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The Essentials Of Going To Confession – The Inner Life – September 16, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • Fr. Joseph Johnson joins to discuss the essentials of Confession and why we go. – 4:15
  • Melania – what is a General Confession? – 11:52
  • Confession isn’t like a car wash… – 14:46
  • Break 1
  • Dawn – How do I overcome avoiding Confession while I am overcoming drug addiction? – 29:30
  • Break 2
  • Carina – What if one doesn’t really want to change? – 42:21
  • Shannon – How to get better at confessing venial sins – 47:00

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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.