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Liz and Fr Brian welcome Brother Barry Butler (provincial of the Irish Alexians) for a conversation on the young adult years, with a particular focus on identity, mission and the high-achiever trap. Brother Barry speaks about a night in hospital in severe pain, when he understood in a flash of lightning why St Thérèse of […] L'articolo Stages of Life – Young Adulthood and Mission – Brother Barry B...

Paul McAree continues his Eastertide Eucharistic Divine Mercy series, and before the prayer shares a little-known story about the statues in the Knock apparition chapel — how the sculptor commissioned to make them used the last of the Michelangelo marble for Our Lady, and how a dying seer’s deathbed testimony shaped exactly where each figure […] L'articolo Eucharistic Divine Mercy – Knock: Home to...

Harry speaks with his friend Michael, who has just returned from a week in Moldova and the breakaway territory of Transnistria (or Pridnestrovie, as locals prefer). Michael describes what surprised him: clean streets, friendly people, a country that confounds its reputation for poverty with a quiet dignity. He also reflects on what it means to […] L'articolo On the Ground in Moldova and Pridnestro...

Rebekah speaks with Rafaele Galati from the Radio Maria World Family about the plan to establish a new Radio Maria station in Moldova, the poorest country in Europe, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. Moldova has a small but resilient Catholic community, partly Romanian-speaking and partly Russian-speaking, in a region where bearing witness to the gospel […] L'articolo Why Moldova Needs Radio...

In this special Mariathon interview, Harry speaks with Bishop Fintan Gavin of Cork and Ross (chair of the Irish Bishops’ Council for Evangelisation, Catechetics and Pastoral Renewal) about what Cork and Ross diocese is actually doing to engage young people — and what the rest of Ireland might learn from it. When the diocese ran […] L'articolo What the Church in Cork *Actually* Asked For – Bishop F...

Taking a break from their exploration of the YouCat, Eoin interviews Fr Chris Garrett. Fr Chris is a priest of the Diocese of Elphin ordained three years ago — having previously spent decades as a consultant oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. Fr. Chris traces a journey from an Irish upbringing, a […] L'articolo YouChat – Fr Chris’s Testimony: Mariathon Special – Fr. Chris G...

Rebekah speaks with some of the people who keep Radio Maria Ireland on air. Mary from Skerries, presenter of Let’s Bake, traces her journey from listener in England to kitchen volunteer to broadcaster. Tim, a listener in Brisbane with 100% Irish ancestry, shares what Radio Maria means to him as someone living with depression and […] L'articolo Mariathon Special – The Hope Project – Mary, Tim and D...

John and Eoin turn to the origins of the GROW mental health programme, founded in Sydney in 1957 by a Catholic priest who had suffered a severe breakdown and, on recovery, built something from nothing for people like himself. John’s own route into working with GROW came out of nowhere — a phone call on […] L'articolo Peace of Mind – The GROW Programme – John Farren and Eoin Brennan proviene da Rad...

Fr. Eamonn McCarthy presents live from the studio for the Mariathon, marking Radio Maria Ireland’s 11th birthday. He reflects on the station’s unlikely beginnings and its growth to 60,000 streaming devices and over 100 countries, and introduces his brother Fr. John McCarthy, a priest of the Diocese of Cloyne, who is offering a free copy […] L'articolo Catechesis – Familiar Voices on RMI’s 11th Bir...

In this episode, we learn about some interesting connections between Mary and the month of May; we learn a new prayer, hear an inspiring quote and get a to-do activity; and much more! Click here to listen to more episodes of the Children’s Show! L'articolo E95 | Children’s Show – May, the Month of Mary proviene da Radio Maria .

Fr. Adrian Crowley opens with the novena before Pentecost and the image of the upper room — Our Lady present, the apostles praying with one mind and heart for nine days. He reflects on confirmation as the personal Pentecost of each young person, and on the Holy Spirit as the greatest gift God can give, […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Christian Gold Mine – Fr Adrian Crowley proviene da Radio Maria...

Naoimh welcomes Sister Olivia Kelly, an enclosed Carmelite at Knock whom she hadn’t physically met in 25 years, since both were young at the Youth 2000 youth movement in the 1990s. Sister Olivia, who entered Carmel on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and is marking her 16th anniversary there, speaks about growing up […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – How Beauty Guides Us – Naoimh Barbieri and Sr Ol...

