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Consecration to the Sacred Heart – The Inner Life – June 11, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Father Michael Hurley joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Consecration to the Sacred Heart

  • (5:30) why is today a significant day?
  • The Mercy of God through Confession.
  • (15:10) Karina – I’m a returning Catholic, and feel I need to make a General Confession. What should I do about sins I forgot and now remember?

(23:46) Break 1

  • (25:22) Sr. Maria Francesca – Do we know why the USCCB decided to the consecration today instead of tomorrow on the Feast of the Sacred Heart?
  • (32:08) Robin – My brother is one of the bishops going to be at the consecration!! I am very excited.
  • (34:02) Damon – I returned to the Church 5 years ago. Mass and adoration. Is there a ‘starter kit’ for doing a novena or consecration.

(40:39) Break 2

  • (42:43) Nicholas – How can we relate this consecration to the line in the Pledge ‘one nation under God’. What is the Churches’ interpretation on this line?
  • (47:21) Sharon – I’d like to talk about my consecration to the Sacred Heart.

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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.