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The Sacrament Of Baptism – The Inner Life – October 16, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • On today’s Inner Life, Fr. Ryan Brady joins to discuss Baptism.
  • Monica – A person who has decided to be an atheist and denounce their baptism. I don’t believe you can turn your baptism away once you’re baptized. I believe it’s forever. Is that possible for a person who decides to be an atheist to do that?
  • Break 1
  • Adele – My brother is a priest. When he was in his first assignment. On the feast of the baptism of the Lord, he started asking kids’ birthdays and then asked their baptism dates.
  • David – As a young adult and going through life in the spirit seminar, I wanted to be baptized again.
  • Break 2
  • Thui – Renounced baptism. I publicly renounced my baptism and God in general. I renounced God and everything that came with Him. I didn’t want to have anything to do with being Catholic. God is always faithful and will never leave us. I’m back in the church now and I love it.

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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.