Radio Maria England
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Radio Maria EnglandSep 21, 2023
ProParent - 29. Technology and Tradition
In this week's episode, Ciro discusses the enduring value of handwritten communication, the dangers of excessive smartphone use and strategies for navigating the digital world while fostering strong values at home.
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 - Syro Malabar Liturgy!
Nick and Tim put the Pentecost episode on hold to look at the fascinating world of Syro Malabar liturgy with Fr Antony Chundelikkat who explains the various Mass parts as we listen to them. Why the change in schedule? Radio Maria is raising money support Radio Maria Andhra Pradesh. Do visit our website to find out how you can support: www.radiomariaengland.uk
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word
Fr Toby on the centrality of humility and mercy in the Christian life.
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 - Fr Shyju Chacko - Mariathon for Andhra Pradesh
Fr Shyju Chacko, Assistant Director of AFCM (Anointing Fire Catholic Ministries) who leads AFCM in UK comes n to Radio Maria's Mariathon as we raise funds for Radio Maria Andhra Pradesh.
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament
Part IV of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the The Action of the Holy Spirit.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - A Personal Mediation
Fr Toby on the beauty of the Church and the sacraments as the extension of the Incarnation.
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 - Is the Holy Spirit the only holy one in the Trinity?
Part V of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the 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.
SPECIAL - James Somerville-Meikle: Good News for Catholic Free Schools
James Somerville-Meikle, Deputy Director of the Catholic Union of Great Britain makes a special appearance on Radio Maria's English Catholic News to share the good news regarding Catholic free schools. Read more about it here: https://catholicunion.org.uk/2024/05/catholic-union-hails-landmark-free-school-decision/
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - The Power of Good Culture
Fr Toby discusses culture and Valerie Stivers conversion aided by Sigrid Undset’s Kristin Lavransdatter Trilogy
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 - From the Father and the Son
Part IV of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the 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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - More Precious than Certainty
Fr Toby on what is more important in discernment than having absolute certainty.
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.
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - 6. St Ignatius of Antioch
After looking at the Didache we now consider St Ignatius of Antioch and his letters - the Bishop whom tradition tells us may have been the child Jesus took placed before the Disciples and told the disciples, "Unless you become like one of these little ones you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven." (Matt 18:2) We follow his fascinating journey to Rome to be thrown to wild beasts
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Little Miss Congeniality
Fr Toby on the dangers of being too congenial.
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.
ProParent - 28. Protecting Our Children's Minds in a Tech Driven World
In this week's episode, Ciro explores some of the ways smartphones undermine children's learning, critical thinking, and well-being, offering insights for parents seeking to cultivate healthier digital attitudes.
AS I WAS SAYING - Fr Euan Marley - Psalm 104
We hear Fr Euan's commentary on that Psalm from which we have so many memorable lines - Bless the Lord, O my soul! - and many others.
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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THE LITURGICAL LOOKING GLASS - The 7th Sunday of Eastertide
We're still in Easter! And there are a few interesting things coming up this week of interest to listen to. Here's the playlist:
1. If Ye Love Me by Tallis (choir unknown)
2. Venite Benedicti Patris Mei from O Sacrum Convivium, St George's Cathedral Choir Southwark
3. Nunc Dimittis sung by the Nuns of St Cecilia's Abbey
4. Sunday's Introit: Exaudi Domini
5. Benedic anima mea (Ps. 103, 1-3) from Erasumus von Rotterdam, Praise of Folly
6. Ut Umum Sint sung by Choir of New College Oxford
7. Singularis Laudis Digni from Medieval English Music sung by the Hillard Ensemble
8. Communio: Ego Vos Elegi de Mundo from Coro Gregoriano de Lisboa
9. Regina Coeli Laetare from sung by Philippe Jaroussky from the album Stabat Mater, Motets to the Vigin Mary
SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories 10. Who Moved the Stone?
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.
10. WHO MOVED THE STONE? by RICHARD FITCHETT
Broadcast: Thursday 9th May 3:30pm
About the Writer: Richard, originally from the Midlands, now lives in London. He is married with two children and four grandchildren. He is a playwright, has had work produced on the fringe and has received 5-Star reviews and been commended for a stage prize. His most recent play, a previously undramatised story about Dickens was staged in December 2023. This piece was inspired by the nuns that educated him in Southam Convent School and The Stations of The Cross (now sadly gone) that had been painted by a nun.
