The Maurin Academy’s Great Books reading group will meet Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m. to discuss an early statement on the situation laborers in industrial capitalism: Rerum Novarum: The Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor by Pope Leo XIII (1891). We decided on this work in the wake of the election of Pope Leo XIV, who surely had in mind his predecessor’s regard for working class problems in the relatively new economy when he chose the name.
It’s not too long, but we believe that slowing down and discussing freely is particularly important with these history-changing works, so we’re going to aim to get half-way through Rerum Novarum for June 5. If you are not yet a member the Maurin Academy, and you want to join this discussion, it’s easy. Just join our Patreon at the $1 level or higher. The first level gets you into two of our reading groups and our check-ins, and gives you easy access to our announcements:
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The reading: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html