Performing Arts Association (CaAPA) and GHIRELLI present Eastertide Stories, airing on Tuesdays and Thursday at 3:30pm from 9 April to 9th May on Radio Maria England.

1. Following Down the Road

About the Writer: ROGER PRICE Roger Price has for (too) many years been writing drama pieces for use in worship and beyond in the promotion of the Christian faith. As well as monologues and other short pieces he has also written and professionally produced longer shows. Notable pass productions include 'Parables' – all the teaching stories of Jesus in a single show – and 'The Boy From the Boro' – the story of a Nuneaton shopkeeper and his involvement in the First World War. The current show is 'John's Tale', telling the story of St. John's Gospel through the eyes of those who met Jesus in a light-hearted, accessible style. Nevertheless, it still retains the essential message of love and redemption. This is planned to be touring again later in the year. His website is www.unconvetional-disciple.co.uk where examples of these and his weekly blog can be found. Reader: JONATHAN COOTE An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books. Reader: KENNETH MICHAELS Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio,

television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA). Reader: NADIA OSTACCHINI Nadia is an actor, theatre producer, voice over artist, secretary & carer! She was born in London of Italian parentage, trained as an actor and is the Artistic Director of Tricolore Theatre Company whose first dual-language English/Italian storybook based on Jesus’s parables was published last year. She has enjoyed Tricolore’s collaboration with Radio Maria for Eastertide Stories as well as Advent Adventures last year & looks forward to reading: ‘A Boy Called Porro’ to Radio Maria’s younger listeners over the radio this Christmas. Website: www.tricolore.org.uk

GHIRELLI

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Rosalet® is at once a beautiful rosary and a jewel that revolutionizes the concept of an instrument of Prayer.

This bracelet conveys a depth of prayer with symbols and messages that transcend time and fashion. Website: www.ghirelli.it/

CAAPA

The Catholic Performing Arts Association (known as CaAPA), has a diverse group of members whom are comprised of actors, directors, writers, singers, musicians and other entertainers, who share in a creative community where they can also grow in their spiritual values.

They also aim to serve the wider community by presenting productions for charitable causes or by taking productions on tour to schools, local theatres, parishes and elderly homes. Website: https://catholicassociationofperformingarts.org.uk/

Fr Toby on the wounds of Christ.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on the enduring character of Mary's 'yes' at the Annunciation.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on how the hope caused by the Resurrection cuts through our human sorrows.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

In this week's episode, Ciro explores the Christian understanding of marriage and the significance of the Resurrection, focusing on the covenantal relationship between a husband and wife.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

AWAKENINGS is which airs on Radio Maria on the first Thursday of the Month at 10am and is rebroadcast at 10pm on the same day. The programme is usually facilitated by Fr Stefan Park and features the conversion stories and the journeys of faith of particular guests.

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In this episode Fr Toby is joined by Scripture scholar Fr Peter Hannah OP. As it's Good Friday they cover the felix culpa - the happy fault - among other things. Listen to it here!

Fr Toby on what he wishes David Foster Wallace had known.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Signs of Redemption - Fr Toby draws some parallels between the first sin and the worst sin.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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In episode 9 we glide into eastertide with reflections on Easter Tuesday. Kate explains the necessarily transforming nature of poetry in ‘In Place’ by Frances Bellerby and ‘Field’ by Alice Oswald. Wild flowers briefly get a look in but are swiftly cut short by screaming babies (not on air). Music: The Old Churchyard’ sung by Lady Maisery.

Florilegium is a programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and gardening in rambling, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.

About the Creators

Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mother, book designer, editor, actor and teacher. She and Kate began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.

Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.

As the Magdalene encounters the gardener Fr Toby speaks about cultivating the garden of the soul.

In this Holy Week special edition Ciro highlights the importance of God's mercy in fostering forgiveness and love in families and discusses the role of self-sacrifice in achieving holiness.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

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Fr Toby on the new one flesh family Jesus speaks into being on this night.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Fr Toby explores with Frank Sheed the many dimensions of this Passover Banquet on Maundy Thursday.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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Looking at Jesus' last days with Frank Sheed and his seeming concern with bad teaching over bad politics.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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A Holy Week episode that goes into the ins and outs of the creative process and how we can prepare ourselves for the spontaneity that blossoms in poems, songs and stories. Listen to Sarah's poem, Holy Saturday Streets, take this week's prompt as a Triduum meditation and send the fruits of your labour to sarah@sarahdenordwall.com.

THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and 8pm on Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Euan continues his journey through the book of Ephesians bringing us up to and through chapter 2.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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Radio Maria England was given the chance to interview screenwriter Rod Barr (of Sound of Freedom fame) to talk about the recent film based on the life of the first American citizen to be declared a saint, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. Hear all about it in conversation with Tim Hutchinson.

This interview was made possible byKOVA International LTD, a limited company registered in England & Wales with registered number 11831571. KOVA'a registered office is Tagus House, 9 Ocean Way, SO14 3TJ.

Canadian visual artist Laurie-Lynn McGlynn takes us on the journey through her childhood and the challenges she's faced to become a woman of faith with an eye for beauty and flare for art. Listen to her story and the songs that marked the way in conversation with Di Redmond.

Songs in the Wilderness is programme that features a guest telling the story of his or her life and the songs that inspired them along the way. The music in the podcast is clipped for the purposes of complying with copyright laws. Listen Songs in the Wilderness live on Wednesdays at 10am and again at 10pm on Radio Maria England.

Radio Maria England is 24 hour Catholic radio station which broadcasts on Digital Radio in selected regions of the UK and online (using the Radio Maria Play app or the webpage) accessible anywhere in the world.

Fr Toby on how we might only truly conquer some sins through hatred of them.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Fr Toby on avoiding the first step down the path of sin and the slippery slope of scrolling.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Derek Williams continues to look at the Book of Esther for typology of Mary, specifically looking today at how she intercedes.

CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.

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Fr Toby in discussion with Frank Sheed not just on how to get there, but on what it might be like!

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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In episode 8 we continue to delve into David Jones’s world of signs with an excerpt from part III of ‘In Parenthesis’, the second reading from Laetare Sunday (Ephesians 2:4-10), and a discussion of flower symbology and the importance of names. Music: Psalm 46, verses 1 and 2 improvised in Gaelic by parishioners on the Isle of Lewis.

Florilegium is a programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and gardening in rambling, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.

About the Creators

Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mother, book designer, editor, actor and teacher. She and Kate began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.

Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.

Fr Jacek and Katy Carr speak with listeners about Polish traditions during Holy Week and at Easter. Fr Jacek also highlights some of the good work being done in the Polish Mission Community in Bristol and the Scouts.

Kristina Cooper interviewed "Cabrini" Director - Alejandro Monteverde.

This Sunday we welcome our Saviour with loud Hosannas... or is it with loud 'Oh-sannas!'. Blessed Holy Week, everyone. Here's the songs list for those interested:

1. Gloria Laus from Semaine Sainte et Pâques - Immortel Grégorien, Chœur de l'abbaye Saint-Martin de Ligugé & Chœur de l'abbaye Saint-Benoît d'En Calcat

2. Gloria, laus et honor · Ensemble Gilles Binchois · Dominique Vellard

3. Missa Flamenca: Kyrie. Granainas · Paco Peña

4. The Bach Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Osanna in excelsis

5. O Redemptor, sume carmen · Fulvio Rampi · Schola gregoriana femminile Cum Iubilo

6. Ubi Caritas by Joel Clarkson performed with Joy Clarkson

7. Crux Fidelis Vocal Ensemble: The King’s Singers from the Album The Golden Age by João IV

8. Stabat Mater, RV. 621: Stabat Mater dolorosa · Andreas Scholl · Chiara Banchini · Ensemble 415 by Vivaldi

Fr Toby reflects on Palm Sunday and how the crowds have turned by Good Friday.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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In this week's episode, Ciro discusses how parents can guide their teenagers towards self-discovery and strong values inspired by Christian compassion.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on the corrosive power of defamatory speech and the problem of spaces which encourage it.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1.15pm. Rebroadcast 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Just before we go into Holy Week Fr Toby and Fr Brendan Seery answer listeners' questions about Confession, is it OK to miss Mass if I'm having social anxiety and what does it mean to be friends with the world?

QUESTIONS OF FAITH is a programme in which listeners call in and ask our guests a theological, biblical or pastoral question - anything related to the faith, in other words. We usually have a priest, religious brother or sister or lay evangelist on and the programme airs live on Fridays at 11:15am.

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Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the paradox of hell as a choice

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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Fr Toby on how Jesus enables us to look honestly at ourselves.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Fr Toby focuses in on prayer in today's THE FRIARSIDE. Fr Toby is reading from and reflecting on Frank Sheed'sA Map of Life.

