Nuns on the Bus Blog - When I was growing up, it wasn't an aspiration to become president. And yet, here I was, more than five decades later, about to witness something we had never imagined happening become a real possibility.

A growing movement is recognizing the perils of human trafficking and its wide reach throughout the world. "Trafficking for exploitation robs people of dignity. It is modern-day slavery and evokes the Old Testament situation of Moses seeing the condition of the people in slavery in Egypt and wanting to rescue them."

Check your social media feed or turn on the news these days and you will see and hear much to make you anxious, worried, sad, pessimistic or fearful. No matter how hard it is to take in, I believe we need to keep our eyes, ears and hearts open.

"No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty."

Nuns on the Bus Blog - The sisters are in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the site of the Democratic National Convention.

"Interpret everything in its most favorable light." My adherence to this centuries-old maxim of the Sisters of St. Joseph is being severely tested right now.

Sr. Suso Kottirikal served as boarding school hostel warden for 16 years, but she quit more than two decades ago to work with people who have Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy, and their children. Unlike others who work with leprosy patients, the member of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ chooses to live with them, sharing her room with two patients.

Leaders of the United Nations say the global body's ambitious agenda to eliminate global poverty and other ills is off to a good start but are reiterating the need for common efforts involving governments, non-governmental groups, business and others — including religious bodies in which Catholic sisters play a prominent role.

See for Yourself - "Do you really like this stuff?" I remarked to the person next to me at a national conference for medical devices as I pointed at the program. "Do I like it? No. I don't like it. I love it!" crowed the young process engineer.

Anne E. Patrick, 75, a feminist theologian and Sister of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, is remembered for quiet activism and scholarship on behalf of women in the church.