Part 4 of Fr Toby and Tim reflecting on Monsignor James Shea's book From Christendom to Apostolic Mission. This episode was broadcast on the 17th of July 2024

Emily tells us about the wonderful work of the Laudato Si Centre in the Diocese of Salfolk

JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm. 

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Fr Toby on Jesus's invitation to put out into the deep.

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. 

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Part 7 of Fr Simon Tugwell's Prayer in Practice.

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.

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Fr Euan looks at the first two of the seven Penitential Psalms.

Pietro, a professional violinist, joins Anna to discuss music and spirituality, giving us a live performance of Bach and his thoughts on which historical composers he'd sit down to dinner with. Watch out for the next of his concert series at Netherhall House showcasing the talent of young musicians and visual artists.

Robert Asch, who has just published a biography and anthology of Lionel Johnson, shares insights into this remarkable man. A forgotten contemporary of Oscar Wilde, he was a poet, critic and Catholic convert whose writing glimmers with wit and profundity.

This week Derek speaks about going deeper into contemplative prayer and explains its stages.

Fr Toby on why faith in this life is not as good as knowledge but is the best we can have.

Fr Toby talks about stability and movement in the Christian life

Fr Toby on the remarkable conversion of St Ignatius of Loyola.

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. 

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Sing A New Song, written by Welsh singer-songwriter Deborah Rose, was inspired by a Psalm given to her while working at HMP Featherstone on her ‘Spirit of Songwriting’ course, helping to rehabilitate offenders through expression and creativity. Shortly after, Deborah was asked by her local church to rewrite a Psalm for a competition called “Totally Psalmic.” She used this Psalm (149) as inspiration and wrote her first original hymn on what the Psalm meant to her. As HM King Charles III approaches 60 days reign, Deborah realised the relevance of the words of the song, with the dawning of a new era.

Sarah Morgan returns to Radio Maria to give us a three-part series on going deeper into the Holy Mass, sharing the story of her own journey of what Mass has meant for her.

Fr Toby looks at the limits of atheistic materialism and through CS Lewis looks how literature opens up our desire for more meaning.

Fr Toby shows how the sheer number of prophecies fulfilled by Jesus points to the divine inspiration of the Prophets.

Pope Francis asked us to set aside Sunday the 29th of July to remember Grandparents and the Elderly. Edward Hadas takes this opportunity to consider what it means to age from a Christian perspective.

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 morning.

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This episode is particularly Benedictine, and we've included more of the music in the podcast than we were able to have on the live broadcast. We hope you enjoy it! We certainly enjoyed putting it together.

Fr Toby considers purity and chastity in light of Maria's martyrdom.

Iona Robinson from the Catholic Student Network speaks to Anna Fleischer about the her work

Fr Euan continues his enriching reflections on the psalms, taking first the beloved 'How lovely is your dwelling place'.

Dominic speaks to Tim about his story of growing up in a Catholic family, losing his faith and being found by God on the road to Walsingham - a truly beautiful account of God's loving guidance, and Christ's forgiveness.

Fr Toby asks what would you give to save your soul, what would you give to save another's soul?

Mae is a mother and the retired Director of the Baytree Centre (a social inclusion charity for women and girls) in Brixton, south London. She provides holistic support through personal development activities and workshops, as well as helping newly arrived migrants and refugees with English and integration. Today she shares with us music that has influenced her life!

Fr Mark worked for a large law firm in the City of London but God had other plans! He was ordained in 2003 and has served as a parish priest and university chaplain in Hertfordshire and West London. He has written a number of books on Church history and most recently God in Number 10: The Personal Faith of the Prime Ministers from Balfour to Blair.

Helena speaks to James Somerville-Meikle with his updates from the Catholic Union.

SPECIAL - Towards New Dawn - Stephen Gallagher

Full of phrases we still use today though we may not realize they originated in this dense and sometimes perplexing manuscript, Fr Euan takes us through it chapter by chapter, this week looking at chapter 8.

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 providing in-depth commentary. 

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Bishop David Oakley's sermon from Holy Mass at the Overflow Conference.

Fr Toby takes Herbert McCabe as our guide in looking at the credibility of the Creed.

Fr Toby on the necessity of hospitality and generosity for holiness.

Nicholas Sueref reflects on Christ's words 'Come to Me all you who labour'. Nicholas Sueref is a member of the Order of Secular Franciscans and is based in Cardiff where he is active in the Catholic healing ministry.

What happens at charismatic meetings? What is the spiritual role of nurses? How do I help my teenage son keep the faith? Did Jesus start Christianity? All these questions and more answered by Fr Toby, joined today by Sr Rose Rolling.

Getting to know you IV: Novatian the Roman Presbyter

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 seminary he worked as an investment banker. Having left the economy of Mammon for that of Salvation, he studied at the Pontifical North American College. A native of Ireland, he is a keen but mediocre (his words) surfer, and enjoys reading and cooking.

CREDO (currently hosting Patristic Pillars) 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 morning.

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Tim speaks to Melanie Penn about her life as a musician, songwriter and performer, and the journey that brought her where she is today.

Helena Judd talks to Teresa Alessando from PACT and Catholic Women's League

Fr Euan Marely comments on Psalm 55, a psalm known to many by because of Mendelssohn's beautiful O for the Wings of a Dove.

Helena talks to Alice Hall from the Overflow Catholic charismatic conference.

Fr Toby on the gift of the Church's teaching and the unity its acceptance brings.

Fr Richard Ounsworth continues to unpack St Matthew's Gospel chapter by chapter.

Fr Toby on the wolves in sheep's clothing of the sexual revolution.

Fr Toby on the parable of the weeds and permitting the tares to remain amongst the wheat.

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.

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Daniel Justin is the Director of Music for the Diocese of East Anglia, and Master of Music at the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich, a post which he took up in 2015.

Fr Toby on the perennial temptation to choose an easier path.

Fr Toby finishes Herbert McCabe's essay on the nature of belief, and shows how sometimes we should believe even when the facts do not give certainty.

Derek speaks on John chapter 9.

Author Penny Culliford talks about her dual language book in Italian and English for children age 8-12. "Un Bambino Di Nome Porro" - "A Boy Called Porro"

Bringing up Children in the Faith.

On the effort and danger of following Christ.

Returning to Radio Maria, this time to speak about her second love, after Christ and the Gospel, Sarah spreads the good news of drinking coffee.

Fr Toby on the difference between the Dead Sea and Galilee.