

Radio Maria England
Radio Maria England
Radio Maria England is a 24hr Catholic Radio Station broadcasting programmes expressing the Christian faith. It aims to support Catholics and others in their spiritual life and witness to those who wish to learn more about Catholicism. It is part of the World Family of Radio Maria, formed in 1998 in response to the apparitions and messages of Our Lady in Medjugorje and Fatima. Radio Maria currently has 82 radio stations across five continents with 500 million listeners worldwide.
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Mar 7, 2025 • 10min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Fasting for the Sake of Love
Fr Toby on the true nature of Christian fasting.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.

Mar 7, 2025 • 39min
AS I WAS SAYING - Fr Euan Marley - Job 38: God Speaks
The end is finally approaching of this fascinating book, and in this chapter God addresses Job, the 'answer' we have been waiting for through the narrative. 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. 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.

Mar 7, 2025 • 27min
MORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA - Erik Varden's Healing Wounds: A Lenten Read
What do we actually mean when we say that by Christ's wounds, we are healed? Tim Hutchinson recommends 'Healing Wounds', by Erik Varden, the Bloomsbury 2025 Lenten Read.

Mar 6, 2025 • 8min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Fast for Joy or Feast for Misery
Fr Toby shares some of GK Chesterton's paradoxical thinking.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.

Mar 6, 2025 • 36min
THE FRIARSIDE - Angela Alves: A Beautiful Thing
Angela Alves speaks about her new series dramatising the lives of 7 women of the Old Testament.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.

Mar 6, 2025 • 56min
MORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA - Medieval Women at the British Library
Catherine Wallis-Hughes, Laura Calnan and Fr Matthew Jarvis discuss their thought on this exhibition and introduce us to some of the amazing women featured.MORNINGS WITH RADIO MARIA airs live every weekday at 9am, featuring a wide range of guests with interesting stories to tell and things to share. If you don’t already follow our live broadcasts, tune in on DAB in England or download the Radio Maria Play app and listen anywhere in the world. 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.

Mar 5, 2025 • 14min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - It's the hope that kills you . . . unless you hope in God
Fr Toby on the conversion of heart in Lent and the learning to trust in what can be trusted.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.

Mar 4, 2025 • 22min
CULTURE TUESDAY - Fr Chris Lough - Jubilee Year in the Diocese of Salford
Download your own copy of the Diocese of Salford's Jubilee Booklet which contains all you need to know to be a Pilgrim of Hope. Included are the designated Churches, the Jubilee Prayer and information about pilgrimages outside of Salford, including to Rome. https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Main-Jubilee-booklet-digital.pdf

Mar 4, 2025 • 13min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Law and Sacrifice
Fr Toby shows how law contains our fallen propensity to violence and sacrifice of the innocent using the thought of Rene Girard.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.

Mar 4, 2025 • 49min
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - Cyprian on the Our Father
Many of the Church Fathers wrote commentaries and teachings on the prayer that Christ taught us to pray, the Our Father. In this episode we look at Cyprian's catechesis on this most sacred of prayers. Sign up for Our Lenten Reflections sent to your phone or email address daily!! rmengland.civi-go.net/lentendailyreflectionsFr 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.