Stewardship – August 10, 2023

Father Brian O’Brien joined Patrick for a conversation about time, talent, and treasure. Topics included: what stewardship is (3:52), giving of our time (12:51), caller: St. Edith Stein taught be how to make use of my crosses (16:16), caller: I have worked in jail ministry (20:54), talent (27:57), discerning how to use our gifts (31:10), caller: I have enjoyed serving the elderly (35:05), caller: I started a drama program at Church 20 years ago (39:12), using our treasure (41:20). 

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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.