

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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Jul 31, 2024 • 53min
CREDO - Edward Hadas - Grandparents and the Elderly
Pope Francis asked us to set aside Sunday the 29th of July to remember Grandparents and the Elderly. Edward Hadas takes this opportunity to consider what it means to age from a Christian perspective.
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.

Jul 31, 2024 • 36min
AS I WAS SAYING - Fr Euan Marley - Job 8
Full of phrases we still use today though we may not realize they originated in this dense and sometimes perplexing manuscript, Fr Euan takes us through it chapter by chapter, this week looking at chapter 8.
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.

Jul 30, 2024 • 50min
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - Novation the Roman Presbyter
Getting to know you IV: Novatian the Roman Presbyter
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.

Jul 30, 2024 • 7min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - God’s mercy and the evil in the Church
Fr Toby on the parable of the weeds and permitting the tares to remain amongst the wheat.
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.

Jul 30, 2024 • 32min
THE BARDCAST - B Side of #21. Joanna Dobson on Siberian Rock Art
In this special guest episode we are taken into the unusual pilgrimage of Joanna Dobson who was inspired by the ancient Rock Art of an ancient indigenous people in Siberia and journeyed to Russian Orthodoxy. We explore how symbols in art that we experience and also echo in our own work can become powerful invitations into the depths.
She is an artist, interpreter and writing coach focussing on pilgrimage. www.altaipilgrim.com
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.
Please send your submissions to sarah@sarahdenordwall.com and the rest of the podcasts can be found on Radio Maria Englan’s website.

Jul 30, 2024 • 50min
JUST LIFE - John Connell - Twelve Sheep: Life Lessons from a Lambing Season
Aileen Walsh starts this episode of Just Life off by telling the story of how this book, Twelve Sheep, grabbed her attention in a book shop in Oxford, where the image on the front cover seemed to wander (as sheep do) into her life, as it were. Today she gets an opportunity to speak to John Connell, the award author about this marvellous book.
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.

Jul 29, 2024 • 52min
JUST LIFE - Catherine Wiley - Catholic Grandparents Association
Catherine Wilson tells the history of the Catholic Grandparents Association to Radio Maria President Charles Wilson in anticipation of the day set aside to remember grandparents and the elderly called by Pope Francis.
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.

Jul 29, 2024 • 48min
PATRISTIC PILLARS - Fr Joseph Hamilton - Tertullian Part 2
Oh what a Circus: the De Spectaculis of Tertullian
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.

Jul 29, 2024 • 8min
WORD FOR TODAY - Fr Toby - Friends with The Resurrection
Fr Toby on Mary, Martha, Lazarus, and the transformational effect of friendship with 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.

Jul 28, 2024 • 40min
QUESTIONS OF FAITH - Fr Brendan Seery - Praying to Mary?
A pleasure to have Fr Brendan Seery with us again on Questions of Faith tackling original sin, praying to Mary and encouraging non-Catholics to come into full communion with the Church in order to receive Christ in the Eucharist