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Difficulties In Mental Prayer – The Inner Life – September 10, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

On today’s show, Fr. Daniel Klimek joins to help us understand praying the Rosary.

  • What is the purpose of repetition?
  • Connie – I want to share my experience with the Rosary.
  • Break 1
  • Arthur – My life hasn’t been the same since I put the”Help America Pray The Rosary” bumper sticker on the back of my truck.
  • Vince – My family tradition and the Rosary.
  • Charles – When praying the rosary, thoughts came to me about the Wedding at Cana. Mary in her heart was telling him that she was ready to let him go to start his ministry.
  • Break 2
  • Rudy – Great story about how they become Catholic, tied to the Rosary

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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.