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A project of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, http://www.lcwr.org "Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America" http://www.womenandspirit.org opened May 16, 2010, at the Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

The exhibit tells the story of women religious since their arrival in the United States in 1727. It features 70 items from among thousands gathered from more than 400 religious communities. Traveling trunks, journals, vintage health care equipment, diaries, musical instruments and even a few artifacts from several saints are among the items that are included.

Designed by Seruto & Co. in Pasadena, Calif., the show can accommodate artifacts and photos from the archives of local religious communities in each city where it stops.

After its Cincinnati run, "Women & Spirit" moved on to the Women's Museum in Dallas, then to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The exhibit is presently at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Cleveland, Ohio, until August 29.

Beginning September 24, 2010, the exhibit will be at the Statute of Liberty National Monument/Ellis Island Immigration Museum, through January 22, 2011, followed by stops at the Mississippi River Museum in Dubuque, Iowa, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California, and the Center of History in association with the University of Notre Dame, and Saint Mary's College, South Bend, Indiana.

In line with the exhibit's opening, Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a Democrat from Toledo, Ohio, introduced a resolution in Congress commending women religious for their contributions throughout American history.