Ther presenters prepare listeners for Week 4 of Advent - JOY

Episode 3

The Youth presenters prepare listeners for the 3rd week of advent - LOVE.

Episode 2

The Radio Maria England Youth Presenters prepare for the 2nd week of Advent - PEACE

Episode 1

Ashish, Maryam, Alfie and Dan present a show made by young people for young people!  This episode has the presenters preparing listeners for the first week of Advent in 2020!  #Waiting

Women Together

The presenters speak about ‘Don't Worry, Pray’ and discernment.  Helena speaks to Karen Rodgers about discernment and schooling your children.  Karen is a home educator and shares advice on building a community and some resources to help families if they are feeling called to home educate.  One of those resources is https://catholiccurriculumonashoestring.weebly.com/.  Genevieve then speaks to a school psychologist, Miriam, about how schools create a community of support for vulnerable students.  Kristina Cooper shares another a Brief Encounter called, We know what God wants to give us, Roses.  If you would like to share your testimony with us, please email [email protected]. We'd love to hear about your experiences with home education, school communities and how God has answered your prayers of discernment.

Women Together

The presenters share the scripture from Genesis and the ‘Breath of God’. Helena interviews Professor Grae Worster from the University of Cambridge about convection and his suggestions of how air can help us with staying safe during the pandemic. Genevieve speaks to April Shipton, the singer of Women Together’s theme song, Invincible; she shares her testimony and how she became a Christian singer through following God's path for her. We listen Kristina Cooper’s Brief Encounter with God with her story, The Holy Spirit Uses Us In Our Weakness. Have you or your parish found clever ways to let the Holy Spirit blow through your churches? Share with us at [email protected]

Women Together

The ladies talk food – what we grow, what we eat and how it comes from the farms to our plates. With this in mind, Genevieve interviews Nicky from Intentional Health. She shares how her organisation works with churches to support the full body, mind and spirit aspect of a person's health. Included in this episode is a testimony from Vanessa, a childhood friend of Genevieve's and the brief encounter with God by Kristina Cooper entitled: The Dodgy Dentist.

Women Together

Genevieve, Sandy, Gail, Janice and Helena are back, and this time they are talking about going back to school. The new Relationships Curriculumis discussed amongst the presenters. Edmund Adamus from Fertile Heart (https://www.fertileheart.org.uk/) about how they are supporting schools and students discover who they are within the love of God. Kristina shares her Brief Encounter, "Car Crash Evangelism". Music included in the episode is from April Shipton, whom we will be interviewing in a couple of weeks.

Women Together

The opening episode with Genevieve, Sandy, Gail, Janice and Helena.  Guest, Ayi, shares her testimony and Kristina Cooper shares her original short nonfiction story about a “Brief Encounter with God”

Who can do theology? Fr Joseph Hamilton looks at the Theological Orations of Gregory Nazianzen.

Patristic Pillars is a series on Radio Maria, 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 College 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.

Patristic Pillars airs live on Radio Maria every Monday at 4pm and is rebroadcast at 4am the following morning.

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