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Communion of Saints – The Inner Life – October 27, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Chris Walsh joins Patrick to discuss the Communion of Saints

  • Who are the Saints?
  • (10:35) where do we get the idea of patron saints?

(20:48) Break 1

  • (22:54) Jen – I always wondered why all soul’s day isn’t before all Saints day. Why did that come to be?
  • (31:49) Philip – Saint that came in accidentally. 2024, August 11th and during my holy hour that night, driving home and saw a glow in the sky. Aurora Borealis. Took some pics and decided to look up who the saint was. It was St. Clare of Assisi. Created a thirst to want to come to know her and her writings.
  • How do we respond to people who say that saints take away from God’s Glory?

(38:58) Break 2

  • How can saints help us battle sin?
  • (47:13) Joyce – St. Dymphna…I found a medal and it helped me greatly with my anxiety.

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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.