Beyond Belief - Sunday 6th September 2026

0:00Claref M's Beyond Belief with Father Jerry Cannon. Claref M's. A very good evening to you and your warmly welcome as you gather with us for Beyond Belief on this Sunday 6th September. Father Jerry Cannon here in the chair with you this evening and you're very welcome back as we begin on new season on this first Sunday of September. Around tonight's programme we have plenty of chash, some music and a particular flavour of West Clare on our programme this evening as we take a visit with Bishop Finton on the pilgrimage to Scatory Island.

1:03And we are joined by the new co-parrish priest of Kilrosh Parish, Father of France the Savior all the way from Kerala in India. Tonight is our special guest on the programme and we're here about his journey to Ireland and his ministry here over the past years. We will also be joined by native Kilrosh woman Mary Fidouken who joins us from London to give us a reflection for this time of year. All of that coming up on our programme but we begin as usual with some music and let's start off with some reels. A selection of reels here from the Kilfinoric Hailey band the Banner County Reels.

2:34Well here we are again back in the Kilrosh studio and sitting opposite me is Steven Fetture. Steven you're very welcome as we begin on new season again. Indeed indeed we've had our summer holiday I've put away my rubber ring and my speedo trunks and I'm ready for getting back into the routine, Joey. But what a glorious summer we had. We did and especially here you could really say it was getting too hot in the UK. We came back here on the hottest day in England ever and it was 30 I think 37 or something and the problem I found was that night it was just too hot. So it was lovely to come back here to have a normal night sleep with the temperature in the desks right just right. And of course on the wild Atlantic way there's always a nice gentle breeze. That is the advantage of being on the west coast.

3:36That way but certainly I think everybody enjoyed the go to weather that we had this year. And I suppose a lot happened as well during that particular time and we're featuring film of it on our programme tonight. We are taking a trip over to Scotty Island which to place with Bishop Vintin on the 9th of August and I've been bringing you a little bit of the flavour of that. And on that particular trip we joined with many the prisoners here around Westlayer and a good friend of mine as well from the past with a Kylrosh connection as well. Mary Fidouken who is going to join us on the programme here over time giving us little reflections. Mary is living now native of Kylrosh but now living in London with her family and she just just beautiful little thoughts and reflections. And she's going to join us and present those and that will be at the end of the programme tonight. But Mary was on that trip as well to Scotty and she talks about that and the reflection. And so there was just very nice moments as well when people could reflect and take things easy or for these months.

4:41And yourselves? Yeah it was nice to be back with our daughters of course. You know we have various birthdays around this time so that was lovely to be back there in the good weather sitting in the garden having maybe a glass of wine because Katie has recently moved so we were spending time with her. So yes it was very nice very nice. And of course there was sadness as well over that period of time. Especially I think we were chatting about this off here but the passing of Dolly Paraton I think struck enough lots of people and she really was an icon. She was and I think genuinely I read somewhere that she was the only person in America who opinion polls everyone liked. You know when they look at these ratings that people have and we weren't talking about someone at the moment who's got a very low rating but she was consistently people loved her. And she did so much good as well didn't she which we were hearing about after her death so I think it was mainly giving thanks for all that she done and for her life and what she meant to people and how she helped them.

5:51Right and I think actually the way in which the family treated the funeral I think reflected the respect that this person had in life. It was a quite private funeral even though she was the huge celebrity that she was but there was no respite as she went quietly and that's how she would have wanted to go and yet she has left such a legacy of philanthropy and assistance to people as well as just the music. Yeah as the music. Yeah we can all have great memories of her with her music and just thinking about what she did for others. Right and I suppose maybe it's appropriate that we should honor her but I think we probably won the most popular song of all time. Jolie and of course so in honor of Dali and for a tribute to all her fans and to her good work which we live on here is Dali Parton. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie.

