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Types of Love – The Inner Life – May 5, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Allen Hoffa joins Patrick to discuss the Types of Love

  • (5:57) What is the necessity of love?
  • (9:48) What is storge Love?

(18:350 Break 1

  • What is phileoLove?
  • (29:31) What is eros love?
  • (32:44) Mary – I found it interesting about storge and I think if more people heard that…If I had a teaching like that when I was younger, I think it would be helpful. We should talk about it more in church. Real type of love and healthy.

(39:52) Break 2

  • Ann – How does the Holy Spirit work into it all? Father doing a great job explaining types of love. How does the relationships of love fall into this with the Holy Spirit.
  • (46:19) What is Agape Love

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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.