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Fr Toby on Peter Krefft's philosophy of wonder.

In this episode of Questions of Faith we welcome questions from St Edmund's in Ware among among others. Why did Jesus take so long to come into the world and if the world were destroyed by a meteor.... would God create a new one? Hear Fr Toby and Sr Hyacinthe's answers to these questions and others. 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.

Fr Dushan Croos SJ, the Jesuit priest in charge at Holy Name, and John Green, who is supporting fundraising efforts for the restoration works speak about this important project and why keeping our Churches preserved and restoring them can help restore and preserve the faithful that pray in those buildings.

In anticipation of the coming feast which marks the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of Advent, Fr Bernardino reflects on the Kingship of Christ. 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.

Speaking about something very close to his heart, conductor and choir-leader Matthew O'Keeffe shares with us what it means to start a parish choir from scratch. 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.

Father Terry Martin, parish priest at St Mary of the Angels RC church in Worthing, will be holding a book launch next month, to mark the publication of his new book 'Animals in Heaven?' The launch and signing ceremony will take place at the church on Saturday 16th November at 10.45am, and will include a short musical recital, and a brief introduction to the book, followed by vegan refreshments, children's activities, and a fundraising raffle for Greek Animal Rescue: the rescue charity from which Fr Terry gave a home to his delightful, rescued spaniel, George. The new book provides a Catholic pastoral response to questions about animals and examines the way in which humans consider and treat other species of God's creation, while also asking how God intends humans to share planet earth with such a rich array and variety of animals. It has been a year in the research and writing and is now hot off the press for readers to consider their own personal Christian moral positions concerning non-human species. The event is free to attend, and all are welcome. Speaking about the impending launch Fr Terry commented: "This book has been a labour of love; I have done it for the animals. If I can contribute, even in a small way, to the conversation around how human beings consider animals, and encourage a gospel of kindness and compassion to all living beings, I will be thrilled." Christian academic theologian and animal welfare advocate Professor Andrew Linzey of Oxford University, who has written the foreword commented: "Fr Terry is doing a new thing. The special value of this book is the way in which it frankly addresses and explores the basic questions that many animal-regarding Christians ask about animals: Will they meet their companion animals again in heaven? Do animals have souls? Do animals have rights? What precisely does the Church teach?"

Our new President Inti Paolucci speaks to us about the all important topic of thanksgiving, drawing on scripture and the example of the saints. Inti Paolucci, originally from Italy, became Radio Maria England's President in October 2024.

Fr Toby looks at the relentless commodification of all areas of life, including sex, and calls us reclaim the culture of the costly reception of gift 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.

Joseph Black speaks for Fr Toby about the founding of Craig Lodge and his own story of faith. 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.

In Episode 26, Antonia and Kate enjoy the sumptuous sounds of Dylan Thomas’s silence in the “lulled and dumbfound town” of Llareggub. Reading from the gospel for Gaudete Sunday, they discuss baptism with water and baptism with fire and the Spirit, Carlo Carretto’s Letters from the Desert, and design imaginary Advent wreaths with findings from the forest. Music: The Holly Bears a Berry by The Watersons 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. You can follow them on SubStack at substack.com/@florilegiumpodcast  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. 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.