Women and Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America

An exhibit opening May 9, 2010 at the Maltz Museum in Beachwood. Rare artifacts, poignant photographs, compelling video and first-person accounts tell the stories of pioneering women who established schools, hospitals and other enduring institutions and continue to work for peace and social justice. WOMEN & SPIRIT: Catholic Sisters in America, will travel to Cleveland directly from its appearance at The Smithsonian to open at The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage in Beachwood, OH on May 9, 2010.

WOMEN & SPIRIT is a project of The Leadership Conference of Women Religious, an association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States.  The Conference has more than 1,500 members, representing about 95% of America’s 68,000 women religious.  Click here to visit the Women and Spirit website: http://womenandspirit.org/