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Holiness through Service – The Inner Life – June 10, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father James Kubicki joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Holiness through Service

  • Why is service important?
  • (9:52) Humility in service.
  • (17:34) how do we put love where there is none?
  • (19:48) Elizabeth – Instead of going to college, is there a kind of service that our kids can learn humility from?

(24:01) Break 1

  • Rudy – Comment: When i worked at Disney I used to do the potlucks for the employees. I opened it up to all departments. It was based on the idea that ‘what you do for the least…’
  • (35:01) Adrian – I participated in a group trip to western north Carolina after Helene. And I helped an elderly woman with her shower and bath tub. She said, ‘not until the day I day would I ask for this.’ I told her ‘it’s OK’. She said I will never understand. I am Lutheran.

(39:26) Break 2

  • Mary – I have found that when I’m at Wal Mart, I make it a point to see people who look dejected. I make it a point to connect with them.
  • What do we do when our service is not recognized?
  • (47:29) Tim – We’ve been working on a project at our parish, and we learned that everything had already been decided. The priest said he would pray for our internal conversion. How do I deal with anger in the context of service?

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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.