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Fr Toby Lees joins Helena to speak about the "Time" Series, Season 2 on BBC . Theresa Alessandro from PACT also joins the group to share PACT insights. PACT is a pioneering national charity that supports prisoners, people with convictions, and their children and families. We provide caring and life changing services at every stage of the criminal justice process: in court, in prison, on...

Dr Catherine Knowles from Maryvale gives us an overview of what it means to look at the human person in light of the Incanation, and thus she outlines a Christian Anthropology. After this Lee Price, himself a gratuate of the Bachelor of Divinity programme shows us how the Church's understanding of the dignity of the human person is applied to end of life matters, specifically euthanasia. CREDO...

Fr Toby and Helena look at the forthcoming film Journey to Bethlehem , a musical adventure about Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, as mandated by the Roman authorities as part of the census.

Fr Toby on the cosmic battle Christ the King invites us to wage with Him. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 8:15am 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 making a once off or monthly donation to R...

In this episode, Ciro Candia sheds light on the many benefits of a happy marriage. Learn how simple changes in relationship habits can lead to profound joy and a deeper love over time.

In this episode, Ciro Candia explores how to develop a high Relationship Quality (RQ) in marriage, focusing on managing positive and negative interactions for a stronger bond. 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...

Are heresies not the result of honest questions? What must I do if I see my non-Catholic friend receiving communion? Are there martyrs outside of the Catholic Church? Is the New Forest actually new, or even a forest!? Hear the answer to these questions and more on this episode. (Sr Carino's convent is in the so-called "New Forest"). QUESTIONS OF FAITH is a programme in which listener...

Edward Hadas continues on the topic of what the roots and results of a contraceptive way of thinking have on our culture.

Nick and Tim, as is often the case, find themselves looking back, as much as forward, at the Church's liturgy and music inspired by it having just had some wonderful feasts which they were unable to cover the week before, St Cecilia an obvious choice to be explored at length on this programme. Here is the playlist: 1. Monteverdi: Deus tuorum militum, SV 280 from the album Sacred Vocal Music of...

Fr Toby on ACN's Red Wednesday and The Power of the Gospel in the witness of Margaret Attah. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 8:15am 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 making a once off o...

Fr Toby on the Vietnamese Martyrs and the subject of our thoughts and words. WORD FOR TODAY is broadcast live on Radio Maria on weekdays at 1:15pm and is rebroadcast at 12:15am and 8:15am 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 making a once off or monthly donation t...

Fr Toby continues his reflection on Frank Sheed's A Map of Life . The Friarside is live with Fr Toby twice a week on Radio Maria! Tune in on Monday and Tuesday at 11.15am or catch up with the rebroadcast at 11.15pm.

Dario from RM in Medjugorje talks to Fr Stefan Park.

In this episode Fr Richard covers the famous passage "And you are Peter, and on this Rock I will build my Church," uncovering some very interesting insights when looking at the Greek. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. CREDO is a programme that nourishes listeners in their Catholic faith. It airs live on Radio Maria every weekday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following mo...

Adenike is a Catholic singer-songwriter who was a semi-finalist on The Voice UK on ITV. Today she speaks to us about the passion for music which has marked her life and how she tries to be God's best version of herself. Adenike performed at The Flame 2023 and she is a youth minister as well as a Civil Servant.

Fr Toby with the poem SHE on the great love of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed as the Church as the means by which we participate in the divine life of Christ.

How does writing poetry help us order and piece things (ourselves included) together? That is the central theme of this episode of The Bardcast. And as promised, in this second instalment of your bardic moment in the week, Sarah de Nordwall features two poems sent in by listeners. Sarah then reflects on them before sharing a poem of her own and sending us off with a fresh piece of inspiration to g...

Fr Toby looks at the parable of the talents and the Christian world view.

Edward Hadas reflects on how we ought to understand violence in the light of Catholic anthropology.

Fr Toby on Aquinas and the 5 Ways.

A new voice on Questions of Faith (but not new on Radio Maria) Fr Brendan teams up with Fr Toby to answer the questions: Did Emperor Constantine invent and impose the Sunday Sabbath abolishing an early Church practice? Why does God allow the Devil to exacerbate our freedom to choose evil and why does He allow all the violence that is currently happening in the Holy Land? By no means trivial questi...

Fr Toby on the Kingdom of God and Plato’s ideal state.  

We approach the last few chapters of the Book of Wisdom with Fr Euan Marley, and today he announces that for Advent we'll be looking at passages of the Book of Isaiah. This is bound to be a treat! AS I WAS SAYING airs live on Radio Maria on Thursdays at 11:15am and is rebroadcast at 11:15pm. Each week Fr Euan Marley OP makes his way, chapter by chapter, through a book of Holy Scripture providi...

Mark Kollar is a Catholic Healing Evangelist and a Knight of Columbus from Chicago in the US. Mark is passionate in spreading God's love and amongst many other things, leads the North Shore Chapter of St Paul Street Evangelisation. DIVING DEEPER helps us experience the breadth and length, height and depth of the Catholic faith, airing live on Radio Maria at 8.30pm on Wednesday. Rebroadcast Wed...