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Holiness through Work. Commemorating the Encyclical Laborem Exercens

Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, March 7 - June 21, 2023

Moderators: Prof. Mons Martin Schlag, Prof. Giulio Maspero

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

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

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 is in partnership with the John A. Ryan Institute for Catholic Social Thought and Relational Ontology Research (ROR) group.

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