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Back Stage Look at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Learning More about the California Wildfires
On this week’s show of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about what goes into organizing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and he also talks about the aftermath of the California wildfires. Rick Pomer is the Creative Director of Branded Entertainment for Macy’s in New York City and is the Creative Director for the Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. This year will be the 93rd Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and will take place on Thanksgiving Day – Thursday, November 28th starting at 9:00 a.m. Included in this year’s line-up are Emmy-Award Winning Pose Actor Billy Porter, Latin Singer Ozuna, and Grammy-winning performers the Black-eyed Pease, TLC, Chicago, and Kelly…
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The Upcoming SOMOS Puerto Rico Conference and Reflections on Attending the recent Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about his upcoming trip to Puerto Rico and the Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares. New York State Assembly Woman Carmen De La Rosa for the 72nd District of the New York State Assembly joins us to talk about her work in the New York State Assembly and about her advocacy on behalf of both the documented and undocumented immigrant community in New York State. She will be attending the SOMOS Conference taking in Puerto Rico: SOMOS is a non-profit, non-partisan 501 (c) 3 dedicated to raising awareness and advocating on behalf of the Latino community in collaboration with…
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Running the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon and A Halloween Costume Drive for Children in Need
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks to one of our marathon runners from Catholic Charities of Chicago. He also talks to Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia about their Halloween costume initiative. Tim Berry is a marathon runner from Chicago who will be running in the 2019 TCS New York City Marathon on behalf of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York this Sunday, November 3, 2019. Tim is currently homeless and eats his super most weeknights at Catholic Charities of Chicago’s LaSalle Street Headquarters. He talks to us about his upcoming participation in the New York City Marathon and why he feels so passionately…
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Brazilian Indigenous Rights During Synod on Amazon & Situation in Northeastern Syria
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the Synod on the Amazon and the church in Syria. Cecilia Iorio is a Program Manager for the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)– the official aid agency of the Catholic Church of England and Wales. Cecilia shares with us about some of the work of CAFOD in her home country of Brazil, and particularly its work in the Amazon region of Brazil (which makes up approximately 40% of Brazil’s total land area). She talks to us about working with local tribes in that region to support indigenous rights, including environmental and land rights which is one of…
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Reflections of the Canonization of Cardinal John Henry Newman and Preparing for the Christmas Season with Cross Catholic Outreach’s “Box of Joy” Ministry
On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor talks about the Canonization of now Saint John Henry Newman and “Box of Joy” Ministry. Marion Boteju is the Corporate Secretary and Chief of Staff of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. Marion was in Rome this past weekend attending the Canonization Mass for the 19th Century British Cardinal John Henry Newman. She talks to us about Cardinal Newman as well as why now Saint Cardinal Newman is a particularly relevant saint for our current modern age. Jim Cavnar is the President and Co-Founder of Cross Catholic Outreach Inc., a Florida-based Catholic non-profit relief and development organization founded in 2001…
