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The Holy Family at Christmas – The Inner Life – December 22, 2025

Patrick Conleyby Patrick Conley

Fr. Rob Kroll joins Patrick to discuss The Holy Family at Christmas

  • (3:17) Poverty of the Holy Family

(20:45) Break 1

  • (23:00) Clementine – Holy family: When my children were little I would say prayers with them and ask the holy family to keep my family holy. I lost my son and at his funeral there were a lot of priests celebrating the funeral.
  • Importance of families reaching out to others in there?

(35:34) Break 2

  • How does God show up in the ordinary areas of life?
  • (43:50) Trisha – Who was Saint Joseph Parents? And how long was Mary serving at the temple? Did she live in the temple?

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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.