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Fr Toby on Pope St Paul VI and the enduring relevance of Humanae Vitae.



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. 

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Part IX of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the The Action of the Holy Spirit



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.

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A look back at the 80th Anniversary of the battle of Monte Casino.Katy Carr and Edmund O'Sullivan speak about the Battle of Monte Casino, a significant World War II conflict that took place in Casino, Italy, from January 17 to May 18, 1944. This intense battle between Allied forces and Nazi Germany led to the devastation of the town and its historic Benedictine monastery.

Fr Toby discloses his love for Roxy Music whilst discussing the sacrifice of the Cross and the fleeting nature of joy.






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 VIII of Fr Toby in conversation with Frank Sheed on the The Action of the Holy Spirit


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 episode 13 Kate and Antonia discuss Les Murray’s ‘An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow’, considering emotion and emotivism, watering plants, and reading from the letter to the Romans, the second reading for the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Music: Flow my tears by John Dowland sung by Debi Wong and accompanied bySolmund Nystabakk on the Lute.


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.