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Fr Toby helps us go a little deeper into the significant of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. 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.

Fr Toby on the difference the Eucharist could make. 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.

Robert Toone is a barrister, husband and father of four, with a particular interest in the Assisted Suicide legislation. In this Special he is joined by Dr Philippa Armstrong, a doctor who specialises in pain and palliative care, and Deacon Larry Worthern, a Catholic Deacon in Canada who gives a word of warning from a country that has already introduced similar laws. They examine the issues involved and the dangers of legalising choosing death as a right. Radio Maria is on digital radio (DAB+) in selected regions, the Radio Maria Play app (Europe/England), our website live-player and via a smart speaker. (Selected regions: London, Cambridge, Bristol, South Birmingham, Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Stockport, Norwich, King’s Lynn and Peterborough.) f you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side.  ⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠

In tonight's DIVING DEEPER Fr Hayden responds to Pope Francis' call to make 2024 a year of prayer, 'a symphony of prayer', inviting us to grow intensely in our prayer life and in our relationship with the Lord. Fr Hayden Williams OFMCap is a Capuchin Friar, originally from Malta, currently living in a hermitage in Italy. He is an itinerant preacher. DIVING DEEPER is programme in which we explore all aspects of our life of faith, aiming to go deeper. Live on Wednesdays at 8.30pm and rebroadcast on Wednesdays at 00.30am. Radio Maria is on digital radio (DAB+) in selected regions, the Radio Maria Play app (Europe/England), the website live-player and via a smart speaker. (Selected regions: London, Cambridge, Bristol, South Birmingham, Liverpool, Greater Manchester, Stockport, Norwich, King’s Lynn and Peterborough.) If you enjoyed this programme, please consider supporting us with a one-off or monthly donation. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to be a Christian voice by your side. www.radiomariaengland.uk⁠ 

Christmas is just around the corner, and what better way to inspire young hearts and minds than with the gift of a great book? At the beginning of Advent, Helena Judd, producer and host of Culture Tuesday on Radio Maria England, welcomed three incredible Catholic authors—Tammy Fernando, Madeleine Carroll, and Corinna Turner—to share their top picks for children and teens this Christmas. Whether you’re shopping for a budding bookworm or just looking for meaningful stocking stuffers, these authors have something special to recommend.

Multi-instrumentalist, conductor, choir director and choir constructor Matthew O'Keeffe gives us the second installment on what it takes to start a church 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.

Enter the kingdom as a little child with Lucia and Maria Watson as they go through the Gospel readings for this Sunday's Mass. CHILDREN’S LITURGY is put together for Radio Maria by Lucia Watson based on CAFOD’s Children’s Liturgy material. 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 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.