

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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Dec 11, 2024 • 36min
THE FRIARSIDE - ft. Joseph Black from Craig Lodge
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.

Dec 11, 2024 • 41min
FLORILEGIUM - 26. Under Milkwood
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.

Dec 10, 2024 • 28min
MONTHLY PRO-LIFE SHOW - 5. ft. Clare McCullough - A Response of Faith to the Crisis of Abortion
Clare McCullough shares her own journey of starting the Good Counsel Network and her insights into the current abortion crisis.

Dec 9, 2024 • 45min
JUST LIFE - Charlotte de Klee - Wintershall Cast
Christmas Nativity Performance - Stephanie Pena and Charlotte de Klee (Producer and Trustee), Mary and Harry speak about this year's upcomgin Wintershall Nativitiy Production.
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.

Dec 9, 2024 • 16min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - An Expansive, Immaculate Pain
Fr Toby on the Immaculate Conception.
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.

Dec 7, 2024 • 15min
ProParent - Ciro Candia - 36. Strengthening Yourself to Strengthen Your Teen
In this episode, Ciro Candia explores how parents can strengthen themselves emotionally to better guide their teens, and fostering character formation in the face of modern challenges.
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.

Dec 6, 2024 • 7min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Isaiah speaks to the 'not yet' of the 'already'
Fr Toby on the strange seeming-limbo of our earthly pilgrimage.
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.

Dec 5, 2024 • 9min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Trust and Peanuts
Fr Toby on Charlie Brown's Christmas Story and love as the condition of 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.

Dec 5, 2024 • 43min
THE FRIARSIDE - ft. Veronica Scarpati - Metanoia and the transformation of memory
Veronica Scarpati joins Fr Toby for an exploring the grace of conversion and the everyday struggle of Christian living afterwards.
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.

Dec 5, 2024 • 9min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Too scared to wait
Fr Toby contrasts the unbearable lightness of being and the weight of glory
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.


