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Almsgiving – The Inner Life – March 31, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Almsgiving.

  • (1:19) How do we give as Jesus would have us give?
  • (8:29) Love of Money is the root of all evils
  • (11:08) What is it about wealth that drives people to have a shriveled and shrunken heart?
  • Break 1
  • (28:15) Megan – There’s a proverb…The righteous person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children. How do we interpret that if we give everything away?
  • Break 2
  • (39:26) Who should we give money to, how much and how do we prioritize?
  • (47:00) Jesus’s goal is to teach us to love God and other people

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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.