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CREDO - Fr Richard Ounsworth - Matthew 21
Fr Richard Ounsworth continues to lead us through the book of Matthew and in this episode we see Jesus coming into Jerusalem on a donkey, clearing the Temple and cursing the fig tree.
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - Who or What is the Holy Spirit?
Part 1 of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on The Action of the Holy Spirit.
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 voice by your side.
MORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA - Mary Alves - On a Mission
In this episode of Mornings with Radio Maria we hear the story of being taken by the hand and set on a mission and Mary Alves recounts how a trip to Africa changed her life and how she's now trying to spread that fire to others.
SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 8. Fish on Fridays
8. FISH ON FRIDAYS by VIV LAKE Broadcast: Thursday 2nd May 2024
About the Writer: Convent educated, then Pitman’s College, worked as Secretary, had a career break raising her family. She returned to work in NHS for 10 years, then for a charity, producing their quarterly magazine. She joined an actors and writers group in 2006, began writing short plays, graduating to longer pieces and full-length plays.
Readers: JONATHAN COOTE, KENNETH MICHAELS, NADIA OSTACCHINI
About the Readers:
JONATHAN COOTE
An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books.
KENNETH MICHAELS
Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).
NADIA OSTACCHINI
Nadia is an actor, theatre producer, voice over artist, secretary & carer! She was born inLondon of Italian parentage, trained as an actor and is the Artistic Director of Tricolore Theatre Company whose first dual-language English/Italian storybook based on Jesus’s parables was published last year. She has enjoyed Tricolore’s collaboration with Radio Maria for Eastertide Stories as well as Advent Adventures last year & looks forward to reading: ‘A Boy Called Porro’ to Radio Maria’s younger listeners over the radio this Christmas. Website: www.tricolore.org.uk
SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 7. Abandoned
7. ABANDONED by KATE GLOVER
Broadcast: Tuesday 30th April 2024
About the Writer: Kate Glover, actress, playwright and director, started her career in secondary schools as a teacher of history, up to A-level and beyond. She also worked extensively in Sierra Leone, France, Italy and Tbilisi, Georgia teaching English for business as well as for academic purposes. On her return to England, she did a postgraduate one year diploma in Drama. A writing collaboration with another actress (to get her Equity card) persuaded her to start writing seriously. To date, she has written a dozen full length plays (most of which have been produced), and many shorter pieces. She founded Historia Theatre Company (Reg’d Charity 1099807) to stage plays that have their source in or inspiration from history.
JUST LIFE - Grace Feltoe - Being His Instrument: A Conversation about Liturgy, Old and New
Grace Feltoe, Australian opera singer turned fulltime cantor now living in Portugal talks to Tim about her journey into the heart of the Church's life of prayer - the liturgy - and how being a cantor is about becoming God's instrument. Check out the wonderful work she's doing here: https://www.gloria-dei-musica-sacra-project.com/about
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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JUST LIFE - Fr Kevin O'Donnell - Our Lady of Pontmain
Many of you may know that Radio Maria England has recently launched a campaign called 200 Stars connected with the apparition Our Lady of Pontmain. This episode of Just Life we have the opportunity to hear from Fr Kevin O'Donnell and his close relationship with Pontmain and the story of Our Lady there.
JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm.
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Shopcraft as Soulcraft
Fr Toby on the Feast of St Joseph the Worker looks at the importance of being skillful and of embodied labour.
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 voice by your side.
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - A Narrower Sense of Vocation
Fr Toby seeks to clarify some possible confusion in our talk about vocation and discernment.
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 voice by your side.
JUST LIFE - Mariia Pashkova and Jamie Mackrill - Homes for Ukraine
On this episode of Just Life we hear about Homes for Ukraine scheme working in partnership with St John of God Hospitaller Services: https://sjog-homesforukraine.uk/
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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FLORILEGIUM - 11. Two Trees
In Episode 11 Kate and Antonia get into grafting with the Gospel for the feast of St Joseph the Worker (John 15:1-8) - I am the true vine and the poem ‘Two Trees’ by Don Patterson wondering if we can compare human friendship to grafted trees, and if so, to what extent. Music: ’The Maple Leaf/The man of Aran’ played by Micheal Donaghy.
Florilegium is a programme on Radio Maria which seeks to weave together liturgy, literature and gardening in rambling, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.
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 began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.
Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.
CREDO - Derek Williams - Total Consecration to Jesus Through Mary
Continuing his Catechesis on Mary, the Saint Maker Derek Williams turns his attention to venerable practice of consecrating ourselves to Christ through Mary. We're on the verge of May, and what a better time to do such a thing!
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.
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.
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton 4. The Passio of Perpetua II
4. Heroines of the Ancient Church: The Passio of Perpetua II
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.
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.