Fr Toby is Radio Maria England's Priest Director and THE FRIARSIDE is his flagship programme, airing live at 11.15am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rebroadcast 11.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is available everywhere via the Radio Maria Play app and our website live-player.

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Deacon Giunluca gives us a beautiful teaching on the Beatitudes. Originally from Italy, he is a deacon at the Church of the Assumption and the English Martyrs in Cambridge.

DIVING DEEPER helps us experience the breadth and length, height and depth of the Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Rebroadcast Wednesday 00.30am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Fr Toby is joined by Fr Joseph Evans of Opus Dei to talk about today's Saint, the foster father of Our Lord, St Joseph.

Fr Toby is Radio Maria England's Priest Director and THE FRIARSIDE is his flagship programme, airing live at 11.15am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rebroadcast 11.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is available everywhere via the Radio Maria Play app and our website live-player.

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Today on the day that Dominicans celebrate St Thomas Aquinas, Fr Toby looks at Frank Sheed's idea of the Commandments as a Maker's Manual for the human person, picking up on last week's themes of law, sin and freedom.

Fr Toby is Radio Maria England's Priest Director and THE FRIARSIDE is his flagship programme, airing live at 11.15am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rebroadcast 11.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is available everywhere via the Radio Maria Play app and our website live-player.

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Mark is a Catholic Healing Evangelist and a Knight of Columbus from Chicago in the US. He spoke last year on DIVING DEEPER about healing prayer and tonight he takes us deeper into the spiritual realities of prayer and healing. Mark was miraculously healed himself in 2018 and he has a heart to wake up the Church and see everyone else discover what God has shown him. He says, 'If God uses me, He can use anyone, including YOU! We just need to be a bit more bold! Mark leads the North Shore Chapter of St Paul Street Evangelisation.

DIVING DEEPER helps us experience the breadth and length, height and depth of the Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Rebroadcast Wednesday 00.30am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Song of Praise producer director Emmett Glynn tells his story to Di Redmond and the songs that have marked his life and influenced his faith. SONGS IN THE WILDERNESS airs live on Radio Maria at 10am on Wednesdays. Rebroadcast 10pm, Saturday 3.15pm and Monday 8.30pm. Each week a guest tells their life story to the backdrop of the songs or pieces of music that carry a special significance for them.

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In preparation for the Jubilee Year in the Church of 2025, Pope Francis declared 2024 as a Year of Prayer. Derek Williams helps us understand more about it and how best to live this 'great symphony of prayer'. Derek Williams is a lay evangelist based in Walsingham.

DIVING DEEPER helps us experience the breadth and length, height and depth of the Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Rebroadcast Wednesday 00.30am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Johannes gives us a powerful teaching on how to tend our inner garden! Together with his wife, Johannes is the founder of The House of Prayer in Augsburg, Germany, where for more than 10 years they have had 24/7 adoration.

DIVING DEEPER helps us experience the breadth and length, height and depth of the Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Rebroadcast Wednesday 00.30am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Fr Joe is a priest of Opus Dei. Currently based at Grandpont House in Oxford, Fr Joe runs Adamah Mediaonline magazine and coordinates the daily meditations 10 Minutes with Jesus.

CREDO nourishes us in our Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 4pm Monday to Friday. Rebroadcast the following day at 4am, Saturday 4.15pm and Sunday 4am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app and our website live-player.

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Fr Toby reflects on St Joseph's willingness to stay in the shadows.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

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Fr Toby with Frank Sheed on the way sin blocks the flow of supernatural life in the human soul.

THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm on the same days. Our Priest Director Fr Toby reads through a spiritual book, pausing and providing commentary as he goes.

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In this episode Sr Carino considers different ways in which we can perform priestly acts, the priesthood of all believers and how we participate in Christ's priesthood. And that's hardly the half of it! Listen the questions and the responses on this week's episode of Questions of Faith.

QUESTIONS OF FAITH is a programme in which listeners call in and ask our guests a theological, biblical or pastoral question - anything related to the faith, in other words. We usually have a priest, religious brother or sister or lay evangelist on and the programme airs live on Fridays at 11:15am.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Leon shares his fascinating testimony, hosted by Fr Stefan Park OSA. Fr Leon Pereira OP has been the English speaking Chaplain in Medjugorje since 2015. Originally from Singapore, he is a Dominican of the English Province.

In AWAKENINGS guests share their stories of faith and conversion. It airs live on the first Thursday of each month at 10am. Rebroadcast 10pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available on the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Fr Toby revisits the Empire Leicester Square for the Premiere of The Chosen and also continues with his reflections on Frank Sheed's A Map of Life.

