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The Church On Mission – The Inner Life – September 23, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

On today’s Inner Life, Fr. Michael Hurley comes on to discuss the life and works of St. Padre Pio.

  • Tina – We purchased our business on his feast day and we have prayer cards of him inside the shop and we evangelize with them.
  • Break 1
  • Frances – We saw Padre Pio at our church during adoration – good story
  • Joey – I’m at a crossroads in my job and asked St. Pio for discernment and God helped me.
  • Break 2
  • Paul – Fr. Joe had cancer and Padre Pio healed him.
  • Brandon – Padre Pio has brought me consolation in many instances.
  • Tom – A priest we knew said mass with Padre Pio in WWII and said it smelled like flowers from his wounds.

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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.