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The Immaculate Conception – The Inner Life – December 8, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Joseph Illo joins Patrick to discuss The Immaculate Conception

  • (6:33) What is the Immaculate Conception?
  • How is Mary the new ark of the covenant?
  • (15:07) why was the Marian Dogma declared so late in the Church’s life?

(21:24) Break 1

  • What is original sin?
  • (26:43) George – Adam and Eve verse Jesus and Mary observation, in regard to immaculate conception.

(33:45) Break 2

  • How is the Immaculate Conception tied in with the Other four Dogmas?
  • (39:19) The Immaculate Conception and Mary’s connection with Our Lady of Lourdes

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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.