SONGS IN THE WILDERNESS - Catherine Giuliano
Hear the beautiful of story of an awakening faith as Catherine Giuliano recounts the chapters of her life to Di and the songs that accompanied her along the way.
Songs in the Wilderness is programme that features a guest telling the story of his or her life and the songs that inspired them along the way. The music in the podcast is clipped for the purposes of complying with copyright laws. Listen Songs in the Wilderness live on Wednesdays at 10am and again at 10pm on Radio Maria England.
Radio Maria England is 24 hour Catholic radio station which broadcasts on Digital Radio in selected regions of the UK and online (using the Radio Maria Play app or the webpage) accessible anywhere in the world.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Flying Without Wings?
Fr Toby on wingless chickens and the need for perseverance.
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 voice by your side.
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - Evangelical Counsels
Fr Toby continues his exploration of vocation, states of life, and discernment.
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 voice by your side.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - The Vine and the Branch
Fr Toby reflects upon what it means for Jesus to be the vine rather than the stem.
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 voice by your side.
THE BARDCAST - Sarah de Nordwall - B Side of 15: Beauty and Memory
Exploring the previous episode of the Bardcast #15 (Beauty: the Enemy of Chaos) Sarah de Nordwall and Tim focus in on the importance of memory and how the mind, which is more like soil receiving seeds than a computer collecting data, must be populated with beautiful things.
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 reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.
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.
QUESTIONS OF FAITH - Sr Carino - Rage Against the Machine
If I feel wrath towards my computer... is it a sin? Sr Carino answers this question as well as revisiting the question of whether taking Christ as the new Adam and Mary as the new Eve is really a helpful parallel to always draw. Listen to her answers and more!
QUESTIONS OF FAITH is a programme in which listeners call in and ask our guests a theological, biblical or pastoral question - anything related to the faith, in other words. We usually have a priest, religious brother or sister or lay evangelist on and the programme airs live on Fridays at 11:15am.
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ProParent - 26. Good Manners Matter
In this week's episode, Ciro explores how timeless good manners strengthen families, guide our children towards good character and even make our marriages better.
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.
THE LITURGICAL LOOKING GLASS - Still Easter! And St Catherine
It's still Easter, everyone. Let's not forget it. We continue with our Alelluias and then some! Here's the music:
1. Vespers of 1610: Deus in adiutorium meum intende
2. John Dunstable - Quam pulchra es, sung by Tonus Peregrinus
3. Cantate Domino canticum novum - Introitus VI ad Tempus Paschale, Hebdomada V
4. Mihi adhaerere Deo bonum est sung the Dominican Friars
5. Giovanni Bassano’s setting performed by Monika Mauch, Capricornus Ensemble Stuttgart.
6. Marvel not, Joseph, sung by the Hillard Ensemble
7. Nóirín Ní Riain singing The Magnificat with traditional Irish ornamentation
8. Couperin's Regina Caeli Laetare
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - The Difficulty of Trust
Fr Toby on the leap of faith to truly trust.
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 voice by your side.
CREDO - Bishop Erik Varden - Chastity: Reconciliation of the Senses
Last year Cistercian monk and Bishop of Trondheim Erik Varden released his third book Chastity: A Reconciliation of the Senses. Here on Radio Maria England's Credo Bishop Varden speaks to Sarah de Nordwall about the book's key themes and why chastity is as alive and relevant a topic as ever for people of all states of life.
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.
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.
AS I WAS SAYING - Fr Euan - Ephesians 6
Fr Euan comes to the end of the book of Ephesians, wrapping up (for now) his look at some of the epistles. What next, you say? We'll be heading over to the Psalms again next week, there were this series began!
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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SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 6. The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
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 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and died 30th November 1900 in Paris, France. Wilde was known as a playwright and poet, journalist, essayist and writer of short stories for adults and children. He also wrote a novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1891. His best known works are the plays, the comic and acerbic observations of British society, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) and Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and A Woman of No Importance (1893). He was imprisoned from 1895–97 because of his homosexuality where he wrote the poem The Ballad of Reading Gaol in1898. Wilde was also known for his witty sayings. Even on his deathbed Wilde remarked, “My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One of us has got to go”. Shortly before his death, Wilde was conditionally baptised into the Catholic church.
Reader: JONATHAN COOTE
About the Readers:
JONATHAN COOTE
An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books.
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The Catholic Performing Arts Association (known as CaAPA), has a diverse group of members whom are comprised of actors, directors, writers, singers, musicians and other entertainers, who share in a creative community where they can also grow in their spiritual values. They also aim to serve the wider community by presenting productions for charitable causes or by taking productions on tour to schools, local theatres, parishes and elderly homes. Website: https://catholicassociationofperformingarts.org.uk/
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Character Death Star
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 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.
