Heart to Heart podcast: Papal Blessing for Premier Radio

JImmy Mizen

Premier Radio's Heart to Heart podcast for Catholic listeners has news stories from around the world today. The Christian radio station has just received a special blessing from Pope Francis - so there is a special report from Rome.

There is also a feature on the St Vincent de Paul Society bicentenary: Long-time volunteers Sr Maria Parcher, spiritual advisor to the St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) and Adrian Abel National President of the SVP in England and Wales, speak to Dave Rose about one of the largest voluntary organisations in the world.

We hear about a million hours of volunteering in one year, work inspired by St Vincent de Paul’s spirituality and Blessed Frédéric Ozanam’s example which translate into a much needed outreach with the poor and needy.

From India there is a report on a charity that reaches children who have been exploited and enslaved, or in some cases, simply forgotten and left behind by society.

This month also marks the fifth anniversary of the killing of teenagerJimmy Mizen in an unprovoked attack, the day after his 16th birthday. His parents' reaction has been remarkable: they publicly forgave their son's killer and haven't stopped responding to this tragedy with peace. Find out how this faith-filled Catholic couple are offering other teens refuge from violence.

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