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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! 6. THE SELFISH GIANT by OSCAR WILDE   Broadcast: Thursday 25th April 2024, 3:30pm  About the Writer: Oscar Wilde was born on 16th October...

Dealing with the seed of your future downfall. 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 visit...

In this episode of the Bardcast Sarah traverses the territory of how we uncover the real and survive immense disasters, from the experience or Takashi Nagai in Nagasaki to the moments of our own lives when the transcendent becomes viscerally present to us. A poem from Valerie Anthony Marie captures the intimacy of God's presence in the tenderness of familial relationship, whilst Sarah's po...

Ordinary Angels , directed by Jon Gunn, is out in the UK cinemas this Friday 26th April. This is a heartwarming film based on the true story of Sharon Steven, played by Hillary Swank, who sets her mind to helping Ed, played by Alan Ritchson, and his family whose daughter needs urgent medical care. Sharon will move mountains to do it. Her courage, love and determination are uplifting as you see tho...

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! 5. 25 REASONS ON A QUIET DAY by DAVID HAMPSHIRE Broadcast: Tuesday 23rd April 2024, 3:30pm About the writer:  David Hampshire has been a...

3. Heroines of the Ancient Church: The Passio of Perpetua I 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 Cardin...

Catholic writer, speaker and charity founder Delphine Chui speaks to Maria Bates about the Catholic dating scene and how it might look different to the way people in the world pair up.

This episode of the Bardcast B Side is a conversation between Sarah de Nordwall and Tim and it looks back at a Holy Week episode, Holy Saturday Streets, exploring some of the themes more deeply. 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...

Isabel Squirrell is a UKCP registered Integrative Child Psychotherapist who works with children, adolescents and parents offering 1:1 psychotherapy in primary and secondary schools and in my practise in Wood Green, London. In this episode of Just Life Isabel speaks to us about autism. To find out more about Isabel's work visit her website https://www.childandparent.org/ which helps ordinary pa...

Fr Toby on the new dispensation and the universal call to life in 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 Ra...

'Wanderings' was performed in December 2023 by award-winning pianist Rachael Shipard and singer Christian Jenkins at St Wilfrid's Hall, Brompton Oratory, London. Featuring Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and more. We invite you to join us on Tuesday 23rd April, the feast of England's patron St George, for 'Dreams', another wonderful evening of music with Rachael and Christ...

Fr Alvan Ibeh speaks to us about following Christ, the joy and the reason behind this adventure with Christ. This was broadcast on the 17th of May 2024

In this week's episode, Ciro explores the permanence and fruitfulness of marriage as outlined in Humanae Vitae, highlighting their role in creating stable families. 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 Englan...

3. THE CRISSCROSSING by HELENE LE BOHEC Broadcast: Tuesday 16th April 2024 3:30pm 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 in...

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 studie...

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...

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 Cru...

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.  If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radi...

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...

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. If you enjoyed this programme, please co...

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. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider ma...

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...

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 i...

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, ho...

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. If you enjoyed this programme, please consider making a once off or monthly donation to...