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Addressing Grief – The Inner Life – September 15, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • Fr. John Eckert joins to discuss grief (3:03)
  • Acknowledging the sadness and recognizing the separation and being in front of our Lord in the Tabernacle and be in Adoration. He knows your heart and He wants you to share those things with Him. (13:17)
  • Break 1
  • Mandy – God’s presence during a hard time in my life with grief. My daughter passed 2 years ago. She was a newborn. I felt God’s presence during that time (3:06)
  • Break 2
  • Kathy I just lost my 2nd husband in July. I lost my first after 35 years of marriage 15 years ago. I don’t know how people get through this without their faith. (40:50)

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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.