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Supporting Our Priests – Friday, June 9, 2023

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Brian Fallon joined Patrick for a conversation about Holy Orders & supporting parish priests. Topics included Father Fallon’s vocation story (2:00), holy orders (4:17), difficulties and misconceptions of the priesthood (7:54), caller: priest helped me when my brother died (14:56), caller: Fr. Manuel touched my life (16:58), caller: Fr. Dan Looney was a great priest to our family (19:57), how a priest is another Christ (22:17), encouraging vocations (26:52), caller: Fr. William Young is a great priest (33:00), supporting parish priests (41:04), caller: I pray for priests with the Seven Sisters Apostolate (42:17), caller: Fr. Bob White is a great priest (47:41). 

Show Notes: 

Seven Sisters Apostolate: https://sevensistersapostolate.org/

Serra Club: https://serraus.org/

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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.