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Sacramentals – The Inner Life – February 19, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discussSacramentals

  • What is the goal of Sacramentals?
  • (16:03) Karen – My brother when he was in his late teens was involved in drugs. My mom had placed a scapular inside his pillowcase. He didn’t know it. The next morning, she looked at the scapular and it was all knotted up. She believes something happened. Brother didn’t do it. How would one explain that?

(20:06) Break 1

  • (21:10) Joshua – Is incense a sacramental?
  • The difference between to

(33:14) Break 2

  • (35:06) Jim – At my parish, they have removed the holy water from the fonts and wanted to find out your opinion. It appears to be against canon law.
  • (38:59) Bella Donna – I was a witch for 40 years and was brought to the church through the Rosary.

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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.