6:51Jolie. Jolie. I'm begging of you please don't take my man. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Please don't take him just because you can. Your beauty is beyond compare with flaming locks of all of her hair with ivory skin and eyes of emerald green. Your smile is like a breath of spring your voice is soft like summer rain and I cannot compete with you Jolie. He talks about to and asleep and there's nothing I can do to keep from crying when he calls your name Jolie. And I can easily understand how you could easily take my man but you don't know what he means to me Jolie.

7:53Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. Jolie. During the summer months clerical changes were announced by Bishop Finton for the Diasis of Kileleau. This means the moving of priests from certain parish into a different parish to minister. Here in West Claire, Kilrush Parish, the Inus Cahig Pastoral area serving a number of parishes here in West Claire, received their new priest, Father Francis Savio. Francis is a native of India and he's our special guest on tonight's Beyond Belief program. Francis you're very welcome. Thanks Jolie. Now we're going to go back a little bit Francis so it'll help our distors to get to know you a little bit better and we'll start with your native land in India. Well, I'm from India and I'm from the southern part of India from the beautiful state of Kerala.

8:55It's also called Gods on Country. It's called Gods on Country more than because of the people, because of the weather. The weather, the temperature doesn't matter, winter or summer. Always in between 18 degree and 30. Very extreme or sometimes only goes beyond 35. And the sunshine. The sun will come in the morning at sharp 615 and sunset 630 pm. Every time in the year during the year doesn't matter. That's there's no time change or anything. So it must be a huge change to come to our climate where you're experiencing a lot of rain, most of the year and things like that. We'll come to that. We'll talk about that maybe later on about what the transition was like here in Ireland for you.

9:57But going back to your own life and your family and circumstances there in Kerala. Yeah. I come from a family of four children and my father just passed away five months ago. So that has been a very recent and emotional experience for me and for our family. And my mother is with us in India very much the heart of our family. And I belong to the order of missionary fathers of incarnation. And that journey from your school into seminary. What was it that attracted you to go for priesthood do you think? That's an interesting question. Thank you for that. If I go back to beginning of my priestly occasion it's quite an interesting one. After my higher secondary education in India I joined the seminary and there were eighteen of us in my batch at that age.

11:05I cannot honestly say that I completely understood what I was doing or why I was joining the seminary. There was simply something within me that attracted me towards it. I felt some kind of calling but it was difficult to explain. But after about two years I left the seminary. The reason was that I had an accident while playing in the playground and I suffered an injury to one of my spinal disc. It was a very difficult period in my life. At that time I was only about sixteen years old. And my faith was still very simple and perhaps a little immature. I began to ask myself many questions. I thought maybe I have made the wrong decision. Maybe I am in the wrong place. Perhaps this accident is some kind of punishment from God.

12:09So I left the seminary. But something happened during that period which I have never forgotten. One day while I was attending an Eucharistic Adoration in the Adoration Chapel. And I had a very profound religious experience. I felt an interior rose speaking to me. That was from the Holy Bible, from Prophet Isaiah. And it said, the mountains may disappear, the hills may vanish. But my love will never depart from you. The message was very simple. You are not alone. I am with you. I will support you and I will strengthen you. Honestly I can say, from there I start to love this life. And since then I have never felt that I am alone. I really enjoy this life. And when were you ordained?

13:10For two years was it? I ordained in 2004. Okay, so that's 22 years ago. You are 22 years of priest. 22 years, yeah. 22 years of priest. And after your ordination then, Francis, what type of ministry were you involved in back home? Yeah. For the first year I was sent to a parish where I worked at a curate. That was a very first important experience for me because it was my first real experience of parish life as a priest. And after that, for most of the years before I came to Ireland, I was moved in seminary formation. And I had the privilege of working with young men who were preparing for the priesthood. And that was very meaningful responsibility for me. And when you accompany the seminarians, you are not simply teaching them about theology or preparing them for ministry.

