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A group of Catholic sisters will roll into Wisconsin on Tuesday as part of a nine-state bus tour protesting U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan’s proposed budget and highlighting the work of Catholic social service agencies they say will be harmed by it.

The “Nuns on the Bus” tour, organized by the Catholic lobbying group NETWORK, will drop off an alternative "faithful budget" at Ryan’s Janesville office around 2 p.m. before heading to Milwaukee.

Here, the sisters will break bread with the homeless and poor at St. Benedict the Moor Catholic Church, 1015 N. 9th St., and, on Wednesday, tour the Seton Dental Clinic at 1730 S. 13th St.

"The budget that the House passed wants to cut both medical services and food programs drastically," NETWORK Executive Director Sister Simone Campbell said by telephone from the bus Monday.

"The sound bite is that churches can take care of that. But the fact is we're running as hard as we can ... and these programs will be totally swamped by it," she said.

Many faith leaders, including Catholic sisters and bishops have criticized Ryan’s proposed budget cuts as unjust, saying they disproportionately harm the poor and require no shared sacrifice from the wealthy. The budget is one subject on which the Catholic bishops and women religious are of like mind. The sisters have been criticized by the Vatican and some bishops of late for emphasizing social justice issues over abortion.

About 300 people turned out for a prayer service for the tour Sunday in Des Moines. The bus is expected to cover 2,700 miles before ending the trek in Washington, D.C.

The sisters have been told they'll get to meet with Ryan's constituent services rep, Chad Herbert in Janesville, according to Campbell. She said they got a similar offer from Congressman Steve King's 5th District office in Ames, Iowa, only to find the doors locked and a note saying everyone was out in the field when they got there, she said.