EPPC Fellow and Fellowship Member Lecture!

April 22 at 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

The John Paul II Institute’s Humanum Review invites you to a lecture on “What Binds Marriage Forever: A View from Ida Görres” on Wednesday, April 22, at 6:00 p.m. in Della Ratta Auditorium, Maloney Hall, on the Catholic University of America campus in Washington.

Ida Friederike Görres (1901–1971) was a prominent Catholic writer in German-speaking Europe. In his eulogy for her, Fr. Joseph Ratzinger praised how Görres “spoke with an insightful certainty and a fearlessness about the pressing questions and tasks of the Church today.” In 2025, Bishop Erik Varden called her “a crucial voice for the present moment.”

One of the themes of Görres’ non-fiction was the nature of marriage. Her book What Binds Marriage Forever, first published in 1971, is a startlingly relevant and engaging defense of the indissolubility, in the face of its detractors. Moderated by Larry Chapp, Jonathan Bieler and Jennifer Bryson, who is translating Görres’ work, will discuss Görres’ case for the indissolubility of marriage.

Please reserve your seat at the event at this link.

Dr. Bryson is a Fellow in Catholic Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Dr. Bieler is Assistant Professor of Patrology and Systematic Theology at the Institute. Dr. Chapp is a retired professor of theology and host of the Gaudiumetspes22.com podcast.

The lecture will be followed by a reception.