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    Celebration of Both Saint Patrick’s Day and Saint Joseph’s Day; and A Campaign to Organize Amazon Workers

    On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks about the Feast Days of St. Patrick and St. Joseph, and he also has a discussion with a union organizer from the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) about the union’s current campaign to organize Amazon workers at the company’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Alabama. Paul Moses is currently a freelance writer and current contributor to Commonweal Magazine, and the author of the book “An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians.”. During this weekend before the celebration of Saint Patrick’s Day on March 17 and Saint Joseph’s Day on March 19, Paul Moses…

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    JustLove’s St. Patrick’s Day Show

    On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan talks to three guests about St. Patrick’s Day. Dominic Green, Ph.D., Professor of Politics at Boston College, as well as a historian, critic, and commentator, talks to Msgr. Kevin Sullivan about the impact that the Brexit decision by the United Kingdom back in 2016 is having on boundary discussions surrounding the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Paul R. Wylie, a retired attorney and author, talks to Msgr. Sullivan about Paul’s 2007 book: “The Irish General” which discusses the life and legacy of Thomas Francis Meagher, the noted Irish patriot and exile who led the Irish Brigade from New…

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    Why Do We Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

    Much celebrating for many today.  Do ONE less “celebratory act” to remind ourselves of the sacrifice Jesus made for us on Good Friday. Click here for today’s reading.   The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?   is a big deal in New York, Boston, Chicago and Savannah (Go figure that one out!).  Did you know that the first Irish Associations in the Unites States founded in Boston and New York had among their original missions: “to help the needy?”  Throughout the past century and to this day most major charitable events –…