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St. Nicholas: The Spirit of Giving – The Inner Life – December 5, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Bobby Blood joins Patrick to discuss St. Nicholas: The Spirit of giving

  • Who was Saint Nicholas?
  • (5:24) why do we need to be aware of Church teaching?
  • (15:37) Maria – Story about generosity. I was in a class with a bunch of different instruments, and the nuns said we needed to each bring a dollar to school to help pay for a broken drum.

(17:44) Break 1

  • Geri – Tradition: We would use our dads athletic socks. We would fill them with fruit and nuts (in the socks) to teach stories from the bible. Pretty cool tradition
  • (22:20) Carl – Tradition: slippers at the foot of the door and we would put cookies or something that we could give to someone outside of our home who was in need
  • Lorraine – I have a fractured spine and there are people at my church that are helping me. I made a donation to RR in honor those people helping me.

(33:17) Break 2

  • Father Rocky Shares a special book he wrote about Mary.
  • (46:07) Joey – Before my mom died, we were talking about charity. She reminded me of something I did that made her proud of me. On a field trip, I bought another little kid a lunch when I saw she didn’t have one.

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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.