Finding Peace – April 29, 2024

Father Jim Goins joined Patrick for a conversation about peace. Topics included: Jesus’s words ‘Peace be with you’ (2:40), rest and trust (6:52), St. Paul & Thanksgiving (16:21), caller: peace from giving life to God (18:52), caller: peace after brain surgery (24:18), caller: peace and forgiveness (26:25), caller: I don’t have peace with new neighbor (28:35), Catholic mindfulness (33:19), caller: how do I find peace during divorce? (37:44), caller: peace after conversion (41:03), caller: how do I find peace after trauma? (43:37), and caller: peace during recovery from alcohol? (46:27). 

Resources: 

Prayer of Abandonment

Mindful Catholic Book
Surrender Novena

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.