Author: 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.

The Inner Life – July 9, 2024 – Friendship

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Father John Paul Erickson joins Patrick to discuss Friendship (6:15) Mary, Martha and Lazarus as the friends of Jesus. How does friendship manifest God’s love? (13:24) How do you make a friendship deliberate? (22:28) Break 1 Karen – I have a friend who has tested all religions and she thinks Catholics have it wrong. She’s […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Inner Life – July 25, 2024 – Prayer Routine

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Father Michael Hurley joins Patrick to discuss Prayer Routine (7:04) What is prayer? Starting prayer first thing in the morning Emil from a listen who says that excellence is a (18:16) Rocco – Want to give my input of my routine: Daily Mass, Daily Rosary, Chaplet at 3pm.  And about spontaneity on prayer life… (22:05) […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Inner Life – July 24, 2024 – Evangelization

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Father Matthew Spencer joins Patrick to discuss Evangelization (9:25) How can we deepen our relationship with Jesus in order to evangelize? How to evangelize different people? (21:15) Break 1 Patrick shares an email from Brian about how he evangelizes (24:36) Gail – How do you evangelize someone who was raised Catholic but is now rejecting […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Inner Life-July 22, 2024-Spiritual Warfare

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Father Matthew Spencer, OSJ joined Patrick for a conversation about spiritual warfare. Topics included: warfare in Ephesians (3:05), reality of the spiritual world (6:49), caller: get rid of tarot cards (8:51), caller: my mom was into Santeria (19:06), tweet: my husband reads his horoscope; what should I tell him? (25:05), importance of prayer & the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Inner Life – July 16, 2024 – Understanding the Mass [Encore]

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Enjoy this Encore show from April 25, 2024! Sr. Alicia Torres, F.E. joined Patrick for a conversation about Holy Mass. Topics included: what is the Mass? (2:51), mystagogy (15:52), caller: Eucharistic prayers (20:55), caller: how do we teach the Mass to kids? (23:30), caller: I don’t feel Christ in the Eucharist (28:20), parts of the […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more

The Inner Life – July 15, 2024 – Moving from Head to Heart in Prayer

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Father Brian Gross joins Patrick to discuss Moving from Head to Heart in Prayer What is the difference between Head Prayer and heart prayer? (16:41) Are prayers that are said in a boring state still affective (21:53) Break 1 What is the difference between attending the NEC and experiencing it? (27:41) What does it mean […]Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: ... Read more