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When Family Members Leave the Faith – May 11, 2023

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Dave Heney joined Patrick for a conversation about family members who leave the faith. Topics included: why young people leave the faith (1:59), caller: I left the faith in college (6:45), what is our role (15:50), caller: young person was a witness to the faith (21:06), caller: my brother in law came back to the faith (31:47), caller: I was away for 30 years and came back (40:37), caller: My parents have drifted away from the faith (42:50), caller: I came back to the faith (45:23). 

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Patrick Conley

Patrick Conley

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.