James Creedon is an Irish journalist based in Paris, where he is media editor on France 24's English-language network. He recently completed a documentary film, "Thanks to your Noble Shadow," on the life of his cousin, Sr. Paschal O'Sullivan. Born in 1912, O'Sullivan was the last Irish missionary nun to serve in Japan.

See for Yourself - Local folks I know always look forward to attending a large health fair that spans two days and is held not only at the convention center but also at a downtown park. These fairs bring forth everything one could imagine in the quest for good health.

"'Love one another as I have loved you.' . . . the love Jesus spoke of went far beyond the law and never came attached to any condition."

Nuns on the Bus Blog - Our mission in Cleveland was simply to offer free cups of lemonade to thirsty folks and start conversations. Lemonade is something you have on picnics, and who doesn't like a cup of lemonade on a hot day? Well, it turns out that many people don't.

GSR Today - It was a miracle on the level of the Red Sea parting. More than 100 kids in first to seventh grades were completely silent. For an hour. In church. I'd taught catechism to some of these kids, and I'd never seen them so rapt.

"When we assured them that we would pray with them and for them, we were drawing them into the circle of all those who sit at Jesus’ feet and seek help."

Nuns on the Bus Blog - A severe thunderstorm blasted the morning sky over Cleveland on Monday as we boarded the bus for downtown. Sr. Simone Campbell described the streaks of lightning and cracks of thunder as "the sky crying that a national convention is being held here."

In April 1986, three Servants of Mary Sisters founded the Northwest Catholic Counseling Center in Portland, Oregon, to help local parishes address unmet mental health needs.

The loud voices from the lobby of the integrative health care clinic in which I worked that fall were approaching high-decibel level.

Several of we providers wandered out into the hall from our offices, trying to figure out the source of the disturbance. My medical director caught sight of me and told me, "Get Jesus Christ out of the lobby before the cops get here!"

"I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do."