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St. Therese – The Inner Life – October 1, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Tom Wilson joins Patrick to discuss St. Therese of Lisieux

  • Who was Saint Therese?
  • (16:11) Erin – I saw roses two different times after I finished the novena.
  • Katelyn – I did the novena recently for my husband and I. In my childhood home, we had rose bushes. My mom said something one night and asked if someone did the novena. The bushes were covered in roses. We live in Arizona.

(22:00) Break 1

  • What is the Little way of Saint Therese?
  • (30:00) Elly – My experience with St. Therese when my sister passed away.
  • (36:28) Mary – Given a rose from St. Therese. Husband was in an accident. Brain injury. I was praying and saw a vision of 3 roses. Told my friend and she said it was a gift. At work, there was a vase of 3 roses for me from an old friend, Theresa.

(41:20) Break 2

  • Kaleb – I was in the army and in a train. Wanted an answer to a question in my life about marriage. Did the novena to St. Therese. Went to mass on the 9th day. liturgical color was rose.
  • (44:58) Monica – My father diagnosed with cancer…my children were small. Went to pray in another room. Looked out the window and saw a rose in the garden where there was no bush. When he was recovering, found another rose growing there. Took both of them to him. He not only was cured, but came back to the church.

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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.