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Juneteenth and the Puerto Rican Day Parade
On this week’s episode of JustLove, as we approach the commemoration of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. We will be having a conversation on how colleges have been confronting their links to institutional slavery and wrestling with how to atone for these connections. On this weekend, we celebrate the National Puerto Rican Day Parade taking place virtually this Sunday, June 13th, we’ll have a conversation with the author of the recent book: “The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico – Neil Connolly’s Priesthood in the South Bronx” about the 59-year priesthood of the late Msgr. Neil Connolly. Prof. Calvin Schermerhorn,…
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The City’s Infrastructure after COVID-19 and the History of Palestine and Israel
In this week’s episode of JustLove, we will first have a conversation with the president of the New York State and the New York City Building and Construction Trades Councils on America’s need to invest in our infrastructure in the wake of COVID-19 and the current economic crisis. Then, we will have a conversation with the author of the award-winning book: “The Hundred Years War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance: 1917 to 2017” on the history of the conflict between Palestine and Israel and how that history impacts recent events in the region. Gary LaBarbera is the president of both the Building and Construction Trades Council…
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Providing Food to New Yorkers During the Pandemic, and the work of “Helping Hands” Ministry
On this week’s Episode of JustLove, we will be having a Conversation with Two Catholic Charities Food Hub Workers at the Catholic Charities Bronx Center about their Experiences Helping Catholic Charities Feeding Our Neighbors Program provide Food to Fellow New Yorkers throughout the Pandemic at Catholic Charities Pop Up Food Pantries, and a Discussion with a Capuchin Franciscan Friar and Director of the “Helping Hands Ministry” at Immaculate Conception Parish in the Williamsbridge Area of the Bronx about the People helped at the Parish through the “Helping Hands” Ministry there. Rodney Hunt is a driver for Catholic Charities Community Services. This week, Rodney Hunt shares with us a bit about…
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A Look at Systemic Racism through the Eyes of Education and Our Justice System
In this week’s Episode of JustLove, we discuss the issue of systemic racism and efforts in educational and other settings to combat it. First, we’ll have a conversation with the mother of students at the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan about the school’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and how these initiatives have been received by students their parents at the school; and also a discussion with a retired chaplain at the New York City Department of Corrections and a permanent deacon here in the Archdiocese of New York about his decades-long efforts to educate and overcome what he refers to as the disease of racism. Lori Davis is the Principal…
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The 50th Anniversary of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and CNEWA Assists with COVID-19 in India
In this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan about the half-century legacy of the National Anti-poverty Program of the United States’ Bishop’s Conference, and he also talks about how CNEWA is assisting the local church in India to respond to the COVID-19 crisis in that country. Ralph McCloud is the Director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the National Anti-poverty Program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. During this week when we recall the 50th Anniversary of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, Ralph McCloud shares with us about the half-century history and legacy of the National Anti-Poverty Program. Michael La Civita is the Director…
