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Join us for the third installment of our six-part special series exploring personal stories of devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Each week, Noel Shannon, Knight of St. Thérèse, is joined by Fr. Michael McGoldrick OCD, Prior of Avila Carmelite Centre, Elaine Jackson, Knight of St. Thérèse, and Marcie Sweeney Duggan, Relics Manager of the Sweeney […] L'articolo E3 | The Little Flower Hour – The Sw...

Mary teaches how to bake a Summer rhubarb & brown butter tart. This scrumptious tart features roasted glazed rhubarb, a brown butter filling and delicious syrup. If you would like to follow along with the recipe, please click here. We would love to see how this recipe turns out for you! Please WhatsApp your home […] L'articolo E37 | Let’s Bake – Summer Rhubarb & Brown Butter Tart proviene da Radio...

Caroline Busher welcomes reviewers Caroline Mullen and Elizabeth Hickey to discuss Dermot Boyle’s gripping WWII novel The Lonely Sea and Sky. This historical fiction novel follows Jack, a fourteen-year-old boy from County Wexford who must forge his age to join a British merchant vessel after his father’s death leaves his family without their breadwinner. The […] L'articolo E9 | The Radio Maria Boo...

Mary teaches how to bake a Dutch Baby Pancake, a flan style pancake filled with delicious berries. If you would like to follow along with the recipe, please click here. We would love to see how this recipe turns out for you! Please WhatsApp your home baking images to 089-4672000 or info@radiomaria.ie. L'articolo E36 | Let’s Bake – Dutch Baby Pancake proviene da Radio Maria .

Join us for the second installment of our six-part special series exploring personal stories of devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux. Each week, Noel Shannon, Knight of St. Thérèse, is joined by Fr. Michael McGoldrick OCD, Prior of Avila Carmelite Centre, Elaine Jackson, Knight of St. Thérèse, and Marcie Sweeney Duggan, Relics Manager of the […] L'articolo E2 | The Little Flower Hour – Discovering S...

Fr. Peter George Flynn and Sean Pilcher of Sacra Relics of the Saints explore one of the most unusual religious crimes in modern history. In mid-May of this year, a 35-year-old man broke into the Church of St. Lawrence in Czechia just before mass, stole the skull of 13th-century saint Zdislava of Lemberg, planned to […] L'articolo E2 | The Relic Hunter – The Crime That Shocked Europe – Sean Pilche...

Mary and Fr Eamonn sit with the Gospel of the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, in which Christ promises a reward for a cup of cold water given in faith. They warn that the cross cannot be made of polystyrene with wheels and a shoulder pad. Mary reflects on having to leave her career as […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – A Cross Made of Polystyrene – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn proviene da Radio Maria .

Father Eamonn and Matthias begin a new series walking paragraph by paragraph through Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on safeguarding the human person in the age of artificial intelligence. The opening paragraphs set out the document’s governing image: humanity facing a choice between building a new Tower of Babel or building the city where […] L'articolo The Urgency of the AI Questio...

Fr Peter George Flynn concludes a series on the Litany of the Sacred Heart by asking why, if Christ is fully present in every part of his body, the Church focuses devotion on his heart rather than — as some critics put it — his ten toes. The episode also uses the legend of the […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Red Hand of Ulster and the Sacred Heart – Frs Peter George Flynn OFMConv proviene da Radio...

Fr Peter George Flynn and Harry Fitzgerald take up the question of whether St Francis has been domesticated — the garden-statue Francis, sentimental and surrounded by birds that don’t appear in any Franciscan story — and what the real man was like. Drawing on Chesterton and on John Eldridge’s Wild at Heart, the episode makes […] L'articolo The Franciscan Hour – Making St Francis Wild Again – Fr Pe...

Fr Peter George Flynn examines the German Bishops’ Conference’s recent request to Rome for permission to allow lay people to preach in place of the homily at Mass — and the logic behind Rome’s refusal. The episode walks through what Canons 762 to 767 actually say about who may preach, including the German argument that […] L'articolo Catechesis – Lay Preaching at Mass: Responding to Germany – Frs...

Deacon Thady presents from Kilcommon on a summer morning, opening with a memory of his first trip to Knock as a boy — a navy overcoat so soaked in rain the dye ran through to his white shirt — and why he counts it among his finest memories. The episode moves to the Angelus bell […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Why We Should Count the Angelus Bells – Deacon Thady O’Connor proviene da Radio Maria...

Mary Stenson opens on the feast of St John the Baptist, the same date, in 1932, on which Alfie Lambe was born. She reflects on the Legion envoy’s life, his death from cancer at 26, and the South American devotion now advancing his cause for beatification. The second half draws from the historical account of […] L'articolo All Things Legion – The Remarkable Legacy of Alfie Lambe – Mary Stenson prov...

