On this episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks with Juan Montanez from Catholic Charities of Hartford about how his work as a Parent Educator in the Parenting Support Services Program helps adults become more confident and effective parents drawing on lessons from over two decades of coaching high school football. Monsignor also speaks with Kimberly Nunez, a participant in Catholic Charities Community Services’ Summer Youth Employment Program, about how this paid opportunity is helping young people like her build skills, confidence, and a stronger foundation for the future.

On this episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Father Bruce Morrill, S.J. the Edward A. Malloy Chair in Roman Catholic Studies over at Vanderbilt University about the newly approved “Mass for the Care of Creation” and how it invites Catholics to pray for a deeper commitment to environmental stewardship. He also talks with Omar Davila, the Senior Director of Family Self Sufficiency Department at Catholic Charities of San Antonio about their emergency relief efforts in response to the tragic July 4th floods in Texas Hill Country, and how the organization is planning long-term support for affected families.

On this Fourth of July weekend episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan explores themes of American identity, global leadership, and summer tradition. He begins with a timely conversation with Professor Mathias Risse, the Berthold Beitz Professor of Human Rights, Global Affairs, and Philosophy at Harvard’s Kennedy School and Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. They discuss the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, and the broader significance of an American occupying the Chair of Saint Peter at this moment in Church and world history. In the second half of the show, Monsignor Sullivan shifts from the spiritual to the celebratory, speaking with two barbecue…

On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan reflects on two pressing global issues —forced migration and nuclear security —through conversations with leading experts. In recognition of World Refugee Day, he speaks with Professor Elizabeth Cullen Dunn, a geography scholar at Indiana University Bloomington and author of No Path Home: Humanitarian Camps and the Grief of Displacement, about the state of refugees and internally displaced persons around the world, the emotional toll of life in humanitarian camps, and how we can better support displaced populations in more humane and sustainable ways. Later in the show, Monsignor Sullivan is joined by Dr. Farah Jan, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the University…

This week on JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan highlights stories of peacemaking and artful devotion. In our first segment, he speaks with Tom Dobbins Jr. of Catholic Charities NY and Darnell Yates II, a junior at Cardinal Hayes High School, both honored by Pax Christi Metro New York for their powerful commitment to peacebuilding. They reflect on how faith and service have shaped their journeys and what peacemaking looks like today. Then, as fair season begins, author and art historian Ruth D. Nelson joins in to discuss her new book, Our Lady of the World’s Fair, which tells the fascinating story of how Michelangelo’s Pietà traveled from the Vatican to Queens for the…