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Preparing for Marriage – The Inner Life – July 24, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Ramil Fajardo joins Patrick to discuss Preparing for Marriage

  • (4:23) what are some unrealistic experiences that we have on marriage?
  • (15:56) Ed – Comment: The lack of catechism or formation of souls in parishes, and how that leads to bad marriages.

(20:23) Break 1

  • Marie – Comment re: what is lacking on marriage prep… discussing addictions.
  • (30:12) Michael – Any advice for people over 50 that have never been married, and still open to get married?
  • Patrick shares an email about a woman who was living in a lot of sin and got married in not ideal circumstances and is looking for help in continuing her growth.

(39:01) Break 2

  • Gerry – When we went through our marriage prep, we did not know anything about NFP, this was in 1990. I wish somebody could have talk to us more about the different methods.

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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.