God bless and keep your mother!!! My faith persists as well: "And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." Matthew 16:18
There are still small pockets of faithful Catholics who uphold the traditions. When people ask about my religion I say I'm a pre-Nicean Catholic... I believe in the teachings of the early church Fathers- particularly St. Ignatius of Antioch.