14:11You are also working with them as they try to understand their own vocation, their strength, their weakness and their relationship with God. At the same time, I also helped the parishioners around the seminary and especially the youth ministry. And that was actually my ministry in India while I was. Was it a big surprise then when you were busy with the bus, you and others to call over here to Ireland? That was a big shock for me. And I never thought I would have gone from India to a different country. And Ireland is my first country I'm visiting. I've never been out from my county, not the country, not even from my county. And when I came here, I was in a big shock. The language, the culture, the people, the food, the weather.

15:18Yeah, everything was quite new for me. It was really a big shock for me at first. Great, we'll come onto that. But now that you've talked about your home place, the memory of home, maybe the music that you choose for us, and I just thank you for that part of the journey. I would like to dedicate this beautiful song to all of you. It's an Indian song about love. And what makes it really special is that it brings together three different Indian languages. And India is a country with so many languages and cultures. I think this song is a beautiful way of celebrating love and togetherness. I hope you enjoyed.

17:42So we're continuing our conversation with Father Francis Savier, who is the new priest. We'll say here in West Claire, based in the parish of Kirsh, but serving a number of the parishes here in the West Claire area. So Francis, if Chattert was now about your own life in Kerala, in India, and going up there, going to the seminary, they're administering there as a priest. And then the shock comes in, what was it? 2017 was a 2017. Where you'll be sure to come to Ireland. Yeah, and you'll come here to County. First in, yeah, I arrived in November 2017. And it was very strong winter coming from Kerala in the southern part of India.

18:44That time, it was 30 degree. And when I came here in Ireland that time, it was of course winter time. And it was minus two. When I first came in Dublin Airport, I was really shocked. And I worked that time just a simple shirt. And of course, I really shocked with the weather first. And that was the simple start of my priestly life in Ireland. And it was really a very difficult time for me. The reason was, I was living behind my family, my friends, and everything that was familiar to me. So in the beginning, it wasn't easy for me. But I was very fortunate because the priest who were there in Shannon, especially the people, welcomed me so generously.

19:44They helped me with everything. They didn't make me feel like a stranger. And I remember something from my very first mass in Shannon. After mass, some people came up to the altar and gave me a clear jersey. They said something like, Francis, from now on, you are a clear man. And I got my baptism with a new name, a clear man. At that time, I had absolutely no idea how many counties there were in Ireland or what it means to be a clear man. But gradually, the people made me a clear man. They taught me how to support clear, how to shout up the banner. And more importantly, they made me feel that I belonged. That was my beginning. I can only imagine how that transition must have been enormous for you. But you came with others as well.

20:45And you had some support from your own community. And at that time, in 2017, in Ireland here, we were becoming very familiar with people from Kerala because they were in our nursing homes, our hospitals, and there were Indian communities beginning to be in places like Shannon and a lot of places around Ireland as well. So did that make it a little bit easier as well for you, a little connection with home, even though you were in a new land? Yeah, that was a big help for me sometimes, you know, especially whenever I seek for my food, especially my Indian food. I know I can go to some houses there in Shannon. That time, one family was there in Shannon that time. And I always I go there and I will have my Indian dishes there, something real hot. And I have people there that time in Shannon to speak my local language with them.

21:51You know, that was a big help for me. And how many years did you spend in Shannon then because you got moved again after a few years? I was five years I was there in Shannon at that time. And of course that takes us into the COVID period as well, which was difficult for everyone. You know, all of our members. That was real difficult time for everyone I believe. That was a quite new experience for everyone for me as well that time. But that time I actually start learning new things and you know, so many people did that time. I learned how to cut my hair, a selfie cut, you know, without any other help I can do that. I learned so many things by myself and the lessons of surviving by ourselves and all. Yeah, that was really interesting at the same time, a difficult time. Right. Then you were in Claire but then you moved to Tipurary.

