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Combatting the Noonday Devil – August 31, 2023

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Rob Kroll, SJ, joined Patrick for a conversation about sloth and acedia. Topics included what sloth and acedia are (2:56), Martha and Mary (14:26), does sloth happen to us? (19:34), caller: am I doing too much? (28:36), finding virtues to combat the vices (32:33), preventing against sloth (38:21), and caller: I always pray to avoid sloth (44:58). 

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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.