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Hour 1 for 9/3/26 Drew welcomes Doug Hinderer to discuss how to save a marriage when couples grow apart (1:00). Topics/calls: medical check-ups (7:24), my love live has diminished (10:55), crisis of vocations (14:44), marriage retreats (17:56), single Catholics (28:27), husband left and came back (31:11), confession (34:08), repairing marriage (38:10), getting married young (42:16), and civil divorce (46:18). Link: https://www.happymarriageforlife.com/ Podcast: Play in new window |

Patrick opens with hard-hitting questions on salvation and evangelization, confronting listeners with challenging truths from Scripture about who really enters heaven. He weaves a vivid analogy likening salvation to hitting a dartboard’s center, pressing the urgency of embracing the Catholic faith fully and honestly wrestling with its demands.

Patrick fields questions that range from how to keep the Sunday Mass obligation while traveling for a wedding, to the confusion surrounding confessing sins by number and type or with personal detail. He encounters raw marital crises, addressing the pain of separation and the search for healing in couples teetering between annulment and reconciliation, all while balancing obedience to Church authority about liturgical changes like communion rails.

Patrick steers the conversation toward faith and family, weighing how Catholic teaching shapes the heart, while unexpected memories of ’70s rock bands surface alongside stories of conversion and ancient cathedrals humming with tourists. He addresses questions of burial practices, disability access at Mass, and whether evangelizing actually puts more souls at risk, throwing these thoughts together with humor and a human touch.

Today’s Mass from the Chapel of the Nativity for Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe:

IL – Father John Paul Erickson joins Deacon Patrick Conley to discuss Why We Laugh (5:43) How is laughter a uniquely human trait? (20:09) Nick – Appropriate laughter and why we laugh. Altar server trying to light a candle. All of a sudden, people were laughing after he tried so many times. It has to be tempered with the appropriateness of the situation. (24:38) Break 1 Did Jesus have a sense of Humor? (30:58) Rose – Humor. I’m 87.

The fight to protect unborn life has entered a new phase following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. On The Drew Mariani Show, Drew spoke with Bishop Daniel Thomas of Toledo, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, about the growing availability of abortion pills and what Catholics can do in response. Bishop Thomas explained that federal restrictions surrounding mifepristone (the active ingredient in many abortifacients) have gradually been loosened.

Friday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Saint of the Day: St. Rosalia, 1130-1170; a descendant of Charlemagne; born in Palermo, Sicily; she left her home and took up her abode in a cave; she remained there entirely hidden from the world; she practiced great mortifications and lived in constant communion with God; afterward she transferred her abode to Mount Pellegrino; she died alone, and her body was discovered several centuries later, in 1625 Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for...

Patrick explores the blessings and struggles Catholic families encounter, from moms torn between income and being with their kids to the Church’s teachings about burial, relics, and sacramental marriage. He answers questions on choosing faith-driven paths in a world of mixed messages, why certain Church practices matter, and how civil law interacts with belief.

Patrick opens the lines to questions on everything from the nuances of calling oneself Catholic versus Roman Catholic, to the thorny spaces of marriage, conversion, and sacramental life when couples move at different speeds. He moves between callers wrestling with Protestant arguments on faith and works, personal battles with divorce, haunting memories of abortion, and even speculation about the glorified resurrected body and incorrupt saints.