22:53Yeah, that was also a big, big move for me because I was very well settled in Shannon by that time. Then I was moved to Tipurary to Mewara. That was another very important experience for me. There were several parishes working together as one large parish, a larger parish. Under the direction of the Vigarphrine for me, this was a new style of priestly ministry. And this parish was the first parish I was appointed a co-pippy. A co-pippy has always lots of responsibilities. In Shannon, I was a curate. So I had any big responsibility on my shoulders. I was just helping the parish priest, the parish priest there. But here I had to make lots of decision by myself.

23:57That was the big challenge for me. And coming from my experience in India, the pastoral area and everything was quite new for me. But that was a big help for me as well. A team was there always and lots of hands together makes things very simple. That was my experience there in Tumewara. Quent, well, Francis, we'll come back then to the other move which has just happened recently and that in a few moments. But we take another little break maybe for a piece of music of your choice. Well, you've talked about a your welcome in County Claire. And maybe now Claire is your heart and your home. To a place that means the world to me on the wild Atlantic way.

25:00A land where blessed feet once tread, where kings and princes roamed. A place of beauty and renown. Claire my heart, my home. So raise your voices one and all. Sing out, let it be known. The thinners flying high tonight. In Claire my heart, my home. Leigh Scanner Bay and Mars Clips. Great white Atlantic form. And for ends beauty, uncompared. Majestic land of stone. The rolling hills of Tala, Inchidcrone and Cragalone.

26:01All jewels in the crown that is. Claire my heart, my home. So raise your voices one and all. Sing out, let it be known. The thinners flying high tonight. In Claire my heart, my home. So we're continuing our chat with Father Francis Xavier, who is the resident priest here in the parish of Kiros in West Claire, but serving a number of parishes here in the West Claire area. So Francis, in just in recent weeks, you have come here to West Claire. You had experience in Shannon where you first arrived in 2017 and then you had a number of years serving in the parish of Tumivara

27:01and its neighboring parishes as well. So welcome here to West Claire. What has the few weeks been like? It's really interesting. And what I experienced here, the people have been very welcoming, very friendly. And I can see the welcoming faces everywhere, especially whenever I go to the town and I think that nobody knows me. But they call me and welcome me. Oh, Father Francis, welcome to Kiros. That really surprises me every time when I meet people here in Kiros. And this is my experience I had in Shannon and Tumivara as well, the same, the welcoming people everywhere. That's good for us to hear because our history here, Francis, has been that for a long time, I would have grown up with the image that

28:02we, the Irish were the ones who went abroad to bring the word of God to missionary countries. And now that has changed, you are bringing the word of God here to our communities. And that's appreciated. And we want to thank you for that generosity. Julie, I think it's even time of ripping what you have solved. Because in the past, so many priests and the missionaries have gone to the different country and they preach the gospel, the gospel of joy in every part of the world. Now, from different countries, they are coming back to Ireland. That's why this is real ripping time for you. And I too feel that there are different nationalities here working in different diocese, the priest from different countries. I can feel that richness of our universal church.

29:05That's the face of our universal church. We help each other from there and here and we give and we sometimes we take, this is the time the island is having your blessing, the priest from different countries. Well, I personally note Francis, when you came to Ireland and you were in Shannon first and we met at a priest gathering, things like that. What struck me was there was a joy in you, even though you had just arrived in our country. There was a joy in you about what you were doing and we want to thank you for that because it just is in you and I'm sure that people will benefit from that ministry greatly here. Has there any particular moments in the years you've been here in Ireland that have touched you in a special way? Now, there are lots of happy moments and sometimes you know some real challenging times.