Fr Toby is Radio Maria England's Priest Director and THE FRIARSIDE is his flagship programme, airing live at 11.15am on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Rebroadcast 11.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is available everywhere via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Joe Wells of One Hope Project speaks about their newly released song 'Saviour King'. One Hope Project is a creative collective encouraging fresh expressions of worship in the Church and we're delighted that they have shared their music with Radio Maria. https://www.onehopeproject.co.uk/

JUST LIFE encompasses all aspects of everyday life, airing live on Radio Maria Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 10am. Rebroadcast 10pm and Saturday 11am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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An impassioned teaching on how to surrender to God anew this year. Ros Powell is a Catholic Lay Evangelist, well-known in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. We're delighted to welcome Ros back to Radio Maria and you can find out more about her here: https://www.rospowell.com/

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Jimmy Innes, CEO of Lepra, talks to Fr Toby about this charity that works to eradicate leprosy worldwide. Jimmy speaks about Lepra's projects, particularly in India. Jimmy joined Lepra as CEO in 2021 and you can find out more about the work of Lepra here: https://www.lepra.org.uk/

JUST LIFE is a programme on Radio Maria that encompasses all aspects of everyday life. It airs live Monday to Friday at 10am. Rebroadcast 10pm and Saturday 11am. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is available everywhere via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Today in his monthly series Fr Richard looks at chapter 18 of Matthew's Gospel. Fr Richard is usually with us on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

Fr Richard Ounsworth OP is Prior and Parish Priest at Holy Cross Priory, Leicester. He teaches scripture for Blackfriars in Oxford and is the Editor of the Dominican publication Torch.

CREDO nourishes us in our Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 4pm Monday to Friday and is rebroadcast the following day at 4am, as well as Saturday 4.15pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available via the Radio Maria Play app or our website live-player.

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Fr Toby on why Jesus is worthy of our all.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Delphine Chui delivers a talk at Radio Maria England's live and in person event Women Praying Together held at the Rosary Shrine on Southampton Road in London on 2 March 2024.

Delphine Chui is a writer, speaker and charity founder who serves as content lead for ADF International and is based in our London office. She works closely with our advocates and legal communications team to amplify and distribute our work to our global supporters via social media, newsletters, and printed materials.

A first-class honours Anthropology graduate from UCL and former magazine journalist who experienced censorship and cancel culture for being publicly Christian and pro-life, Delphine is passionate about sharing stories of those standing up for their God-given freedoms

In a series within a series, Edward Hadas starts a mini-series looking at the worldwide issue of declining birthrates and we as Catholics should respond.

Each Friday on Radio Maria Edward gives us a fascinating insight into Catholic Anthropology. Edward is a Research Fellow at Blackfriars Oxford, currently working on a book on narratives of modernity. He is also interested in Catholic Social Teaching, war, liberalism, the philosophy of economics and other social sciences.

CREDO airs live on Radio Maria at 4pm Monday to Friday and is rebroadcast the following day at 4am, as well as Saturday 4.15pm.

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Hear from Fr Lukasz about the liturgical movement coming from the Liturgical Centre in Krakow, spearheaded by the Polish Dominicans and how they have managed to create prayerful liturgy that is both new and in continuity with our rich and varied tradition. For more information about this wonderful initiative please visit: https://dlc.foundation/about-us/

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm. 

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Is beauty an aspect of relation or a quality of relationships? Sarah de Nordwall and Tim Hutchinson go a bit deeper into the themes of episode 12 in The Bardcast B Side. A conversation not to be missed.

THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and 8pm on Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves. 

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Many a feast (a solemnity even) feature in this coming week... or do they? Listen and find out. Here's the song list:

1. And can it be? (Charles Wesley) sung by Maddy Prior andthe Carnival Band

2. Iudica me Deus, introit from the 5th Sunday in Lent in the setting by Andrea Gabrieli, Conducted by Marco Gemmani with the ensembl I Cantori di San Marco

3. Misa Criolla - Kyrie sung by Katherine Jenkins

4. Unless a grain of wheat by Bernadette Farrell

5. Vexilla regis prodeunt with Peter Stevens and Martin Baker, Westminster Cathedral Choir

6. Vexila regis prodeunt (Kreuzeshymne) , S. 185 · Orchester Wiener Akademie with Martin Haselböck

7. Shirley Collins - "Wondrous Love", from 'Heart's Ease', out now on Domino

8. Ave Regina Caelorum · Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles

In this week's episode, Ciro focuses on compassionately guiding Generation Z through strong family relationships, addressing teenage challenges with Gospel-inspired wisdom.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

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Welcome to Sarah de Nordwalls fortnightly Bardcast, and in this episode our writing prompt comes from the depths of the London Underground inviting us to ponder a world above and beyond. We learn also about how art reorders relationships and sets our eyes on our true horizons because beauty is more than just an aesthetic, it's... well you'll have to listen to find out.

