Radio Interview: Labor day and the Catholic Connection

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: The Future of AI and Its Ethical Implications: Insights from an AI expert  

Radio Interview: Catholicism, religious freedom and the early United States

Radio Interview: Vatican journalist Carol Glatz shares insights on Pope Leo and covering the Church from Rome

Radio Interview: From father to son

Radio Interview: Source of All Hope accompanies people experiencing homelessness on Baltimore streets

Radio Interview: Nurturing faith in young hearts

Copyright © 2024 Catholic Review Media

 Print