30:08My priestly ministry in Ireland, the one that I can share with you now, one day I was celebrating Mass in Tumaywara during the sign of peace. I noticed that somebody was gently pulling my chosible. At first I did not know what was happening, then I looked down and realized that there was a little girl, only about three years old standing beside me. She had come up to the altar because she wanted to give me the sign of peace. Her family hadn't even realized that she had left them and come up to the altar. It was such a simple and innocent moment but I have always cherished it in my heart. For me, the little girl was expressing something very beautiful about the relationship between

31:11a priest and the people. She felt comfortable enough to come to me. She wasn't thinking about whether she was supposed to be there or not. She simply wanted to share the peace and those little moments are very precious to me as well. That's a very joyful moment. In your ministry over the years here in Ireland, is there any particular difficult challenge that you had to face? Well, at a difficult moment that I experienced in my life, that was in Tumaywara. And the church was closed for two years for renovation. And finally, we renovated the church successfully and beautifully. And we had the blessing with the bitter fienden and all. That was a big time for the parish,

32:13a big celebration. We were all happy because the church was locked for more than two years and now, finally, that's opened. And something happened after a month of reopening the church. The church got fired. And when I heard that the fire in the church, I went to the church and I was totally devastated, looking at the damages caused by fire and the smoke. And I stood there looking at the church and wondering what I am going to do. Where do we go from here? I was very down at that moment. And then something happened that I will never forget. I felt a gentle hand on my shoulder. I turned around and there was a lady who had been out for

33:15her morning walk. She had come to the church and saw me standing there alone. She simply said to me, Francis, this is not your fault. We will go through it. We are all with you. Those words meant so much to me. It wasn't long speech. It was just a few simple words, but at the particular moment, they gave me strength. And that is what I have experienced again and again in Ireland. What Ireland has taught me, whenever there has been a difficulty, people have come forward. They have helped. They have encouraged me. They have stood beside me. And I can say that I came to Ireland as a priest from India, but the people here made me

34:18their own priest. This is my experience. Now I never experienced someone come out from the country. You know, I am a foreign priest. The people always take me as their own priest. Always I thank God for this and for the people in Ireland. That is just lovely, Francis. Thank you for sharing all of that. Francis, on all of our behalf, we want to say you are so welcome to be with us. I know this is your first time being with us here and beyond belief, but I'm sure we'll, Stephen and myself, we'll get you to do other pieces as we go along as well. And I know you're just testing into the human ministry. Schools are starting. There's a whole new program ahead of you now as we face into the autumn and winter months with the schoolwork as well as the parish work around the parishes. But we want to wish you every blessing and continued joy in what you bring to your ministry as a priest.

35:22Thank you, Charlie. Thank you. And we now have your final piece of music. Thanks for taking the time to be with us here on Beyond Belief this evening for the Francis Savior, Resident Priest in Karrosh. We are gathered here before you and our hearts are just the same. Filled with joy and satisfaction as we praise your name.

36:27Golden Lord, Queen of Ireland, all my cares and troubles cease. As I kneel with love before you, Lady of love, my Queen of peace. All your message was unscoken, but the truth in science lies. So I gaze upon your vision and the truth I try to find.

37:28Here I stand with your little teacher and with Joseph at your side. And I see the love of God on the altar glory. And that was the final choice of our spiritual guest for the Francis Savior, who is now called P.P. in Karrosh Parish and ministering in the wider West Clare area. The choice, properly enough, was Lady of Knock. And we wish that Mary will continue to bless Francis Savior in his ministry to all the people that he comes in contact. And our thanks to him as being our special guest on this program here tonight. Just a month ago, on the 9th of August, the annual pilgrimage to Scattery Island on the Shannon

38:36Estuary took place. The pilgrimage was led by Bishop Finton Monahan and among the pilgrims were Father Francis Savior, our special guest at the program here tonight. It was his first visit to the island as the new Co-Parrish priest serving the Inish Khahig Pasteural area. My members from around West Clare were led by the parish choir of Nakhirah Kalimur. Now is the day for all people to know the kingdom of God is new. Here in this place, Christ calls us to praise our lives and all we do. Now is the day for all people to sing and pledge their hearts to God and you. There is something very special about coming to Scattery Island to arrive here by Boosh as