Donal and Fr Eamonn open with Senator Ronan Mullen’s recent Oireachtas questioning of RTÉ Director General Kevin Backhurst on the broadcaster’s approach to surrogacy coverage — including a moment where an AI search described a named RTÉ presenter as “an advocate” for legalization, prompting Backhurst to suggest the problem might lie with AI rather than […] L'articolo Hope in the Media – Surrogacy...

Fr Peter George Flynn is joined by Fr Rupert Allen of the Oxford Oratory to tell the story of Jacques Fesch — a Parisian drifter who shot a policeman dead in 1954 while trying to fund an escape to Tahiti, and who, lying on his prison bunk one night, said the words “my God” for […] L'articolo Catechesis – Finding God in Prison – Frs Peter George Flynn and Rupert Allen CO proviene da Radio Maria .

Nick Koeppel is joined by Maria José Vilaça, a clinical therapist and Theology of the Body educator from Portugal, who traces how a single congress in 2003 — hearing Christopher West speak — redirected her entire career. The conversation covers the current state of ToB ministry in Portugal before moving to the 2013 international symposium […] L'articolo Body Talk – Internal Division within ToB Min...

Fr Billy Swan opens with a reflection on the Day for Life — why every celebration of the Eucharist is already a declaration of life’s victory over death. He turns in the second half to Father’s Day and St Joseph’s witness as a father, and why fatherhood is not just a social construct; fifteen years […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – Fatherhood: More Than a Social Construct – Fr. Billy Swan provien...

In this episode, Eileen is joined by Eoin McCormack of the Pontifical Irish College in Rome, who mentions about a programme open to young people that involves a year-long formation experience in Rome; then we hear about some of the remarkable landmarks nearby the college and the incredible historic Irish links in Rome! To listen […] L'articolo 248 | Life to the Full – Eileen O’Driscoll – Eoin McCo...

Join us for the first episode of a special six-part series exploring personal stories of devotion to St. Thérèse of Lisieux, one of the most beloved saints of modern times. Each week, Noel Shannon, Knight of St. Thérèse is joined by Fr Michael McGoldrick OCD, Prior of Avila Carmelite Centre, Elaine Jackson, Knight of St […] L'articolo E1 | The Little Flower Hour – St Thérèse & The Sweeney Family p...

Join host Caroline Busher and reviewer Carmela Cosgrove as they explore Niall Williams’ novel This Is Happiness, set in the rain-soaked west of Ireland in the 1850s. Through the eyes of a 17-year-old boy reflecting on his youth as an older man, discover how the arrival of electricity transforms a small town while themes of […] L'articolo E8 | The Radio Maria Book Club – “This Is Happiness” by Nial...

Mary teaches how to bake a Foxford Sponge Cake, a decadent double layer sponge cake. If you would like to follow along with the recipe, please click here. We would love to see how this recipe turns out for you! Please WhatsApp your home baking images to 089-4672000 or info@radiomaria.ie. L'articolo E35 | Let’s Bake – Foxford Sponge Cake proviene da Radio Maria .

Eoin welcomes back Fr Paul Glennon — the show’s original co-host — to begin working through the Ten Commandments in the YouCat, starting with the question of whether they form a coherent whole or an arbitrary list. The conversation finds its sharpest edge on the first commandment: Eoin describes a friend who told his fiancée, […] L'articolo YouChat – Putting Your Spouse First? – Fr. Chris Garrett...

John and Eoin take up the question of what it would actually mean to see yourself as God sees you, proposing it as a practice capable of winning what they call the ‘battle of the mind’. St Teresa of Avila’s The Interior Castle supplies the central image: God dwelling in the innermost room of the […] L'articolo Peace of Mind – Winning the Battle of the Mind – John Farren and Eoin Brennan proviene d...

Welcome to the premiere episode of The Relic Hunter with host Father Peter George Flynn of Radio Maria Ireland. This special series explores the sacred history and ongoing relevance of saintly relics in Catholic spiritual life, featuring Sean Pilcher, Director of Sacra Relics of the Saints apostolate. Sean explains why Christians have honored physical remains […] L'articolo E1 | The Relic Hunter –...

In this episode, we learn about the Holy Spirit, the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit, and how He helps us in our daily lives; and much more. We also learn a new prayer, hear an inspiring quote, and get a to-do acitivity! Click here to listen to more episodes of the Children’s Show! L'articolo E99 | Children’s Show – The Holy Spirit proviene da Radio Maria .