In about 50 cities across the country, supporters of Catholic sisters gathered Tuesday (May 29) with candles, signs and words of gratitude for nuns during the final prayer vigil planned in May to support the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The vigils were organized by local Catholic groups, as part of a grassroots effort led by The Nun Justice Project [1].

See photos here [2].

And here's more from supporters:

More than 50 cities holding vigil todayas LCWR begins its meeting to discern a response to the Vatican. nunjustice.tumblr.com [3] #nunjustice [4]

— Call To Action (@CTACatholics) May 29, 2012 [5]

#nunjustice [4] twitter.com/dearmisskate/s… [6]

— Kate Conmy (@dearmisskate) May 29, 2012 [7]

Poster at NYC #nunjustice [4] vigil: "Jesus was a radical feminist" #radicalfeministthemes [8] twitter.com/OccupyCatholic… [9]

— Occupy, Catholics! (@OccupyCatholic) May 29, 2012 [10]

Former nun explains #nunjustice [4] to a group of tourists on the steps of St Patricks Cathedral twitter.com/OccupyCatholic… [11]

— Occupy, Catholics! (@OccupyCatholic) May 29, 2012 [12]

130 strong at the vigil tonight to #supportoursisters [13] and #LCWR [14].Thanks St. Louis for showing #whatsistersmeantome [15] #nunjustice [4] !

— CAN (@can_stl) May 30, 2012 [16]

At least 200 people in front of St Patricks for #NunJustice [17] vigil. Check out nunjustice.org [18]. Sign the petition

— Lewis (@lewistanner) May 29, 2012 [19]

"It's been a remarkable month," said Jim FitzGerald, a spokesman for the Nun Justice Project, who is executive director of Call To Action. "The message for the nuns was, 'This isn't just about nuns, this is about all of us in the church, about justice.'"