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Dominican Spirituality – The Inner Life – August 8, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss Dominican Spirituality

  • (6:09) Who was Saint Dominic?

(21:09) Break 1

  • Why is today the feast of Saint Dominic if he died on the 6th of August?
  • (30:57) How did Saint Dominic help make the order flourish?

(37:40) Break 2

  • Patrick shares an email from Monica asking about the Dominican way of praying the Rosary.
  • (43:06) Mary – I have a family story about a grandmother who saved Dominican sisters during the Mexican revolution.
  • Who are 3rd order Dominicans?

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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.