To mark our anniversary, we have invited 50 Catholics to choose a person from the past 175 years whose life has been a personal inspiration to them and an example of their faith at its bestTowards the end of his life, Walker Percy, disappointed with the run-of-the-mill interviews he had to endure on a regular basis, decided to publish a self-interview under the title, “Questions They Never Asked Me”. It begins: “Q: What kind of Catholic are you?” “A: Bad.”Percy’s comic irony was typic­ally nestled within the easy-going manner characteristic of the American Deep South. He could conjure apocalyptic visions of technological disaster and social breakdown while sipping a good bourbon on his porch. Percy is often mentioned in the same breath as his