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 Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voic ..read more

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 England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian voice by your side ..read more

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 initial broadcasts. About the Writer: Hélène Le Bohec is a poet, Equity performer, dancer, singer and voiceover artist, as well as being a literary translator and an exhibiting painter and calligrapher ..read more

2. The Green-Eyed Monster: St Cyprian on Jealousy 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 studies in Patristics at Christ Church, University of Oxford, and his license at the Patristic Institute “Augustinianum” in Rome. Prior to entering seminar ..read more

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 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 Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall ref ..read more

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 Crusade enriched themselves through the sale of Jewish books from Jerusalem? Because of manuscripts discovered in the Cairo Genizah! Dr Ben Outhwaite, from Cambridge University's Genizah Research Unit, e ..read more

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: Thursday 18th April 2024, 3:30pm About the Writer: I was received into the Catholic Church 1977. I am married, with two sons who live in America. I have been an actor, a lecturer in English and Dram ..read more

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 consider making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our li ..read more

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 making a once off or monthly donation to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners t ..read more

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 to Radio Maria England by visiting www.RadioMariaEngland.uk or calling 0300 302 1251 during office hours. It is only through the ongoing support of our listeners that we continue to be a Christian v ..read more