39:40itself part of the experience. And we leave the mainland behind and come to this island that has been a place of prayer and pilgrimage and Christian witness for well over a thousand years. Here generations of our ancestors came seeking God here and here since Senan and those who followed him established a community of faith. Here as we know monks prayed and worked and studied and welcomed others and here today we continue to gather generation after generation, keeping alive the memory and the faith of those who have gone before us. Scattery it reminds us that our Christian faith is not something newly invented. It's a precious inheritance handed down to us and we are standing on very holy ground. A place where countless people before us have lifted their hearts to God. The gospel that Francis

40:45Savior just read and so appropriate similarly to the first reading with the elements that we have today, it brings us into you could say another stretch of water. The disciples are on their boat far from land and the wind is against them and the sea becomes rough and they are frightened and then in the early hours of the morning they see Jesus coming towards them and walking on the water. And they are terrified but Jesus says those beautiful words take courage it is I do not be afraid. Peter then says Lord if it is you tell them to tell me to come across the water and Jesus says simply come. Peter steps out of the bush and for a moment he does not he does what seems impossible. He walks towards Jesus and the water but then he notices the wind and he again becomes frightened and begins to sink and immediately Jesus reaches out his hand.

41:48So that little scene it contains something of the story of every Christian life. There are indeed times when the waters are calm and the journey seems straightforward. There are other times however when the wind is against us and we are uncertain about the future and we are conscious of our own weakness or when we wonder is God in the midst of the storms of life. And the message today that Jesus reminds us is the same for us today take courage it is I do not be afraid. Perhaps that is one of the great messages of scatory island that it has to offer for us today. The island has been seen many stones over storms over the centuries. It is known times of prosperity and times of hardship. It has seen people come and go and it has witnessed the changing tides of history yet the faith has endured. Since then and the generations who

42:52followed him understood that the Christian journey is not about having a life without storms. It is about knowing that Christ is with us in the storms. The Lord does not promise that the waters will always be calm but he promises that he will be with us in them. And when we begin to sink as Peter did Christ reaches out his hand. So today as we honor since Sennan we give thanks for his life and witness. Sennan belongs not only to the history books he belongs to the living faith of this region. His name and his memory are woven into the stones of West Claire and Kilrush and the communities that surround the Shannon estuary. We are the custodians of that in heritance. The ancient stones here in scatory are magnificent but the greatest monument to Sennan is not a tower of a ruined church. It's a living faith. It's a faith found on families who still pray.

43:59It's found in people who come together for mass. It's found in choirs who sing. It's found in those who care for our churches, our graveyards, our places of pilgrimage. And it's found in those who quietly give their time and energy for the good of the community. And after Bishop Finton's homily there was a special moment as Morgan Rowan, the choir director at Naukera Church and music leader for the parish, was presented with a Benemorente Mele, a mark of honor from the pope for his service of over 40 years to that parish as music leader. And today we have the great pleasure of honoring a gentleman who has for many years of faithful and generous service given so much to church and community. For over 40 years, Morgan Rowan has

45:02served as choir director of the Church of Sennan in Naukera, the parish of Naukera Kalimar, 40 years is a remarkable length of time. Think of all that has changed in those four decades. Think of the generations of people who have come and gone in that space of time. And we think of the weddings, the funerals, the first communions, the conformations, the Christmases, the Easter's, and the ordinary Sunday masses at which musical leadership help people of God to pray in Naukera. For more than 40 years, Morgan has helped to give a voice to the faith of the community in a musical way. May the Lord bless our pilgrimage today and may the Lord guide us safely through all the storms of life until one day we reach the safe harbor of the eternal kingdom. Since Sennan pray for us, our Lady Star of the Sea pray for us and may the Blessed Lord bless the people of West Lair

