40th Anniversary of Dorothy Day’s Death on November 29, 1980, and a Discussion on How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Impacting Small Retail Businesses

On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the conversation around the canonization of Dorothy Day and also how the pandemic has impacted small businessnes.

Dr. Kevin Ahern, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College and a member of the Advisory Board for the Dorothy Day Guild. During this week that we commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the Death of Dorothy Day back on November 29, 1980, Kevin Ahern shares with us a bit about the cause for the canonization of Dorothy Day and why her particular witness in needed in the Church and the world today.

Meghan Keivel Cruz is the Director of Grassroots of the National Retail Federation. During this week that follows on the heels of both “Black Friday” and “Small Business Saturday,” Meghan shares with us a bit about how the COVID-19 Pandemic has impacted small retail businesses, and what is in the works to help small retailers and their businesses survive the devastating economic impact the pandemic has brought with it.

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