I was invited by the Franciscan Action Network to come and welcome the Nuns on the Bus at the end of their journey in Washington, D.C. I was pleased to join many people of many faiths and walks of life to greet these nuns who are helping to bring to light, the plight of many poor, disabled, and needy Americans across many parts of this great country. The nuns were given a very warm welcome as they drove up Capitol Hill to offer speeches next to the US Supreme Court and across the street from the US Capitol.
Crowd welcomes the Nuns on The Bus Tour on Capitol Hill
Nuns on the Bus
The Nuns on a Bus traveled 2,700 miles to 31 cities in 9 states to highlight the work of the nuns across America, who work in programs that serve the poor and needy in social services, healthcare, and education. The nuns were motivated to show the good work they do and to also show the threats to funding from the proposed Ryan Budget.
Route of Nuns on the Bus
There is a new budget proposed by the DC Interfaith Council and the Nuns on the Bus is called The Faithful Budget. It puts a priority on funding the poor, disabled, and elderly in the national budget debate. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have called the Ryan Budget immoral and the nuns are also condemning the budget proposals and asking you to sign the petition for The Faithful Budget (links below).
Let’s Grow A Faithful Budget
Following is an interview with Sister Simone Campbell on Comedy Central’s Colbert Report:
Comedy Central’s Colbert Report video with Sister Simone Campbell
Following is a Bill Moyer’s video about a Cleveland Soup Kitchen:
LINKS
Nuns on the Bus (official website)
How the Ryan Budget hurts Virginia
Washington Post Article about Nuns on the Bus Tour
Bill Moyers & Co. (blog & video of Nuns on the Bus tour)
But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child – a direct killing of the innocent child – murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? How do we persuade a woman not to have an abortion? As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts. Jesus gave even his life to love us. So the mother who is thinking of abortion, should be helped to love – that is, to give until it hurts her plans, or her free time, to respect the life of her child. The father of that child, whoever he is, must also give until it hurts. By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And by abortion, the father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. That father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching the people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. That is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.