46:05and all who come here from all over the world in pilgrimage to this holy island, Amen. Shining O let loose, Shining O let loose, Shining O let go of and the voices there of the best clear people who were on scatery island on the 9th of August for the pilgrimage led there by Bishop Finton and are grateful thanks to all who gathered with us on scatery island and to the leadership of the choir of Naukera and Kalimar Parish. While we're staying in West Lair and little time for reflection and this time is given to us by Mary Finu, who is herself a native of Kirrosh but now living in London and as we move into this month

47:10and people get back into routines, Mary gives us a little bit of advice. How blessed have we been to enjoy the most gorgeous weather this summer? I'll admit I'm here in London but in my mind I am often still on that fabulous boat trip to the monastic island of scatery just up the coast of Hormtanky Rushkount Claire. The August sun on my back. The sea salt spray on my face and the wind of the wild Atlantic way dancing around my head. Definitely after the long summer break the return to normality back to school back to work can feel like a wrench. Early alarms packed lunches, uniforms, homework, traffic, swapping your swimsuits for schedule skirts and shirts can all be very challenging and that transition isn't just loaded with the logistics it's full of emotions too.

48:14As routines re-emerge it's not unusual to experience a bit of resistance, anxiousness, tiredness that kind of out of sync feeling. During summer when days are unplanned and bed times vary wildly it's easy for sleep patterns to become disrupted. On structured time can be beautiful and rewarding but it can also lead to procrastination or feelings of isolation especially for young adults when they don't have a regular social check-in or shared activities to anchor their days. We've all been there off schedule sleeping in, skipping a meal, grabbing convenience foods and whilst this gives us flexibility it can give way to low energy intention as well. I think for ourselves as parents, carers, teachers, guardians we need to protect our own routines

49:17during transitions. After a summer of loose or itineraries the return to early mornings and busy days can feel just as challenging for us adults. Prioritizing our basic needs like sleep, healthy meals and rest is not just a good idea it's really essential. Children pick up on the emotional climate and when we manage our own well-being it definitely does create a more stable and calming environment for everyone. Routines aren't meant to be hard-wired, schedules full of unrealistic expectations. Instead they can be full of life-enhancing habits that offer rhythm, predictability and safety and in a world that often feels manic and overwhelming. Having a bit of a plan for the day ahead can certainly bring a bit of comfort at least it does for me. We all know as we grow we learn to

50:20manage time, emotions, responsibilities and when life follows a predictable passion wake up, eat, go to school, work, relax, sleep, eat, repeat. It reduces the mental energy spent on decision-making and worrying about what comes next. These days our young adults face a roller coaster of changes seemingly all at once. The quest for independence and find their place in the world, academic pressure, hormonal and social changes all require energy and focus. Without some form of base routine it's easy for these demands to become exhausting. My son at 18 and many of his friends are now building routines for the first time entirely on their own. This freedom can be thrilling but also daunting as they struggle lecturers,

51:20deadlines, social lives, part-time jobs and the basics like cooking and cleaning. For Manny learning how to create their own daily rituals becomes an essential part of adapting to this new chapter in life. I'm still figuring this one out but I do think if our older children have a say in their routines at home they have agency and they're more likely to stick to plan. This is Claire Finn. And that was the voice there of Mary Finilcon, native of Kilrush living in London with her reflection about getting back into routine. One of the first approaching 10 o'clock time for me to leave you on this Sunday evening. Thank you for your company and my thanks to our special guest, Father Francis Savier, who was sickling me here in Tuberst Claire in the parish of Kilrush. We wish him every blessing in his particular ministry and thank him for joining us and having

52:21that conversation earlier tonight on the programme. My thanks to all who assisted and the pilgrimage out to scatry island last month and to my colleagues, Steven Fletcher, for producing our programme this evening and our chat earlier. We'll be back with you again next Sunday evening at around 9 o'clock, here on TerraFam and of course Sunday prayer will be broadcast early on Sunday morning at around a quarter to eight and you'll be very welcome to join us then. I do hope that you have a very peaceful journey through the coming week. Thank you again for your company and may God bless you. Slow on other spouts.