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St. Catherine of Siena – The Inner Life – April 29, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss St. Catherine of Siena

  • Why do we even celebrate feast days?
  • (8:04) Early life and highlights of St Catherine of Siena.

(19:50) Break 1

  • Cathy – My friend gave me a book about her written by a priest who knew her. Wasn’t catholic at the time, but made me mad I didn’t hear about her earlier after reading her story and then becoming a Catholic. I joined the church about 30 years ago.
  • (27:44) How did Saint Catherine help reform the Church and the Pope?
  • St. Catherine of Siena’s espousal to Christ.

(37:17) Break 2

  • What are some of her aesthetical practices and how can we relate with that?
  • Catherine of Siena as a Doctor of the Church
  • (45:06) How can we set the world on fire with our own lives?

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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.