THE BARDCAST airs live and can be listened to on www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or digital radio in London, Bristol, South Birmingham and Cambridge at 3:15pm after the Divine Mercy Chaplet on Sundays and 8pm on Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

Fr Toby on the twin perils of the futile quest for a frictionless life.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Derek Williams continues his series on Mary, this week looking at typological references to Mary in the Book of Esther.

CREDO is a programme that nourishes us in our Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.

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From Alejandro Monteverde, award-winning director of 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮, comes the powerful epic of Francesca Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who arrives in New York City in 1889 and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.

Stephanie Pena is an actress for Wintershall and part of the Education team. Ruben Ferreira is a Sacred Fine Artist. Helena Judd is the Promotion, Fundraising & Events Manager for Radio Maria England.

Fr Toby on the challenge to love and to be transformed by love.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Fr Toby on the need for patience over revolution.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day. 

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On the World Day of Prayer John Pontifex and Fr Dominic Robinson speak about the themes of this year's World Day of Prayer and pray for those Christian women from around the world who are suffering.

John Pontifex is Head of Press and Information at Aid to the Church in Need and Fr Dominic Robinson SJ is from the Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street and Westminster Justice and Peace.

JUST LIFE is a programme that encompasses all aspects of everyday life. It is live Monday to Friday at 10am and is rebroadcast at 10pm and on Saturday at 11am and 8pm. Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available on the Radio Maria Play app and our website live-player.

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Stephanie Pena plays Mary Magdalene in this year's Wintershall Production of The Passion of Jesus. Today she talks 'behind the scenes' about this year's Passion play which will take place in London's Trafalgar Square. Find out about life as a Wintershall actor and about the year round productions at the Wintershall estate in Surrey.

To find our more about this year's production visit Wintershall's website at www.wintershall.org.uk.

CULTURE TUESDAY is a programme that embraces every aspect of Catholic culture, airing live at 9am every Tuesday. Rebroadcast 9pm.

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In episode 7 we re-present human beings as sign making creatures as expressed by David Jones, discuss saltiness- how much is too much, (Matthew 5:13-16), ‘a, a, a, Domine Deus’ by David Jones and our podcast picture ‘Flora in calix light’ also by David Jones. Music: The First days of spring by Noah and the Whale.

Florilegium is a programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and  gardening in rambling, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.

Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mother, book designer, editor, actor and teacher. She and Kate began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria. 

Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.

Canadian visual artist Laurie-Lynn McGlynn tells the story of being Catholic and the challenges, joys, sorrows and successes of pursuing a career as an artist.

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm. 

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Fr Toby on the paradoxes of the Cross and serpents.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

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Sarah de Nordwall delivers the opening talk Exploring The Eternal Women at Radio Maria England's live and in person event Women Praying Together held at the Rosary Shrine on Southampton Road in London on 2 March 2024.

This week, Ciro explores the challenges of parenting teenagers in a world of emotivism and skepticism, sharing insights and anecdotes on guiding them through faith and authentic relationships.

ProParent is a programme that promotes confident parenting, written and presented by Ciro Candia, founder of ProParent Hubs.

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Sarah de Nordwall speaks to Tim about Fundamental Grace in its many varied and beautiful instantiations while reflecting on Episode 11 of the Bardcast.

The Bardcast B Side is subseries of The Bardcast airing every other week and is a chance for Sarah de Nordwall to go a little deeper into the material of The Bardcast in a conversation with Tim Hutchinson from Radio Maria England.

Fr Toby on the new temple and its purpose.

WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:45am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the day.

If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side.

From boarding school, a passion for rugby and a career in advertising to 2024, as Dominic embarks on an aid mission to Ukraine, Dominic Proctor's soundtracks include Elton John, Sting, Fleetwood Mac and a duet by Bizet.

In SONGS IN THE WILDERNESS guests tell the story of their life to the backdrop of the soundtracks that have a special significance for them. Live every Wednesday at 10am and rebroadcast 10pm, Saturday 3.15pm and Monday 8.30pm.

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