Responding to Crisis in Venezuela and Advancing Truth & Reconciliation

On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan welcomes three distinguished guests for two timely conversations. In the first segment, Beth Knobbe, Advisor of Church Engagement for Catholic Relief Services, discusses the organization’s response to the recent earthquake in Venezuela, highlighting the emergency assistance being provided to affected families, the ongoing humanitarian needs in the region, and ways listeners can support recovery and rebuilding efforts. In the second segment, Monique Trusclair Maddox, President and CEO of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation, and Father Tim Kesicki, SJ, the Foundation’s Board Chair, reflect on the legacy of the 1838 sale of more than 300 enslaved people by the Society of Jesus to help finance Georgetown University. Together, they discuss the Foundation’s mission to promote truth, reconciliation, education, and restorative justice while addressing this painful chapter in American and Catholic history and its lasting impact on descendants today.