Dr. Carole Brown is the director of the Sioux Spiritual Center (Catholic Retreat Lodge) in the Diocese of Rapid City. She earned an MA in theology and Christian ministry with a specialization in catechetics from Franciscan University in 1997 and served there as director of Evangelistic Outreach for eight years. She completed her PhD in systematic theology in Dublin in 2010. Her dissertation was titled “Crossing the Threshold of Faith: Pope John Paul II’s Approach to the Problem of the Conversion of the Baptized.” She has over 30 years of experience in evangelization, through youth and young adult ministry, campus ministry, teaching, radio ministry, spiritual direction, and retreat ministry.