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Fr Toby on the power of mindset and culture. 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...

The second episode in our walk through the Catechism with Maria, Sarah and Sr Linda looks at how we can know God. Catechism Club is a programme that walks through the teaching of the Catholic Church by reading the Catechism in a way that is accessible, joy-filled and prayerful accompanied by Maria Bates, Sarah Morgan and Sr Linda of the Daughters of Divine Charity (and the occasional guest). Do jo...

Fr Toby alerts us to the thinking of Wilhelm Reich and takes us deeper into the Trinity with the help of Frank Sheed. 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...

Derek Williams starts a new series on Radio Maria taking us deeper into teaching on Our Lady. This first episode looks at Mary as the New Eve. Derek Williams is a lay evangelist with a passion for opening up God's Word for others. CREDO is a programme that nourishes us in our Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 4pm on weekdays and is rebroadcast the following day at 4am, as well as S...

Fr Toby on leaving time for spontaneity and wasting time with God. 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 Mar...

Fr Toby discusses habits and friction, plus an opening segment in the attack on the family.

Fr Toby on the need for the feast and the fast. 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...

A new programme on Radio Maria, working it's way week by week through the Catechism with Maria Bates, Sarah Morgan and Sr Linda of the Daughters of Divine Charity. This first episode sets the scene beginning with Section 1, paragraph 26: "I BELIEVE". Join these three on a journey through the Catechism in a relaxed, joy-filled and prayerful way.

Fr Toby on the friends who went up and through the roof.

In this week's episode Ciro Candia explores how excessive screen time can affect family life. The discussion offers insights and strategies for parents to manage and balance tech use in their homes. 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 mont...

We welcome special guest, Joanna Bogle to dispel myths about Christmas, most notably, is Christmas actually Pagan? Fr Toby also has some valuable reflections on the topic and we even hear more about the significance of the Christmas tree.

We're back in ordinary time, but which Marian aniphon is proper to this season, as it's really still in an inbetween sort of place? Nick and Tim find a solution, and it's a good one. You'll also hear what Tim calls a "Vatican II bomber" (did be mean banger?) and perhaps too much said about silence - oh the irony. Here's the song list for those who want to see. 1. Alma...

Fr Toby reflects on Marks account of the man with leprosy who asks if Jesus will heal him. 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 mont...

Fr Toby on how offensive today’s Gospel, with its restoration of life ‘only’ to serve, would be to Friedrich Nietzsche. 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 consi...

We're back to Ordinary Time and Mary Hirst leads us through a lectio divina on the Gospel of the First Sunday of Ordinary Time, John 1:35-42 in which Jesus calls His disciples. Allow Mary and Aileen to lead you through this time of prayerful reading.

Florilegium is a programme which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and  gardening in rambling hopefully fruitful ways.  In episode four Kate and Antonia journey into the epiphany with Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, ‘The Journey of the Magi’ by TS Eliot and the joy of bulbs in a winter garden.  About the creators Antonia leads a patchwork life with jobs including but not limited to mothe...

Florilegium is a programme which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and  gardening in rambling hopefully fruitful ways.  In episode two Kate and Antonia gallop into ‘The Horses’ by Edwin Muir, Isaiah and throw in a bit of tool trivia.  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 beg...

Edward Hadas explores New Year's Resolutions and why we're so bad at keeping them through the lens of Catholic anthropology.

In this episode, Ciro Candia discusses New Year's resolutions for parents, offering insights on setting achievable goals and enhancing family relationships.

As the feast of the Epiphany is just around the corner this episode of the Liturgical Looking Glass looks at music from a variety of different lands in honour of the Magi who came from afar. Here’s what we heard: 1. Psallite Unigento by Praetorius 2. Introit for Epiphany Ecce Advenit Dominator Dominus in the Dominican rite. 3. Reges Tharsis by John Sheppard sung by the Sixteen and directed by Harr...

Fr Toby on the Motherhood of Mary and on receiving God in the silence. 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...

Christmas has just been! And as we revel in the joy of the Word made flesh Sarah de Nordwall draws our attention to the rich array of saint's days that come in fast succession after Our Lord's Nativity. And what can we learn from these saints: Stephen, Thomas Becket and even King David of the Old Testament and the Psalms? One saint in particular takes the stage, you might say, in this epis...

Fr Toby on why in an age of casual cursing Jesus' name still has power. 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...

Fr Toby on New Year's Resolution and the need for grace and community. THE FRIARSIDE airs live on Radio Maria on Mondays and Tuesdays 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 one off or monthly donation to Radio Maria...

Fr Toby on the Holy Family and daring to call things better. 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 En...