The Joy of Evangelization – April 11, 2023

Father Brian O’Brien joined Patrick for a conversation about sharing the Good News. Topics included what evangelization is (3:49), today’s Gospel (6:35), Encounter, Grow and Go (8:46), caller: what is evangelization in contemporary times (13:24), testimony vs. kerygma (19:21), caller: I found God during my addiction (23:09), challenges to evangelization (27:46), dealing with fear (31:38), caller: I love the quote from St. John Bosco (37:50), caller: God uses me while I drive for Uber (46:08). 

Patrick Conley was born, raised, and baptized in Wisconsin in a Protestant tradition. After meeting his wife, Kendra, through an Evangelical ministry at the University of Minnesota, they entered the Catholic Church in 2010. They listened to Relevant Radio, specifically The Inner Life, while preparing to enter the Church. Conley now holds a degree in theology from Oxford University and has served the Church in both academic theology and grassroots pastoral ministry. Conley teaches religion classes in a Catholic elementary school, serves as his parish Director of Religious Education, and is in formation for the permanent diaconate. He also hosts Practicing Catholic on Relevant Radio, exclusive to the Minneapolis area’s airwaves, and is a traveling presenter for the Catherine of Siena Institute apostolate. He lives in rural Wisconsin with his wife and their bulldogs, Georgie and Bingley.