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Discussion of the Biggest Catholic News Stories of 2020, and the Imperative of Christians Speaking Up for those Experiencing Human Rights Abuses and Religious Persecution across the Globe
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the biggest Catholic news stories of the year, and the human rights abuses and religious persecution around the world. Christopher White is a National Correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter newspaper. During this final week of 2020, Christopher talks with us about what in his opinion as a reporter for a National Catholic news publication were some of the major stories of this past year, and what we might be looking forward to in the year to come. Knox Thames is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Global Engagement down in Alexandria, Virginia. During this final week…
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Christmas in the Time of COVID in Bethlehem, and the State of Refugees in the World on Christmas 2020
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about Christmas in the Time of COVID in the town of Jesus’s birth – Bethlehem, and a look into the lives of refugees around the world during Christmas time. Brother Peter Bray, FSC, EdD who is the Vice-Chancellor of Bethlehem University, a Catholic co-educational institution in the Lasallian Tradition located in Bethlehem – the town of Jesus’s birth – dedicated to providing a quality higher education to the people of Palestine. During this week when we approach the birth of Our Savior in the manger 2,000 years ago, Brother Peter shares with us a bit about the work of…
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Discussion of Catholic Efforts to Abolish the Death Penalty, and a Discussion of “Mary on the Mantel” – an Advent Alternative to the “Elf on the Shelf’
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about Catholic efforts to abolish the death penalty in response to the resumption of executions on the Federal level back in July 2020, and during this season of Advent, a discussion of “Mary on the Mantel” – an Advent alternative to the “Elf on the Shelf”. Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy is the Executive Director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network, a national organization that seeks to mobilize Catholics and others of goodwill to end the use of the Death Penalty here in the United States and promote restorative justice. Over the past several months when the Federal Government resumed the use…
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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…
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Indigenous Communities and A Look-forward at Thanksgiving 2020
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan looks into the impact COVID-19 has had on indigenous communities in and around Gallup, New Mexico. He also highlights this year’s Thanksgiving celebration, how it will be different, and what Catholic Charities of NY is doing to help provide a Thanksgiving meal to our neighbors in New York. Krystal Curley is the Executive Director of Indigenous Life Ways, an indigenous-oriented educational and community-support organization in Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico. During this “Native American History Month”, Krystal, who is a member of the Navajo Nation, shares how Indigenous Life Ways and other local non-profits in McKinley County New Mexico quickly…
