It’s a Labor Day Special on the Son Rise Morning Show! EWTN’s Dr Matthew Bunson will discuss how Pope Leo’s first encyclical now fits in the Church’s history of Catholic Social Doctrine on the dignity of labor. Fr Donald Calloway will also reflect on St Joseph as a model for workers, and Rita Heikenfeld will share Bible-inspired recipes to bring to your Labor Day picnic.
HOUR 1
Steve Ray on work and labor in the Bible
Fr. Donald Calloway on St. Joseph the Worker
Dr. Matthew Bunson on the historical context of Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum
Jason Craig on the dignity of work
Ken Craycraft on Catholic Social Doctrine in regard to labor and rest
HOUR 2
Mike Aquilina on work and labor in the early Church
JonMarc Grodi on Josef Pieper’s Leisure: The Basis of Culture
Dr. Matthew Bunson on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, artificial intelligence, and work
John Grabowski on finding meaning in our work
Rita Heikenfeld with Labor Day recipe ideas inspired by foods mentioned in the Bible