Matthias interviews Fr. Michael Collins, author of a newly published biography of Pope Leo XIV. He traces the arc from Robert Prevost’s mathematics degree at Villanova, his canon law studies, his 12 years as Prior General of the Augustinians visiting 47 countries, his missionary years on mule-back in the highlands of Peru, his appointment by […] L'articolo Pope Leo: One Year In – Father Michael Co...

Mary Hooton and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy reflect on John 14 for the Sixth Sunday of Easter — the last regular Sunday before the Ascension. Fr. Eamonn traces the arc from the baptism of Jesus, where the Trinity is first made known, to the Last Supper, where Christ opens the door on the divine life once […] L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Greeting the Advocate – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – Sixth Sunday after...

Fr. Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Conroy continue their reading of Humanae Vitae, picking up at paragraph eight — “God’s Loving Design.” The passage grounds marriage not in biology or social contract but in the inner life of the Trinity, with the family named after the Father from whom all fatherhood derives. Fr Eamonn draws out […] L'articolo Trinitarian Marriage – Humanae Vitae – Church Wisdom wi...

Fr. Peter George Flynn reads Acts chapters thirteen and fourteen. The episode begins with the encounter between Paul and Barnabas and the Jewish sorcerer Bar-Jesus — and a question that has troubled theologians since Moses faced the Pharaoh’s magicians: what exactly is the difference between a miracle and magic? C.S. Lewis offers one answer; Fr. […] L'articolo Catechesis – The Difference Between M...

Deacon Don and Aidan open with Monsignor Charles Pope’s book The Hell There Is — a frank exploration of a doctrine most funeral homilies quietly sideline. Aidan unpacks what the book argues about free will, the narrowness of the gate, and the relationship between Mass attendance and readiness for heaven, using a striking image from […] L'articolo The Healing Power of the Sacraments – How Hell Help...

Fr. Peter George Flynn returns to the live hot seat after several weeks of archive recordings, welcoming Brian Kirby, archivist of the Irish Capuchin Province at Church Street, Dublin. The conversation ranges across the Capuchins’ three distinct roles during the 1916 Rising — ministering to rebel forces, negotiating the surrender, and accompanying the condemned leaders […] L'articolo The Francisca...

Carmela interviewed Sean Murray about his new website Catholicism Rocks and its educational programs for children. Sean shared his personal faith journey and explained how he developed the website’s main features, including a saint sticker album and the Saints Academy program, which helps children prepare for sacraments through interactive learning. The discussion covered how the […] L'articolo No...

Fr. Peter George Flynn reads Acts chapters eleven and twelve. In Antioch — one of the great cities of the ancient world — the disciples were first called Christians, a name that may have begun as an insult and became the finest title a person could bear. He then reads the angel’s liberation of Peter […] L'articolo Catechesis – First People Called “Christian” – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM proviene da...

Deacon Thady opens from Kerry — two turf-cutting machines visible on the mountain, nostalgia for the smell of tea brewed on a turf fire in the bog — before turning to what he describes as the changing church. He reports on a packed prayer meeting at Castleisland with Fr. John Keane, on the Radio Maria […] L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – A Changing Church – Deacon Thady and Deacon Wally Calabrese pr...

A show with a difference: Mary Stenson welcomes singer Pat Tynan and songwriter Frank O’Mara — co-writer of Grace, recorded by more than a hundred artists including Rod Stewart, and heard here in a new piano-and-drums arrangement — for a conversation about their shared mission to preserve the great Catholic hymns before they disappear. Queen […] L'articolo All Things Legion – The Hymns That Must N...

Fr. Peter George Flynn continues his reflections on the Acts of the Apostles Chapter 9:32 which details the Peter the apostles role in restoring faith and the healing in the community of Lydda. Fr talks about merits from faith and baptism. How our good works count on judgement day and how the good works of […] L'articolo Catechesis – Grace and Merit – Fr Peter George Flynn OFM proviene da Radio Ma...

Nick Koeppel continues his series on St. John Paul II’s Theology of the Body, exploring the concept of original solitude: the aloneness that is unique to the human person, distinct from the rest of creation, made in the image and likeness of God. He reflects on what it means that God paused before creating the […] L'articolo Body Talk – Original Solitude – Nick Koeppel proviene da Radio Maria .

In this episode, we hear about the life of St Catherine of Siena and the incredible influence she had in her time; we also hear another story connected with Siena, Italy – a Eucharistic miracle that is ongoing and much more! To listen to more episodes of Life to the Full, click here! L'articolo 244 | Life to the Full – Eileen O’Driscoll – St Catherine of Siena proviene da Radio Maria .