Father Gommar DePauw’s landmark talk “Conciliar or Catholic?” remains as timely and thought-provoking today as it was in 1967—perhaps even more so. His clarity and conviction continue to resonate in an age still grappling with questions of faith and fidelity.
My grandmother, Helen Howell, was received into the Church in 1942 at age 39. This blog preserves her letters from the 1960s, written during a time of great upheaval following Vatican II. From Rockford, Illinois, she gave voice to ordinary Catholics striving to remain faithful, defending the sacred traditions of the Church with clarity, conviction, and deep devotion to the Real Presence of Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist, offering a witness of steadfast faith in a time of confusion and change.