On October 2, 2024, our very own Dominican sisters helped to welcome Network’s Nuns on the Bus and Friends at their stop in Brentwood.
Nuns on the Bus — a Catholic Advocacy Group — hit the road on a two-and-a-half-week nationwide tour called “Vote Our Future.”
Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa Quincy Howard (pictured left) was one of the passengers on the bus and the Master of Ceremonies at the event in Brentwood. Our own Sister Honora Nolty noted how wonderful it was to see Sister Quincy — who will profess her final vows in November — representing our Order on the bus. And Sister Quincy was happy to see our sisters. “We hooted and howled and cheered,” said Sister Honora. Sister Quincy said to us how important it was that when she arrived, she saw Dominican signs. That day, the crowds of almost 300 people listened to speakers, signed the side of the bus, and sang together, “The Nuns on the bus say ‘vote, vote, vote!'”
The goal of the tour is to call on Catholics and all people of goodwill to be multi-issue voters and to protect the freedoms that promote a future of flourishing for all — NO EXCEPTIONS. The bus passengers were also given a tour of a new facility for New Hour, a transitional program for formerly incarcerated women and their children.
Many members of the Dominican family were present including Sisters Pat Koehler, Diane Morgan, Diane Capuano, Eileen Corcoran, Lenore Toscano, Gina Fleming, Marjorie Devlin, Margaret Kavanagh, Laura Helbig, Honora Nolty, Emily Masse, Julie Thompson, Irene Weiner, Mary Nolan, Patricia Hanvey, Margaret Galiardi, Joan Klimski, as well as Associates Jennie Amendola, Kathy Friend, Nora Toal and Kathleen Macbeth.
There were members of the press there including News 12. Watch the story here.
There was a town hall meeting that same night with the Nuns on the Bus at the First Presbyterian Church in Baldwin which some of our sisters attended.
“Do you know where you are voting and how you are getting there?” asked Sister Honora. “Vote, vote, vote!”
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