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Pentecost – The Inner Life – June 6, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Joseph Johnson joins Patrick to discuss Pentecost

  • (5:19) What is Pentecost?
  • What is the difference in our connection with God through Pentecost?
  • (10:50) What is the incentive required on our end to receive the Holy Spirit?

(18:20) Break 1

  • What is the importance of waiting on the Lord in Pentecost?
  • (32:02) how were the apostles changed by the Holy Spirit and how does that affect us today?
  • How is our “yes” important to the coming of the Holy Spirit?

(37:32) Break 2

  • How does the holy spirit relate to confirmation?
  • (43:47) How I the Holy Spirit finding unity in diversity?

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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.