Nuns on the Bus Blog - Three site visits showed the sisters riding through Kentucky various ministries in Louisville on Wednesday that put them in touch with immigrants, homeless and other populations who might feel like their voices, their votes, are lost in the political din.

Nuns on the Bus Blog - As they head into their second week on the road, Sr. Simone Cambell and crew headed out of Michican and down into Kentucky, the home state of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

GSR Today - Oct. 1 is the feast day of "The Little Flower," St. Thérèse of Lisieux, a Discalced Carmelite nun of France. Celebration Editor Pat Marrin wrote a reflection on her life, countering what he calls the "saccharine portrait" that is painted of her in early and innacurate accounts.

Grace on the Margins - The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family has cast a new spotlight on the Roman Catholic church's teachings on divorce and remarriage. According to doctrine, Catholics who divorce and remarry outside of the church are prohibited from receiving the Eucharist. For decades, theologian and ethicist Mercy Sr. Margaret Farley has written about the church's teaching on divorce and remarriage, asking new questions about the nature of commitment and the conditions for release from obligations. She does this work most notably in her books. NCR sat with Farley to discuss these themes and her own take on the possibilities for change in the church's teaching.

In an effort to help lay Catholics gain a deeper understanding of religious life, priests, brothers and women religious intend to open their convents, monasteries, abbeys and religious houses to the public one day next February.

Three Stats and a Map - On Sept. 10, President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes in Syria in an effort to combat ISIL, the militant Islamist group that has taken over large portions of Iraq and driven Christians from their homes. Many religious leaders, including Marie Dennis, co-president of Pax Christi International, decried military intervention in Syria, hoping instead for a peaceful diplomatic solution.

"I have noticed in all the serious circumstances of my life that nature always reflected the image of my soul."

Sr. Mary Nguyen Thi Hong Que, a member of Tam Hiep Dominican Sisters based in Bien Hoa City, southern Vietnam, heads the education program of the Ho Chi Minh City archdiocese’s Family Ministry Committee. She is a marriage guidance counselor, busy giving talks on leadership and life-coping skills to Catholic youths, women, lay leaders, priests and women religious throughout the country.

Benedictine Sr. Christine Vladimiroff, who as prioress in 2001 refused to follow a Vatican order that she prohibit another member of her community from speaking at a conference advocating ordination of women, died Sept. 25 at Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pa., following a long illness. She was 74.

GSR Today - You can join hundreds of women religious who have been sending letters of support to the immigrant families detained on the U.S. side of the border waiting for their hearings, with help from Catholic Legal Immigration Network.