• JustLove,  Strengthening Families and Resolving Crises

    Orlando & Gun Control

    June 25, 2016 /

    This weekend on JustLove, Monsignor speaks with guests to discuss recent events surrounding the Orlando Shooting.  On the show James Jacob, Professor at NYU School of Law speaks with Monsignor, about gun control.  And Gary Tester, Executive Director of Catholic Charities of Central Florida talks about what the organization is doing to support the local community.

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  • Commentary

    Solidarity Orlando

    June 24, 2016 /

    Embed from Getty Images   Toward the end of June, cities across the United States including New York will see a number of demonstrations of gay pride. Orlando adds greater poignancy this year. Words may be cheap, but silence can be costly. Let me express a few words of solidarity with LGBTQ communities. Solidarity: against hate, for love; against violence and death, for peace and life; against hurting, for healing; against divisiveness, for reconciliation; against exclusion, for inclusion; against despair, for hope; against hate, for love. This is my basic prayer and hope. I add a few thoughts from a religious perspective on words, actions and solidarity. At times the…

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  • JustLove

    Being Green & Sustainable Consumer Products

    June 20, 2016 /

    On Justlove  Monsignor Kevin Sullivan  speaks with experts involved with environmental sustainability through consumer products and conservation of resources. On the show,  Michael Stausholm, CEO and Founder of Sprout World talks about his organization and the Plantable Pencil – pencils that turn into flowers, plants or vegetables when planted into soil. Also on the show is Lisa Skumatz, Principal at Skumatz Economic Research Associates and Project Manager at Econservation Institute. She talks about how the NYC Bag Tax can reduce litter and cause the public to consider reusable bags.

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  • Commentary

    Flag Day, 2016 Musings of a
    Political Neo-Cynic

    June 14, 2016 /

    Summertime and the Politics is Easy: Ignore Everything & Tune Out Until After Labor Day So Flag Day, 2016… We have the Presidential nominees – the most disliked ever! We do not yet have the VP candidates, but who cares. I know, one heartbeat away…, but I repeat: who cares? We’ll deal with that sad contingency if we have to. One prediction about the VP choices: Each presidential candidate will declare his or her pick the most qualified. The pundits will chatter about which demographics they attract and thus which states they’ll help to carry. Wanna bet otherwise? We will have the conventions – great for the local economies – Yeah…

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