Sr. Lucia Brady, O.S.C. is Pastoral Assistant and heads the RCIA program at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Largo, Florida. St. Jerome is home to almost 2,800 families and more than 6,200 parishioners. Active parish ministries number more than 50. If you would like to share your thoughts like Sr. Lucia did, simply answer the Seven Question Survey and return it to fellmananthony@gmail.com. I know that St. Lucia’s responses will bless you.

1. What is the biggest challenge to your faith that you have faced so far? One of the biggest challenges to my faith was a time when our family suffered five deaths in the space of three years as well as some personal illness. One of the deaths was my younger brother, who was killed by a drunken driver while he was walking on the footpath. It took me some time to forgive the driver and to come to an awareness of God's plan for me during this time.

2. What scripture do you find yourself turning to most often? In Him I live and move and have my being (Acts 17:28).

3. How do you think God is revealing his presence to us in the world today? God is revealing God's self through His Word in Scripture, in people, events of each day, in His Body the Eucharist, in His Body the Church, the people of God, in nature.......so many ways.

4. Do you have a book that you would recommend to people trying to develop their spirituality? The Gospels and people who try to live the Gospel message.

5. Why do you think bad things happen to good people? We are followers of Jesus who SUFFERED, died and of course rose again....We are Christians and followers of Jesus Christ. Can we expect otherwise?

6. What have you found is the most effective way to introduce the word of God to a nonbeliever? Personal invitation, sharing one's own journey, introduce to others on the faith journey, be as the early Christians...their love for one another is what drew people to the early Church.

7. Do you have a favorite saint and if so, why? Mary as model for all Christians...She LISTENED totally to God in her life and was obedient to Him