THE BARDCAST - Sarah de Nordwall - 15. Beauty: the Enemy of Chaos
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 poems look at how beauty is the enemy of chaos and childhood memories evoke the existence of eternal happiness. Be encouraged to learn beautiful poems off by heart and write from your experience of moments of revelation in a narrative style that is all your own.
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 reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.
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.
CULTURE TUESDAY - Stephanie Pena reviews Ordinary Angels (the film)
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 those mountains begin to move and a community come together. ‘For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain. ‘Move from here to there, & it will move, & nothing will be impossible for you’ Mathew 17:20
SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 5. 25 Reasons on a Quiet Day
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 professional actor since 1966 when he played the title role in the BBC TV series ‘ Jennings’. He started writing in 2001 and to date he has written twenty one short plays and two full length plays, Face Value and Funny Turns. His latest project which is due for production in October 2024 is ‘Who’s Gracie..? a play with songs which is based on the life story of Dame Gracie Fields. In 2022 he founded South Coast Theatre. David’s writing is published by Stagescripts Ltd. and his work is performed throughout the UK and abroad. www.stagescripts.com davidhampshire.com southcoasttheatre.co.uk
Readers: TERESA JENNINGS, KENNETH MICHAELS
About the Readers:
KENNETH MICHAELS
Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).
TERESA JENNINGS
Teresa has worked extensively in theatre, most recently with Middleground Theatre touring the Verdict throughout the UK and Dublin’s Gaiety. Lead roles include Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane National Tour Vesta Tilley (one woman show) The Curve, Leicester and National Tour, Ariel in The Tempest, Joan of Arc and Prim in The Woman Hater, The Orange Tree, Richmond. Teresa has a BA Hons in French and Drama and won the most promising graduate from Sam Walters’s Richmond Drama School. Teresa is also a writer and has worked on world cruises with Fred Olsen running and writing shows. She is a contributor to The Soho Theatre Comedy Project and does regular, varied voiceover work and role-play with The United Nations. Teresa is also a jazz and folk singer.
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With the Rosalet® bracelet Ghirelli® creates an inseparable union between Faith and Design Rosalet® is at once a beautiful rosary and a jewel that revolutionizes the concept of an instrument of Prayer. This bracelet conveys a depth of prayer with symbols and messages that transcend time and fashion. Website: www.ghirelli.it/
CAAPA (CATHOLIC PERFORMING ARTS ASSOCIATION)
The Catholic Performing Arts Association (known as CaAPA), has a diverse group of members whom are comprised of actors, directors, writers, singers, musicians and other entertainers, who share in a creative community where they can also grow in their spiritual values. They also aim to serve the wider community by presenting productions for charitable causes or by taking productions on tour to schools, local theatres, parishes and elderly homes. Website: https://catholicassociationofperformingarts.org.uk/
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - 3. The Passio of Perpetua I
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 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.
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.
MORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA - Delphine Chui on Catholic Dating
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.
THE BARDCAST - Sarah de Nordwall - B Side of 13. Holy Saturday Streets
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 Fridays. Each week Sarah de Nordwall reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.
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.
JUST LIFE - Isabel Squirrell - Autism
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 parents become therapeutically informed.
JUST LIFE is a human formation programme brought to you by Radio Maria, airing on weekdays at 10am and rebroadcast at 10pm.
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - More Than Permission to Eat Bacon
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 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.
SPECIAL - Wanderings: A Lieder and Piano Recital - Rachael Shipard & Christian Jenkins
'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 Christian. Please come in person to this Radio Maria fundraising concert or tune in on the radio. Register on our website www.radiomariaengland.uk and if listening on the radio please consider making a donation. The programme includes Wagner, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Vaughan-Williams.
Radio Maria is on digital radio in London, Cambridgeshire, Bristol and South Birmingham. It is also available on the Radio Maria Play app, our website live-player or via a smart speaker.
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ProParent - 25. The Power of Love
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.
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SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 3. The Crisscrossing
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. “Where there’s a word, there’s a world” has always been Hélène’s motto throughout her many lives! Originally from Paris, she started writing and performing her work in English in 2019 and was instantly recognised as a poet steeped in spirituality. Her mysticism is influenced by her Classics studies, her Greek Orthodox Christian faith and her love of magical realism. Her poetry has been long listed to be anthologised by Renard Press and is lined up for an anthology showcasing Christian authors. She performs her work at the Poetry Society, the Soho House, the Tea House Theatre and the Soho Spice of Life. She is working on getting her first collection published. She lives in London with her daughter, her blind dog and two cats.
