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St. Teresa of Avila – Inner Life – October 14, 2026

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley
  • On today’s Inner Life, Fr. Michael Joseph Paris OCD joins to share about St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church.
  • (18:42) Christina – Saints podcast on Relevant Radio
  • Break 1
  • (23:40) Michael – I have an aunt who was a Carmelite. Have question about how the Carmelites lived in their cells and their devotions.
  • (26:58) John – I’m pretty sure St. Therese of Liseux was devoted to St. Theresa of Avila. Is that true?
  • (30:20) Teresa – I’m pretty sure St. Therese of Lisieux was devoted to St. Theresa of Avila. Is that true?
  • Break 2
  • (38:16) Matt – My wife…her family has a lineage of the father of St. Theresa. She also has an aunt who is a nun. Interesting to have that connection and what you’re talking about today.
  • (43:15) Prayer is an encounter amongst friends…Taking time to be with the One who loves you.
  • (44:35) Cathy – Favor she granted us. We were at the birth of a child, so I prayed to St. Therese if she brought us this child. We got the child and were shocked to find it was the feast of St. Theresa of Avila.

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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.