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Faith and Reason – The Inner Life – June 16, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Msgr. Robert Dempsey joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Faith and Reason

  • (3:26) Do Faith and Reason contradict
  • Is Faith really blind?
  • (15:01) Where do all problems come from philosophically?

(20:06) Break 1

  • (21:46) What does doubt have to do with Faith and Reason?
  • (29:05) Martin – What do you think Jesus meant on the cross by saying ‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?’
  • Mary Alice – There is a movie that came out recently: ‘The Story of Everything’. Even debunks Darwinism, physicists backing up intelligent design.
  • What position should you take when starting Philosophy?
  • How do you not get frustrated when talking with people who don’t believe?

(40:33) Break 2

  • How is the Catholic Church doing today?
  • (47:11) Best help book for the ordinary Catholic.
  • Some great saints who help us grow in Faith and Reason.

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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.