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Caritas Westminster joins us on Radio Maria for a new monthly series focusing on the work of Caritas. In this first episode Richard Harries, Director of Caritas Westminster, and Fr Dominic Robinson SJ, parish priest of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Farm Street and Chair of Westminster Justice and Peace, look at Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Deus Caritas Est and how it has been implemented. JUST LIFE is programme encompassing all aspects everyday life, airing on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am, rebroadcast at 10pm the same day, and Saturdays 11am and 8pm. 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. 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 ⁠⁠

Fr Toby on the Transfiguration. 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.

In his weekly teaching on prayer and the spiritual life Fr Bernardino here speaks to us about how we are not to live on only bread alone but that our hearts are thirsty for something more. 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.

This week on The Bardcast episode 22, ( the C side) we begin with a delightful Raymond Carver poem sent in by a Naval chaplain, that has us musing on the things we choose to gaze upon with love. We then move to consider the gifts on offer from Dionysius as compared with Christ in the Eucharist and then muse on the freedom from sexual exploitation that was eventually gained when Christianity came to Pagan Rome. Finally we learn from St Teresa of Avila of the intoxicating glories of the wine cellar of the King, and also from Christopher West’s beautiful new book ‘Eating the Sunrise’ we hear his marvellous story of the insights of a Hindu lady when she first hears with great astonishment about the Eucharist. 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. Send your submissions to sarah@sarahdenordwall.com and the rest of the podcasts can be found on Radio Maria Englan’s website.

Fr Toby on the God who is more generous than this particular kitchen lady. 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.

Edward Hadas, an expert in the intersection of economics and Catholic teachings, delves into anthropologically sound economics with a dash of humor. He emphasizes viewing economic activities through a moral lens, rooted in Christian ethics. The discussion touches on the unpredictability of politics and its societal impacts, critiques the fixation on economic metrics, and advocates for a return to human values. Hadas also examines the transformative effects of mobile banking in Africa and how sports funding can enhance national identity.

Part 9 of Fr Simon Tugwell's Prayer in Practice. 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 this episode of Questions of Faith we look at the dangers of dabbling in spiritual practices outside the Christian faith, ask what happens when non-Christians pray, consider what a father's responsibilities are to his children and more. Here the answers that Fr Toby and Sr Carino provide. 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. Some song-lengths have been reduced to comply with copyright laws for this podcast.

Fr Toby on being child-like and seeing things as they are. 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.

Part 8 of Fr Simon Tugwell's Prayer in Practice. 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.