MCE

On 18 April Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) Research Centre hosted the seminar Good Work: Insights from the Subjective Dimension of Work, second appointment of the seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens. Speakers of the event Dr. Michael Naughton (Director of the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota), Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag (Alan W. Moss Endowed Chair for Catholic Social Thought at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota, US, John A. Ryan Institute Director, Minnesota, US, MCE Director, Rome) and Prof. Giulio Maspero (Professor of Systematic Theology at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, member of the Research Centre ROR: Relational Ontology Research, Rome).

The seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens was organized in partnership with the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought and the Research Centre ROR: Relational Ontology Research. 

We publish the full video of the seminar 

As part of its seminar activity, the Markets, Culture and Ethics (MCE) research centre will carry out a new seminar series entitled Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens.

The activity consist of 5 meetings, accessible free of charge, that will be held from March to June 2023 at Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, according to the following schedule:

• 28 March | The Bible and the Fathers of the Church on Work (Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag, Prof. Giulio Maspero, Prof. Paolo Prosperi) 
• 18 April | Good Work: Insights from the Subjective Dimension of Work (Dr. Michael Naughton, Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag, Prof. Giulio Maspero) 
• 9 May | Laborem Exercens: A Protestant Appreciation (Rev. Dr. Richard Turnbull, Rev. Prof. Paul O'Callaghan, Prof. Giulio Maspero) 
• 30 May | Confronting a Technocratic Future: Women’s Work and the Church’s Social Vision (Dr. Deborah Savage, Prof. Ilaria Vigorelli, Prof. Giulio Maspero) 
• 21 June | Contemplation at Work: A Theological Conversation Between John Paul II and Josemaría Escrivá (Prof. Msgr. Martin Schlag, Rev. Prof. Cristian Mendoza, Prof. Giulio Maspero) - 

The seminar series is based on the last publication of Msgr. Martin Schlag. To mark the 40th anniversary of John Paul II's encyclical on human work, published in 1981, a group of globally-recognized scholars presents the critical aspects of this document and its purpose. These original essays revisit John Paul II's approach to work in post-modern society and reconnect the dignity of the working person to a pursuit of holiness. Only when it is truly Christian can humanism accomplish the lofty ideals it indicates.

The seminar series Holiness Through Work: Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens is in partnership with the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought and the Research Centre ROR: Relational Ontology Research.