The only nonprofit redemption center in New York City, Sure We Can, is an economic lifeline for more than 400 canners. They can cash in what they've gathered — in small amounts or bulk — for the state-mandated 5 cents per piece, or they can earn a bit more by counting and sorting. The organization, co-founded in 2007 by Sr. Martinez de Luco and Eugene Gadsden, has become a community and has plans to acquire its own property and become economically sustainable.

Three Stats and a Map - It seems, these days, like every day there is a new report of violence. Whether violence to our environment, or violence to one another, these are not peaceful times in which we are living. There is much need for people to step in and do their part — as activists, innovators, and spiritual leaders — in order to help change the course.

Nus on the Bus Blog - We as a people face some critical choices as we decide what kind of a people — a country — we want to be. The urgency and importance of our choices become more apparent as Nuns on the Bus travels along.

Nuns on the Bus Blog - On the 10th day of the Nuns on the Bus tour, we encountered more of the heartbreak and hope that we enter more deeply each day on this journey throughout U.S. cities and towns.

From NCRonline.org - Pope Francis has issued a new set of guidelines for how Catholic women religious living in contemplative communities around the world should regulate their lifestyles, calling on them to implement changes in 12 areas.

Pulling into the post office parking lot as I came off of retreat, I stopped for a moment in the car. I thought to myself, The flags are at half-staff again. And for a moment, I couldn't remember why. A laundry list of places streamed through my mind: Baton Rouge, the Twin Cities, Orlando, Nice, Dallas, Baton Rouge (again), Istanbul . . .

From A Nun's Life podcasts - Can learning about the Catholic faith be a form of prayer? What about church History?  In this Random Nun Clip, we talk about learning as an awesome thing that can be prayerful.

"Live life to the full."

Nuns on the Bus Blog - "So we, though many, are one body in Christ and individually parts of one another." As we prayed with this Scripture at the start of the day Wednesday, we could not foresee how immersed we would be in the experience of being one body.