JustLove – Kevin Sullivan's

During this month of Saint Francis when we commemorate the duty we have to care for each other and God’s Creation, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan is joined from Paris by award-winning journalist and author Dana Thomas who will be sharing with us insights best-selling book “Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes” about the true cost of “fast fashion&#82...

On this week’s episode of Just Love, as we commemorate the Feast Day of Blessed Carlo Acutis on October 12th, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan welcomes David DiCerto, Director of Content and Strategy at Castletown Media. Together, we will reflect on the life, faith, and legacy of Carlo Acutis, the young Italian known for his devotion to the Eucharist and innovative use of technology to evangelize. We will...

On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Caterine Sanchez, who premiered her new collection, “Overflow,” at last week’s New York Fashion Week. Inspired by Sacred Scripture and rooted in artisanal traditions, cultural heritage, and the intrinsic dignity of the human form, Sanchez’s collection demonstrates how high fashion can authentically honor beauty, modesty, stre...

On this Labor Day weekend, during New York Fashion Week, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Rachel Kibbe about the scale of textile waste in the United States and what needs to happen next to address the problem of textile waste in the fashion industry. They also discuss the policy and market changes needed to move the fashion industry from a largely linear system toward a functioning circular t...

On this week’s episode of Just Love, as we commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the events of September 11th, 2001, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan has a conversation about the effective and extensive multi-year work of the human service community here in New York that followed the attacks and the destruction of the World Trade Center with Mary Ellen Ros, who is the retired Director of Hudson Valley...

On today’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Ellen Cassedy who is one of the founders of the 9 to 5 Movement of working women that began in Boston 50 years ago. The organization that inspired the film “9 to 5” and the Dolly Parton’s song in the aftermath of Dolly Parton’s passing, on this Labor Day weekend, and they talk about how this movemen...

During this week’s episode, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan has a conversation with Elvira Ramirez, who is the Executive Director of Maryknoll Lay Missioners; who serve in nine countries and regions across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, focusing on areas affected by extreme poverty, violence, or marginalization, about the activities and ministries of the Maryknoll Lay Missioners in the nine countries wh...

On this week’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with Mike Downey who is the Senior Director of Marketing & Promotions for the Chicago White Sox, who talks about the recent, sellout-inducing White Sox “Pope Hat” promotional giveaway on August 11th at Rate Field that garnered national and international attention, highlighting the White Sox #1 Fan – Po...

On today’s episode of Just Love, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan sits down with Ian Rowe, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a network of virtues-based high schools in the Bronx. We will discuss his recent article in the Wall Street Journal  “The Hidden Factor in Student Success: Family Structure,” and examine the relationsh...

On this episode of JustLove, as we commemorate the 81st Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan welcomes Dr. Hiro Miyazaki, Ph. D., the Kay Davis Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, joining us from Nagasaki, Japan. They discuss the enduring impact of the bombings and the ongoing efforts to build a world free of nuclear weapons. Next,...

On today’s episode of Just Love with Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, we welcome Prof. Marc Conte, Professor of Economics at Fordham University, for a discussion on the hidden environmental costs of artificial intelligence. As AI continues to expand, we’ll examine how the growing demand for data centers affects energy consumption, water resources, land use, and local infrastructure, while conside...

On today’s episode of Just Love with Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, we commemorate the 36th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Dr. Anne M. Masters, Ph. D., Director of the Office for Pastoral Ministry with Persons with Disabilities for the Archdiocese of Newark. Together, we’ll discuss how the Church can move beyond viewing disability as a “boutique” m...

On this week’s episode of JustLove, we celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the founding of our Country, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan has a conversation with Professor Richard W. Garnett of Notre Dame Law School on the meaning of religious liberty, the distinction between religious liberty and religious toleration, and ways to depolarize today’s debates around church-state relations. They also discuss w...

During this weekend when communities across the country commemorate the Stonewall uprising back in 1969 and LGBTQ Pride, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, has a conversation with Catholic author John T. Kyler about how we might go about welcoming our LGBTQ brothers and sisters into parish life, drawing from his books Welcoming All to Christ: Reimagining Parish Hospitality and Search Me: A Way of the Cross...

On this episode of JustLove with Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, two meaningful conversations highlight the themes of justice, reconciliation, and family during the Juneteenth and Father’s Day weekend. In the first segment, Adrienne Curry, former Director of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of Baltimore and a member of its Commission on Slavery, reflects on Pope Leo’s recent apology for the...

On this episode of JustLove with Monsignor Kevin Sullivan, listeners are invited into two inspiring conversations centered on faith, human dignity, and community. First, Monsignor Sullivan speaks with Prof. J.J. (Jay) Carney, Professor of Theology and African Studies and Graff Chair in Catholic Theological Studies at Creighton University, about his book On the Eighth Day: A Catholic Theology of Sp...

On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan examines how communities can foster civic responsibility and promote the common good through thoughtful public engagement and policy. In the first segment, he speaks with Dr. Matthew Daniels, Professor of Law, Political Science, and Human Rights at Anderson University and author of Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights, about the Pal...

On this week’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan explores two timely and thought-provoking topics at the intersection of faith, human dignity, and the common good. In the first segment, he speaks with Dr. Anisah Bagasra, Associate Professor of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University and a researcher focused on behavioral health in African American and Muslim American faith c...

On today’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan speaks with three inspiring guests about community, resilience, and the pursuit of peace. In the first segment, he interviews Ryan Castilla, Executive Director of Sure We Can, New York’s only nonprofit serving “canners,” exploring the social and environmental contributions of canners, the impact of the Bottle Bill, and how community-based ef...

On today’s episode of JustLove, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan sits down with two distinguished guests to explore faith, identity, and human rights. First, he talks with Kirsten Lesage, Research Associate at Pew Research Center, about global trends in religious identity, focusing on “religious switching” and the movement between faith traditions, especially Catholicism and Protestantism. After a short b...

On this week’s episode of JustLove, airing the weekend before Ascension Thursday and leading into Mother’s Day, Monsignor Kevin Sullivan explores ministry, family, and faith in action. First, he welcomes Father Brian A. Strassburger, S.J., Director of Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries, to reflect on pastoral ministry at the U.S.–Mexico border, sharing how the Church accompanies migrants, deporte...