Never too late: What led a 98-year-old to become Catholic this Easter

Vol. 11, No. 9

May 1, 2026

On the cover: An “Okie” of Native American descent who came to California during the Great Depression, Virginia Eidson wasn’t a nonbeliever — she just somehow missed out on baptism. On Page 10, Ann Rodgers tells the unlikely conversion story that led to her welcome into the Catholic Church at the age of 98 this Easter in Oxnard.