radioalba.org christian schedule for week of August 5th
radioalba.org christian is an ecumenical, internet-based radio which promotes prayer and news of good things happening in the churches and among people of faith.
It is sponsored by Glasgow Churches Together, by ACTS, and by the music Committee of the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
the morning hour at 7.00 o’clock is repeated every 60 minutes until 12 noon.
07.00: Morning Prayer daily this week is led in turn by Gerry Fitzpatrick, Hugh Kelly, Stephen Smyth and Joe Docherty, with music by the St Mungo Singers, cantors Grace Buckley, Helen Healy and Noel Donnelly, with organist Jane McKenna, and harpist Noel Donnelly.
07.15: Morning for young people comes today from Our Lady of Good Aid Primary School, Motherwell
7.20: looking ahead to next Sunday Canon Bob Hill reflects on Jesus’ teaching on ‘the bread of life’ and then on the Gospels for the Vigil and the Feast of the Assumption
7.27 Gerry Fitzpatrick leads us in a prayer for peace with music from Catriona Glen.
7.30 Our magazine begins with Chris McDonnell’s ‘The Transfigured Christ, and then hears of a report of the Pope’s visit to the World Council of Church’s in Geneva and to a meeting of the heads of the Middle East Christian Churches at Bari; we conclude with ‘Leaping for Joy,’ a poem by Michael Martin.
12.00: This week the SCO reveals that a planned statue of St John Ogilvie at the site of his martyrdom may be included in a multimillion pound plan for Glasgow City centre, we discuss the latest developments in tackling anti-Catholic hate crime, look at the inspiring words of a priest who was robbed, and pay tribute to the world’s oldest altar server.
12.15: ‘How blest are they’ – praying with the bereaved
12.35: archive music
18.00: This week the SCO reveals that a planned statue of St John Ogilvie at the site of his martyrdom may be included in a multimillion pound plan for Glasgow City centre, we discuss the latest developments in tackling anti-Catholic hate crime, look at the inspiring words of a priest who was robbed, and pay tribute to the world’s oldest altar server.
18.15: How blest are they’ – praying with the bereaved
18.35: archive music
the evening hour at 20.00 is repeated at 21.00 and 22.00
20.00: Evening Prayers this week are led in turn by Joe Docherty, John MacMaster and Netta Ewing.
20.20: Our magazine begins with Chris McDonnell’s ‘The Transfigured Christ, and then hears of a report of the Pope’s visit to the World Council of Church’s in Geneva and to a meeting of the heads of the Middle East Christian Churches at Bari; we conclude with ‘Leaping for Joy,’ a poem by Michael Martin.
20.50: The Night Prayers this week are led in turn by John McMaster, Teresa Costello, Frances Dunlop, Steven Muir, Christine Coyle, Cathy Gilbert, Catrine Kerr.