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Radio Maria Ireland
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Radio Maria was born in 1983 in a parish in the province of Como in Italy. Its mission is to spread the Gospel in harmony with the doctrine and pastoral indications provided by the Catholic Church, in fidelity to the Holy Father, and using all the possibilities that a means of radio broadcasting can offer. Today Radio Maria is present in more than 60 countries. It speaks to millions of listeners every day and in 13 different languages.
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E2 | The Radio Maria Book Club – “The Rosary: The Prayer that Saved My Life” – Immaculee Ilibagiza
2w ago00:30:10Tap to summarizeJoin Caroline Busher as she hosts Monica Reilly & Anna Healey who review “The Rosary: The Prayer that Saved My Life” a powerful blend of memoir and spiritual reflection. Drawing on her experience surviving the Rwandan Genocide, Ilibagiza shares how praying the Rosary sustained her through fear, loss and isolation. Part personal testimony and part guide, the book explores the meaning of the Rosary and its role in helping her find peace, forgiveness and hope in the aftermath of trauma. L'articolo E2 | The Radio Maria Book Club – “The Rosary: The Prayer that Saved My Life” – Immaculee Ilibagiza proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →On the Ground in Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) – Harry and Michael
2w ago00:22:52Tap to summarizeHarry speaks with his friend Michael, who has just returned from a week in Moldova and the breakaway territory of Transnistria (or Pridnestrovie, as locals prefer). Michael describes what surprised him: clean streets, friendly people, a country that confounds its reputation for poverty with a quiet dignity. He also reflects on what it means to be Catholic in a divided region, and on something he has found consistent wherever he travels — from Albania to Kosovo to Moldova — that has stayed with him more than anything else he could say about the geopolitics. Click here to listen to more great interviews! L'articolo On the Ground in Moldova and Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) – Harry and Michael proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Why Moldova Needs Radio Maria – Raffaele Galati from the World Family of Radio Maria
2w ago00:13:15Tap to summarizeRebekah speaks with Rafaele Galati from the Radio Maria World Family about the plan to establish a new Radio Maria station in Moldova, the poorest country in Europe, sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine. Moldova has a small but resilient Catholic community, partly Romanian-speaking and partly Russian-speaking, in a region where bearing witness to the gospel is anything but simple. The goal is €30,000. Donate at radiomaria.ie or call 01 412 3456. Click here to listen to more great interviews! L'articolo Why Moldova Needs Radio Maria – Raffaele Galati from the World Family of Radio Maria proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Catechesis – Familiar Voices on RMI’s 11th Birthday – Frs Eamonn and John McCarthy
2w ago00:27:21Tap to summarizeFr. Eamonn McCarthy presents live from the studio for the Mariathon, marking Radio Maria Ireland’s 11th birthday. He reflects on the station’s unlikely beginnings and its growth to 60,000 streaming devices and over 100 countries, and introduces his brother Fr. John McCarthy, a priest of the Diocese of Cloyne, who is offering a free copy of his new book All Will Be Well to anyone who donates to the station. The book is a collection of 50 short reflections on mental and spiritual health, written during COVID and published at a friend’s encouragement. Fr. John describes it as proto-evangelisation for people who don’t normally read, meeting readers in the ordinary ups and downs of life — loneliness, worry, low self-esteem, the struggle to forgive — with practical suggestions and a quiet faith perspective. L'articolo Catechesis – Familiar Voices on RMI’s 11th Birthday – Frs Eamonn and John McCarthy proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →E95 | Children’s Show – May, the Month of Mary
2w ago00:16:47Tap to summarizeThis week’s show celebrates May as the month of Mary. Children from the parish share what Our Lady and the rosary mean to them in their own words — she treats us like her child, she’s always in our hearts, we don’t see her but we know she’s there. Eileen covers some lovely facts about Mary: blue as her colour, roses as her flower, Nazareth as her home, and St John as the disciple entrusted with her at Calvary. The prayer section prays three Hail Marys for all intentions listeners carry in their hearts. The inspiring poem Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue closes the programme, with a suggestion to make a May altar, visit a grotto, or gather with family to pray the Hail Mary. Click here to listen to more episodes of the Children’s Show! L'articolo E95 | Children’s Show – May, the Month of Mary proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Catechesis – The Christian Gold Mine – Fr Adrian Crowley
