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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? This Advent we 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.Each Tuesday on CULTURE TUESDAY Helena hosts a special guest and together they discuss an aspect of contemporary culture, with a particular focus on theatre and film. CULTURE TUESDAY is live at 9am and rebroadcast at 9pm. Radio Maria broadcasts 24/7 on digital radio (DAB+) in selected regions, the Radio Maria Play app (Europe/England), the website live-player and via a smart speaker. (Digital regions: London, Cambridge, Bristol, South Birmingham, Liverpool, Warrington, 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

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.

In anticipation of the coming feast which marks the end of the liturgical year and the beginning of Advent, Fr Bernardino reflects on the Kingship of Christ. 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.

Speaking about something very close to his heart, conductor and choir-leader Matthew O'Keeffe shares with us what it means to start a parish 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.

Father Terry Martin, parish priest at St Mary of the Angels RC church in Worthing, will be holding a book launch next month, to mark the publication of his new book 'Animals in Heaven?' The launch and signing ceremony will take place at the church on Saturday 16th November at 10.45am, and will include a short musical recital, and a brief introduction to the book, followed by vegan refreshments, children's activities, and a fundraising raffle for Greek Animal Rescue: the rescue charity from which Fr Terry gave a home to his delightful, rescued spaniel, George. The new book provides a Catholic pastoral response to questions about animals and examines the way in which humans consider and treat other species of God's creation, while also asking how God intends humans to share planet earth with such a rich array and variety of animals. It has been a year in the research and writing and is now hot off the press for readers to consider their own personal Christian moral positions concerning non-human species. The event is free to attend, and all are welcome. Speaking about the impending launch Fr Terry commented: "This book has been a labour of love; I have done it for the animals. If I can contribute, even in a small way, to the conversation around how human beings consider animals, and encourage a gospel of kindness and compassion to all living beings, I will be thrilled." Christian academic theologian and animal welfare advocate Professor Andrew Linzey of Oxford University, who has written the foreword commented: "Fr Terry is doing a new thing. The special value of this book is the way in which it frankly addresses and explores the basic questions that many animal-regarding Christians ask about animals: Will they meet their companion animals again in heaven? Do animals have souls? Do animals have rights? What precisely does the Church teach?"