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Skilled carpenter, convert to the Catholic faith and volunteer at Radio Maria, Jason Moore tells his heart-warming and inspiring story through many challenges, all leading him into the arms of Christ. We hear also, of course, the songs that have played a significant part in this journey. Don't miss this episode of Songs in the Wilderness in conversation with Di Redmond.

'The Singing Bowl', 'Mary' and 'My Poetry is Jamming your Machine' are some of the poems that the brilliant Malcolm Guite touches on in today's introduction to his poetry. Rev Dr Malcolm Guite is a poet, a priest in the Anglican Church and the former Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge. JUST LIFE airs live Monday to Friday at 10am and is rebroadcast at 10pm and on Saturday at 11am. If you have enjoyed this episode, please consider making a one-off or monthly donation to support Radio Maria. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to continue being a Christian voice by your side! ⁠⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk

In this first week of Lent Sr Carino answers questions about fasting, why do we say "To dust you shall return!" when some saints' bodies are incorruptible and should we compete in material possessions. Hear her answers to this and more on this episode of Questions of Faith. 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.

In this week's show, Ciro highlights the importance of discipline to shape children's character. He discusses practical examples of family rules and the significance of setting high standards within the home. 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.

In episode 6 Antonia and Kate defy small talk with Stevie Smith, Ash Wednesday (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18) and Messian’s ‘Quartet for the End of Time’. Themes of desolation, death and questions of what ‘it’ is all about anyway. 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. 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.

Sarah de Nordwall goes a little deeper into some of the themes from Episode 10 The Age of Poets in conversation with Tim Hutchinson, beginning with that luminous quote from Pope Benedict XVI, "In our deepest self we await a life that is truly life." 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.  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.

Josh Elias is junior doctor working in Cambridge in the field of gastroenterology. In 2018 he visited the Christian Medical College in Vellore in South India and today tells us all about the hospital, its history, and his time there. JUST LIFE is a programme on Radio Maria that encompasses all aspects of everyday life! It airs live Monday to Friday at 10am and is rebroadcast at 10pm and on Saturday at 11am. If you have enjoyed this episode, please consider making a one-off or monthly donation to support us. It is only through the generosity of our listeners that we are able to continue being a Christian voice by your side. ⁠www.radiomariaengland.uk

Scott Brooker, manager at TLC Care Homes in Cambridge shares with Helena how important it is to have prayer in the care homes and what it means for their residents to lead the prayers for our listeners. 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.

Katherine was born in the 1970s to an Irish Catholic mother who, despite medical advice to terminate her pregnancy, chose life, chose agape. Today Katherine speaks about her life's journey and the rediscovery of her Catholic faith. Katherine Bennet is a Catholic voice defending Catholicism in the public square and she writes for the Catholic Herald . Katherine has a BA in Theology, an MA in Philosophy and has taught Religious Education in London for over 20 years. In 2022 she was commissioned as Deanery Mentor for Evangelisation for the Diocese of Southwark by Archbishop John Wilson. If you have enjoyed this programme, please consider making a one-off or monthly donation to help us continue being a Christian voice by your side. Thank you. www.radiomariaengland.uk

Could the Vatican end world hunger with all the wealth it's sitting on? Fr Brendan Seery joins Fr Toby to answer this and other questions on this episode of Questions of Faith. 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.