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Virtue of Study – The Inner Life – November 10, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • Fr. Patrick Hyde joins on the Inner life to talk about the virtue of study.
  • The Dominican Order handed on the study of spirituality.
  • Why did God make you?
  • Going too far and too deep.
  • Break 1
  • Steve – I am someone who goes into faith too deeply in the area of academics.
  • Break 2
  • Maritza – St. Augustine’s book the Confessions is great plus The Beautiful Eucharist by Matthew Kelly is good too.

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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.