Posted August 1, 2016

Over the course of three weeks in July and crossing 13 states, the group of religious sisters associated with the organization Network took their Nuns on the Bus tour to American cities and towns to hear and share stories of economically challenged Americans, and how the economic gap might be bridged. People along the way showed their support of the sisters’ efforts by writing their signatures on the bus.

Twenty nuns participated in the road trip which ended in Philadelphia during the week of the Democratic National Convention with a rally at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in the city. Network is a social justice lobby inspired by Catholic sisters. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

  • Sister Simone Campbell, S.S.S., thanks everyone for their support during the Nuns on the Bus trip and encourages them to continue their support for social justice.

  • Network, the organization that sponsored the sisters’ national bus tour, printed and distributed pamphlets comparing the two presidential candidates.

  • The sisters participating in Nuns on the Bus heard and shared stories of economically challenged Americans and spread the word of mending the gap.

  • During the closing rally of Nuns on the Bus at St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, Terrell Johnson from Health Federation of Philadelphia tells of the importance of health insurance to him when he almost went blind.

  • After the rally at St Joseph’s Preparatory School in Philadelphia those in attendance gather at the bus for one last moment of praise to God together.

  • Emily Edwards of Witnesses to Hunger signs the sisters’ bus after giving her testimony at the closing rally in Philadelphia.

  • Sister Mary Elizabeth Farrell, S.S.J., signs the bus to show her support for the sisters’ social justice efforts after attending the closing rally of their road trip.