Radio Interview: Labor day and the Catholic Connection September 3, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints, Social Justice Did you know that Catholics were influential in starting the first parades to commemorate laborers, back in the 1880s? Or that we celebrate a secular Labor Day in September and a Catholic Labor Day May 1 on the feast of St. Joseph the Worker? Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Bill Droell, author, teacher and longtime editor for the National Center for the Laity about the origins of Labor Day, what popes have said about those who work and about just wages for families, as we mark Labor Day Sept. 2. Click play below to listen to the full episode. More radio interviews Radio Interview: Bishop Adam J. Parker takes more listener questions in ‘Ask a Bishop’ Radio Interview: From Russian prince to American frontier priest Radio Interview: Saying yes to God’s plan Radio Interview: Why a world-class pianist gave up a promising career to become a priest Radio Interview: Prolific Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman on wine, monasteries and the art of hospitality Radio Interview: Pope Leo XIV’s biographer shares insights on the Augustinian who became pope Copyright © 2024 Catholic Review Media Print
Radio Interview: Prolific Catholic author Emily Stimpson Chapman on wine, monasteries and the art of hospitality