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Great Saints – The Inner Life – October 31, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

IL – Fr. Eric Nielsen joins Patrick to discuss Saints Josemaría Escrivá

And John Henry Newman

  • Who was Saint Josemaría Escrivá
  • (15:50) Thomas – Opus Dei…had a friend in college that unexpectedly decided to join. Never really thought of it before.
  • (20:02) Wesley – He’s been pivotal to my life and holiness and how I see my vocation (St. Josemaría).

(26:59) Break 1

  • Who was Saint John Henry Newman
  • what is the importance of the Church
  • Patrick shares how he became Catholic through St. John Henry Newman.
  • (39:54) Patrick – Protestantism towards subjectivism. What is the Catholic argument against that?
  • (43:04) Kathy – I first learned about St. John Henry in 1960-61. In Catholic High School. Read a book about him. He’s been in my life.
  • What makes a saint well a saint?
  • (48:44) Roland – I teach faith formation. I didn’t have a topic last Sunday. Pulled up Carlo Acutis from the Saints podcast!
  • Dorothy – I have a collection of John Henry Newman. 2 Chapters on Mass and communion. Touched me deeply and I go back to them frequently.

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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.