Readers: TERESA JENNINGS, KENNETH MICHAELS
About the Readers:
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.
KENNETH MICHAELSKenneth 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).
THE FRIARSIDE - Fr Toby - Preparing the Way for a Third Person by a Second Person
Part III of Fr 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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Better Without Jesus?
Fr Toby on the Ascension and the time of the Church.
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 - Edmund Matyjaseck - Easter Poems in the English Language from Anglo-Saxon times to TS Eliot
Edmund Matyjaszek, former Director of the Poetry Society reads some of the great and the lesser-known Easter poems including John Donne, William Shakespeare, Dylan Thomas & Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - The Holy Spirit and Acts
Fr Toby on how under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit we are writing the next chapter
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 definition of Spirt that Differs from Nothing – Part II
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.
SPECIAL - Tricolore Easter Stories - 9. JONAH THE DOG IN THE BOAT
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.
JONAH THE DOG IN THE BOAT by BRIDIE STRINGER
Broadcast: Tuesday 7th May 2024, 3:30pm
About the Writer: Following careers in telecommunications and NHS management, I undertook academic postgraduate studies in pastoral theology and was awarded a doctorate in 2010. I then became a university lecturer in reflective practice courses for those working in chaplaincies, and also for candidates in formation programmes for the ordained ministry of permanent deacon. I have actively participated in parish, deanery and diocesan pastoral councils over many years and been a catechist for children, young people and adults. I find creative writing helpful in pastoral ministry as it frees people to engage imaginatively with faith rather than burdening them with doctrine and orthodoxy which they might find difficult to engage with. Finally, I am a wife, mother of two loving daughters and grandmother of two amazing grandsons. In short, I am a good example of St John Henry Newman’s saying: ‘To live is to change and to be perfect is to have changed often.’ Perfection still eludes me!
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
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton 5. Back to the Future: the Apostolic Fathers I
We now turn our attention to those known as the Apostolic Fathers, beginning with an overview of the Didache, a fascinating first century Church document describing the two ways: that of life... and that of death.
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.
SPECIAL - Fr Gregory Pine OP - Is it Possible to Be Perfect?
In collaboration with Blackfriars Cambridge and the Thomistic Institute and hosted by the Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs, Radio Maria England is pleased to bring this wonderful lecture by Fr Gregory Pine OP to our listeners, Is It Possible to Be Perfect? The lecture was given at the Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs on the 1st of May 2024.
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Windows With Little Ornamentation
Fr Toby on the Feast of Sts Philip and James, saints who show us little themselves and lots of 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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Melon and Mackerel?
Fr Toby on why love and commandment is a better combination than melon and mackerel.
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 - 16. Creativity and the Sacramental Life
Risk, storm and the sheer miraculous wonder of the sacramental life find their way into this bardcast. With a poem from Jane Higgs on emerging from the depths, hints on helping very young children delight in Gerard Manley Hopkins from Rose Walsh and a haiku cluster from Sarah de Nordwall on the experience of being at Adoration with 2 million people, you'll find plenty to inspired you to take up your own creative challenges and see where God leads.
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.
CREDO - Edward Hadas - Gender Trouble part 3
Edward Hadas continues to outline the how Christian anthropology helps untangle a very confused conversation currently taking place with regards to gender and human sexuality in this fascinating weekly series.
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.
QUESTIONS OF FAITH - Fr Toby - What about the Protestant Martyrs?
We celebrate the English Martyrs who died for the faith - what about those who died at the hands of Catholics, are they martyrs? Fr Toby tackles this question and more on Questions of Faith.
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.
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.
ProParent - 27. Reclaiming Childhood
In this week's episode, Ciro explores social psychologist Jonathan Haidt's research on the mental health crisis facing young people, highlighting the dangers of smartphones and the decline of free play for children.
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.
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - To God for Man
Fr Toby on St Athanasius and the centrality of the Incarnation.
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
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.
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.
Readers: TERESA JENNINGS, 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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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