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True Piety – The Inner Life – February 4, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discussTrue Piety

  • (1:56) what is piety?
  • (12:00) How can we distinguish authentic devotion from external practices that may lack interior conversion?
  • How can devotions be misshaped?

(26:59) Break 1

  • (27:27) Mike – If I’m praying and it’s a conversation with God, I recognize my voice, but not sure how it is that I’m interacting with God. What does that look like? It feels dry sometimes.
  • Email from LA – shares a good habit developed in prayer.
  • (40:43) How do sacramentals remind us of God’s presence?
  • (43:58) Didier – Assuming that piety is one of the gifts from the holy spirit, can we say someone who has piety has received the gift from the HS…does he also have the other 6 gifts for the 7 complete gifts of the holy spirit?

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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.