2w ago00:30:26Tap to summarizeFr. Adrian Crowley opens with the novena before Pentecost and the image of the upper room — Our Lady present, the apostles praying with one mind and heart for nine days. He reflects on confirmation as the personal Pentecost of each young person, and on the Holy Spirit as the greatest gift God can give, since it is God giving God. The heart of the episode is a sustained and practical reflection on prayer: the gold mine that looks unattractive from the outside; the airplane breaking through cloud into blue sky; St Teresa of Ávila on how to speak to a king; the stages from vocal prayer through meditation to contemplation; the St Francis de Sales story about the horse; and Padre Pio’s insistence that prayer is not an end in itself but leads to love of God and neighbour. Recommended spiritual reading: The Way of Perfection, Introduction to the Devout Life, The Story of a Soul, the Diary of Divine Mercy. L'articolo Catechesis – The Christian Gold Mine – Fr Adrian Crowley proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →RM Breakfast Show – How Beauty Guides Us – Naoimh Barbieri and Sr Olivia Kelly OCarm
2w ago00:40:35Tap to summarizeNaoimh welcomes Sister Olivia Kelly, an enclosed Carmelite at Knock whom she hadn’t physically met in 25 years, since both were young at the Youth 2000 youth movement in the 1990s. Sister Olivia, who entered Carmel on the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and is marking her 16th anniversary there, speaks about growing up in Carrowmore, Sligo, in a home of deep, unselfconscious faith; her parents named Francis and Frances, both daily Mass-goers; and the moment that turned her gaze decisively toward Jesus. She reflects on Carmel’s new mandate from Rome to promote vocations, on the fruits of the Youth 2000 retreat that day at Knock, on Pope Francis’s Gaudete et Exsultate and the only real tragedy in life, and on the particular holiness hidden in ordinary parenthood. Naoimh mentions that the door is open for her to return. L'articolo RM Breakfast Show – How Beauty Guides Us – Naoimh Barbieri and Sr Olivia Kelly OCarm proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Pope Leo: One Year In – Father Michael Collins with Matthias
2w ago00:30:22Tap to summarizeMatthias interviews Fr. Michael Collins, author of a newly published biography of Pope Leo XIV. He traces the arc from Robert Prevost’s mathematics degree at Villanova, his canon law studies, his 12 years as Prior General of the Augustinians visiting 47 countries, his missionary years on mule-back in the highlands of Peru, his appointment by Francis to oversee the making of bishops worldwide — and the evening Fr. Michael decided to write the book, having charged his phone in the Augustinian house in Rome about half an hour before the white smoke appeared. The conversation ranges across Leo’s personality (a quirky sense of humour, a Wordle habit with his brother, tennis and hill-walking on his day off), his relationship with Francis, what the Cardinals were actually looking for in the conclave, his exchange with Trump and why it made the world pay attention, and what the title “bridge builder” means for a pontificate that inherited a church with real fractures. Click here to listen to more great interviews! L'articolo Pope Leo: One Year In – Father Michael Collins with Matthias proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Gospel Tidings – Greeting the Advocate – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – Sixth Sunday after Easter
2w ago00:30:37Tap to summarizeMary Hooton and Fr. Eamonn McCarthy reflect on John 14 for the Sixth Sunday of Easter — the last regular Sunday before the Ascension. Fr. Eamonn traces the arc from the baptism of Jesus, where the Trinity is first made known, to the Last Supper, where Christ opens the door on the divine life once more before Calvary. The promise of the Advocate — the Spirit of truth the world cannot receive — is read alongside Romans 8 on the spirit of sonship: we are not orphans, not slaves, but heirs with Christ. Mary asks the question that stops the programme briefly: do we actually live as sons and daughters of God, or just know about it? L'articolo Gospel Tidings – Greeting the Advocate – Mary Hooton and Fr Eamonn – Sixth Sunday after Easter proviene da Radio Maria.
Transcribe →Trinitarian Marriage – Humanae Vitae – Church Wisdom with Fr Eamonn McCarthy & Matthias Conroy
2w ago00:44:30Tap to summarizeFr. Eamonn McCarthy and Matthias Conroy continue their reading of Humanae Vitae, picking up at paragraph eight — “God’s Loving Design.” The passage grounds marriage not in biology or social contract but in the inner life of the Trinity, with the family named after the Father from whom all fatherhood derives. Fr Eamonn draws out the connections to the prenuptial inquiry form that every couple completes before a Catholic wedding, and to the image of Christ as bridegroom giving himself without reserve. The conversation moves into the document’s teaching that artificial contraception is an affront to the dignity of both spouses — and finds an unexpected, secular witness to that intuition from commentators who are not Catholic by any means. L'articolo Trinitarian Marriage – Humanae Vitae – Church Wisdom with Fr Eamonn McCarthy & Matthias Conroy proviene da Radio Maria.
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