Sacramentals – The Inner Life – November 6, 2024

Father Marcel Taillon joins Patrick to discuss Sacramentals

  • (4:31) what are sacramentals?
  • How do sacramentals help draw us closer to God?
  • (20:38) What do you say to people who don’t think they need sacramentals?

(26:59) Break

  • Rita – There are other sacramentals that are very powerful…  Brown Scapular.  It’s invested in you.
  • (30:21) Samantha – Was a protestant.  Husband is Catholic.  Mother gave us Rosary beads.  Called church and asked about them, and RCIA lady came to my house.  Before I knew it…I became Catholic all because of the Rosary.
  • Joe – Was a protestant.  Husband is Catholic.  Mother gave us Rosary beads.  Called church and asked about them, and RCIA lady came to my house.  Before I knew it…I became Catholic all because of the Rosary.
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.