Reader: NADIA OSTACCHINI
About the Reader
NADIA OSTACCHINI
Nadia is an actor, theatre producer, voice over artist, secretary & carer! She was born inLondon of Italian parentage, trained as an actor and is the Artistic Director of Tricolore Theatre Company whose first dual-language English/Italian storybook based on Jesus’s parables was published last year. She has enjoyed Tricolore’s collaboration with Radio Maria for Eastertide Stories as well as Advent Adventures last year & looks forward to reading: ‘A Boy Called Porro’ to Radio Maria’s younger listeners over the radio this Christmas. Website: www.tricolore.org.uk
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - 2. The Green-Eyed Monster: St Cyprian on Jealousy
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 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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THE BARDCAST - Sarah de Nordwall - B Side of 14. The Garden Tomb
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 reflects on poems that have been sent in, shares a poem of her own, leaves us with a theme and a writing prompt and sends us off to write something ourselves.
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JUST LIFE - Dr Ben Outhwaite - Jews and Christians, from Conversion to the Crusades
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, explains the history behind the manuscripts which revealed these historical events.
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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WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Addicts as Prophets
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.
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SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories: 4. Disputed Incident in Loyola Hospital
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 Drama and a librarian. I am now co-founding a professional venture for writing and disseminating new Christian/Catholic literature and drama. Email address: collaborative.direct@btinternet.com
Readers: JONATHAN COOTE, TERESA JENNINGS, KENNETH MICHAELS
About the Readers:
JONATHAN COOTE
An actor for many years on stage, screen and radio, Jonathan’s favourite roles have included Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac, Bosola in The Duchess of Malfi and Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. His West End appearances include Yes, Prime Minister, The Audience, Witness for the Prosecution. At the National Theatre he has appeared in The Doctor’s Dilemma, Home, Emil and the Detectives, Our Country’s Good, As You Like It. When theatres re-opened after lockdown, he toured a one-man play called The Man with the Golden Pen as James Bond author, Ian Fleming. An immersive audio recreation of an 18th Century Chocolate House which he wrote and produced is currently running at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. Television appearances include: Stephen, The Crown, Casualty.. Radio/Audio: Publish and Be Damn’d (BBC) Six Degrees of Assassination (Audible), The Diary Of River Song (Big Finish) and numerous audio books.
KENNETH MICHAELS
Kenneth Michaels is an actor and director and has worked in theatre, radio, television and film and has taught in several drama schools. As an actor he has toured extensively in the UK and Europe in works from Shakespeare to pantomime, Pinter to Agatha Christie. Kenneth works as a specialist ESOL teacher, working with refugees supporting their English learning. He is also the Secretary of the Catholic Association of Performing Arts (CaAPA).
TERESA JENNINGS
Teresa has worked extensively in theatre, most recently with Middleground Theatre touring the Verdict throughout the UK and Dublin’s Gaiety. Lead roles include Maureen in The Beauty Queen of Leenane National Tour Vesta Tilley (one woman show) The Curve, Leicester and National Tour, Ariel in The Tempest, Joan of Arc and Prim in The Woman Hater, The Orange Tree, Richmond. Teresa has a BA Hons in French and Drama and won the most promising graduate from Sam Walters’s Richmond Drama School. Teresa is also a writer and has worked on world cruises with Fred Olsen running and writing shows. She is a contributor to The Soho Theatre Comedy Project and does regular, varied voiceover work and role-play with The United Nations. Teresa is also a jazz and folk singer.
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - The Anxious Generation
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.
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WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - The Bread of Life
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.
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THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - St Thomas Aquinas, Relic or Relevant
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 voice by your side.
SONGS IN THE WILDERNESS - Surendra Paul
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 inspired them along the way. The music in the podcast is clipped for the purposes of complying with copyright laws. Listen Songs in the Wilderness live on Wednesdays at 10am and again at 10pm on Radio Maria England.
Radio Maria England is 24 hour Catholic radio station which broadcasts on Digital Radio in selected regions of the UK and online (using the Radio Maria Play app or the webpage) accessible anywhere in the world.
FLORILEGIUM - 10. Spring
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, hopefully fruitful ways. It is written and presented by Kate Banks and Antonia Shack.
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 began discussing poetry, liturgy and gardening at the Willibrord Fellowship reading group in London and are delighted to be continuing these conversations on Radio Maria.
Kate is a teacher of Literature, Philosophy and Theology, with a particularly keen regard for the poet and artist David Jones around whom many of her studies and her teaching-subjects have been based. She also briefly worked as a gardener in London, though she now lives with her little boy on the river Exe in Devon.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Trapped in the Cell of Self-Knowledge
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.
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AS I WAS SAYING - Fr Euan Marley - Ephesians 4 Completed
We come to the end of Ephesians 4 and the end is close in sight. Or is it? Fr Euan has described going through these epistles like opening a tightly packed suitcase - everything just starts bursting out a small space.
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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WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Peace, Presence, Purpose
Fr Toby on the Risen Lord among us.
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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