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Honor Roberts chats with Fr Toby about an upcoming film screening hosted by SPUC and Catholic Mothers. Adoption stories are often told from the perspective of adoptees or adoptive parents, leaving the voices of birth mothers largely unheard. The Inner Sea, an award-winning documentary by filmmaker Kate Stapleton, changes that narrative by offering a rare glimpse into the adoption experience throug...

Sr Hyacinthe and Sr Amata OP help us to understand the virtue of faith and structure of the Mass as they open up this Sunday's gospel, the Road to Emmaus. Each Wednesday morning the Dominican Sisters of St Joseph go deeper into the Gospel reading for the upcoming Sunday by exploring how it is used in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, finding connections in all four sections of the Catechis...

Fr Toby on the fearless proclamation of the Gospel of the Apostles continued by their successor, Pope Leo XIV. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 suppo...

This week on Culture Tuesday , Stephanie Peña and Helena Judd review Glenrothan , the directorial debut of Brian Cox set in the Scottish Highlands. The film follows two estranged brothers reunited after 40 years apart at their family whisky distillery, exploring themes of family conflict, regret and the long journey towards forgiveness. With echoes of the prodigal son, the story unfolds through gr...

On this week’s Culture Tuesday , Helena returns from Easter break with a heartfelt and thought-provoking review of the new science fiction film Project Hail Mary , starring Ryan Gosling. Blending personal reflection with Easter themes of resurrection, grace and renewal, Helena explores how the film’s story of an astronaut on a last-chance mission to save Earth unexpectedly echoes deep spiritual tr...

Fascinating conversation between Charlotte Thun-Hohenstein and Patricia Rozario OBE who talks about moving from India to the UK, her studies, her family and some of the wonderful people she met in music. Patricia is a Vocal Studies professor, Repertoire professor and a multi award and prize winner. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It...

Fr Toby suggests that the Road to Emmaus is a diagnosis of the modern condition and a sign of a present and relentless hope! WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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...

Fr Toby unpacks, through film and fiction, the transforming power of the Resurrection in the now and forever. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range of content ac...

Fr Toby helps us to give an account for the hope within us. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range of content accessible for everyone.  If you enjoyed this progra...

Fr Toby speaks about the importance of living in relation to the events of 33AD. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 supporting us with a one-off or mon...

In this episode of Just Life , we welcome Dawn Arda, science writer and health and life coach, to explore how chronic inflammation affects our wellbeing—and what we can do about it. Drawing on her scientific background and years of research into food and health, Dawn introduces her practical five-step approach from her forthcoming book. For today's programme, she focused on 5 Steps to Restorin...

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Fr Toby imagines a world without the Cross and it is not good. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It...

Fr Toby encourages to see more than one thing when we look at the Cross. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range of content accessible for everyone.  If you enjoye...

Emily Traynor describes her return to an explicit faith through art, her new painting 'Why are you Weeping' and choosing life in the face of three unplanned pregnancies. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.radi...

The programme, presented by English Catholic News’s Paul Danon, looks at the origins of this technology, its present applications and its likely future use.  Bishop Hendricks, (auxiliary in Southwark and the bishops’ conference’s spokesman on artificial intelligence) joins other guest-experts to examine whether AI will cause mass-unemployment, devalue human beings and/or bring about wars. They als...

Fr Toby offers us some meditations to help us enter more deeply into the mystery of tonight's great events of Maundy Thursday and the Mass of the Lord's Supper. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am the following day. In it our Priest Director Fr Toby offers a reflection, usually drawing from the Mass readings of the...

Fr Toby reflects on the mystery of our sin and the God who calls us 'friend' anyway. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 supporting us with a on...

Fr Joseph Hamilton looks at Barsanuphius, the great mentor of Dorotheus of Gaza . 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,...

Naoise Grenham and Max Toone host their series examining life as a Gen Z Catholic man. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   

Fr Toby on the danger of what we dismiss as 'little sins'. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation....

Social media have structured and defined our lives today. We use them or not for various reasons. So, Can we live without social media today? A dynamic panel help us think about it: Emily Keyte, Julia Corcoran-McCandlish,  Sr Mary Goncalbes FDC, Michael Heaney, Rebecca Coyne and host Henri-Pierre Koubaka. POV, POINT OF VIEW is an hour long program for Christians to have a conversation on a current...

Fr Toby speaks about the constant temptation to make sacrifice somebody else's business. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 5:15am 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 supporting us with a on...

Fr Toby charts the story of how Christians came to find artwork of the suffering Christ on the Cross something beautiful. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays at 11.15am and is rebroadcast at 11.15pm on the same days. Radio Maria's priest director Fr Toby hosts special guests, reads spiritual books and talks everything from Aquinas to philosophy, making a wide range o...

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce and Ben Thatcher are joined by Fr David Marsden for a conversation on how St John Paul II’s Theology of the Body can offer hope and renewal in the face of the pornography epidemic. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your...