by Michele Morek
Nuns on the Bus Blog - On the first day of the 2018 cross-country tour, we visited Homeboy Industries, one site visit along the way as we to listen to people from Los Angeles to West Pam Beach, Florida, to see how U.S. tax policies are affecting them.
Nuns on the Bus 2018 - Overlooking the sandy beaches of Santa Monica, the 2018 Nuns on the Bus set off for Mar-a-Lago on Florida's southeast coast Oct. 8 — from "sea to shining sea," said Social Service Sr. Simone Campbell, executive director of Network, a Catholic social justice lobby, which sponsors the bus tour.
• Keep up with the Nuns on the Bus Blog, where you can read about previous years' tours and "On the Road to Mar-a-Lago" in 2018
Philippa Hitchen has worked as a journalist at Vatican Radio for over 30 years, specializing in justice and peace stories as well as ecumenism and interfaith dialogue. She has also written and reported for many secular and religious news media, including the BBC, The Tablet, The Church Times and The Messenger of St. Anthony.
by Joyce Meyer
International Liaison, Global Sisters Report
Since the 1970s, sisters have stood with Filipinos in their pursuit of justice. As principal of Binalbagan Catholic College, Sr. Aquila Sy ensured students understood their responsibility to apply Catholic social teaching in their lives. Her activities made her a target. She shared her story with GSR.
Sr. Jean Marie Fernandez is an Indian who was born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore and currently lives as a missionary in San Francisco.
by Joshua J. McElwee
Vatican City: South Korean Sr. Mina Kwon, one of the eight women religious allowed to attend the Oct. 3-28 Synod of Bishops in an advisory capacity, told the 267 prelates taking part Oct. 5 that "young people are sensitive to the issue of inequality and exclusion."
by Tracey Horan
Contributor
Horizons - The summer of 2012, I gave God an ultimatum. I would train to run 26.2 miles and pray all along the way, and by the time I reached the finish line in November, God would answer the question on my heart: Was I being called to religious life?
Ahead of the Oct. 6 Senate vote that appointed Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the Benedictine Sisters of Baltimore sent a letter urging all female senators to vote no.
The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas said they are "outraged and appalled" by a recent report of migrant children being moved to a tent city in Texas, adding that what is happening now "pales in comparison to the trauma and uncertainty these young girls and boys and their families will experience for years to come."
by Maxine Kollasch
Contributor
From A Nun's Life podcasts - In this Random Nun Clip, a writer asks how to create a convincing nun character for a new novel.
