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Work has its Origins in the Divine Plan<\/p>\n
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Work Makes us Co-creators with God<\/p>\n
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Work is a Vocation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Work Fulfills Man<\/p>\n
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The Importance of Rerum Novarum<\/p>\n
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“The sources of the dignity of work are to be sought primarily in the subjective dimension, not in the objective one.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 6)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”0px||20px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||0px||false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/The-First-Work-of-Adam-and-Eve-artwork-by-Alonso-Cano.jpg” alt=”The dignity of work comes from God, as shown in the Bible beginning with Adam and Eve.” title_text=”Cano, Alonso, 1601-1667; The First Labours of Adam and Eve” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.1″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||2px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “[T]he Bible shows that work<\/strong> is one of the original conditions of the human being<\/strong>.”\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n “God blessed them, and God said to them: Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.” (Gen 1:28) And, “the domination of man over the earth is realized in work and through work”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 5)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n “Christ Himself, who\u2026 being the Son of God, and God Himself, \u2026did not disdain to spend a great part of His life as a carpenter”. (Pope Leo XIII, 23)<\/a><\/p>\n “‘Man, created in the image of God, has in fact received the mission to subjugate the earth'”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “The first chapter of Genesis \u201cteaches that, through his work, man must imitate God, his Creator”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/A-female-mechanic-at-work.jpg” alt=”Jesus sanctified work by His earth life, specifically His hidden life in Nazareth as a carpenter.” title_text=”A female mechanic at work” align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding=”30px||” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “[T]he first chapter of Genesis<\/strong>, is\u2026<\/strong>in a certain sense the first<\/strong> ‘gospel of work<\/strong>‘<\/em>. It shows in fact in what [man\u2019s] dignity consists”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 25)\u200b<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n “Jesus worked with his hands\u2026It is striking that most of his life was dedicated to this task”. (Pope Francis, 98)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n “Labor\u2026is not a mere commodity.<\/strong> On the contrary, the worker’s human dignity in it must be recognized.” (Pope Pius XI, 83)<\/a><\/p>\n “[T]he basis for determining the value of human work is not primarily the kind of work being done but the fact that the one who is doing it is a person.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 6)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “The Son of God, by making himself like us in all things, dedicated himself for many years to manual activities”. (Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/p>\n Christ “devoted most of the years of his life on earth to manual work at the carpenter’s bench.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 6)\u200b<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”30px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_divider divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ max_width=”50px” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||10px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ module_id=”wemustwork” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ text_orientation=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|tablet” module_alignment=”center” custom_padding=”|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”2-1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ background_color=”#054368″ custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”200ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/An-engineer-inspects-parts-of-a-machine.jpg” alt=”We must work. Work has dignity because it is willed by God for the benefit of man.” title_text=”An engineer inspects parts of a machine” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”||30px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”|||40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]Work “is something willed and approved by God.”<\/span><\/strong> (Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n “If anyone is unwilling to work, do not let him eat.” (2 Thessalonians 3:10)<\/span><\/p>\n “[T]he human person must indeed work”. (Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “The pursuit of life’s necessities is quite legitimate; hence we are duty-bound to do the work which enables us to obtain them.” <\/span>(Pope St. Paul VI, 18)<\/a><\/em>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.19.4″ background_color=”#F2F2F2″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” locked=”off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||” custom_padding=”20px||20px||true|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_id=”importance” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_popup_slug=”importance” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”40px|0px||0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “For when a man\u00a0works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.”\u00a0(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “[T]here is no poverty worse than that which takes away work and the dignity of work”.\u00a0(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Through work man “achieves fulfilment as a human being<\/strong> and\u2026becomes ‘more a human being'”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 9)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “Every worker is, to some extent, a creator”. (Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Here\u2026is the rule of human activity: that it serve the authentic good of humanity, in accordance with the plan and will of God, and that it enables man\u2026to develop and realize his vocation in all its fullness”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg” alt=”Work is very important to our fulfillment as people. Work has dignity just as we do.” title_text=”Nurse examines a patient’s blood pressure” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” background_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||20px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “For when a man\u00a0works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.”\u00a0(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “[T]here is no poverty worse than that which takes away work and the dignity of work”.\u00a0(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Through work man “achieves fulfilment as a human being<\/strong> and\u2026becomes ‘more a human being'”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 9)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “Every worker is, to some extent, a creator”. (Pope St. Paul VI, 27)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Here\u2026is the rule of human activity: that it serve the authentic good of humanity, in accordance with the plan and will of God, and that it enables man\u2026to develop and realize his vocation in all its fullness”. (Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”2-1″ module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”0px||0px” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”750ms” animation_delay=”200ms” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ custom_padding=”20px||20px||false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_delay=”200ms” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Two-construction-workers-pose-for-a-photo.jpg” alt=”When I work, I develop myself.” title_text=”Two construction workers pose for a photo” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”||30px” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”] [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||10px|40px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||10px|40px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”||10px|0px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Work\u2026constitutes in a certain sense [our] very nature.”<\/strong>\u00a0(Pope St. John Paul II)<\/a><\/p>\n “For when a man works, he not only alters things and society he develops himself as well.”<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>(Gaudium et Spes, 35)<\/a><\/p>\n “Work is a\u2026path to growth, human development and personal fulfilment.”\u00a0(Pope Francis, 128)<\/a><\/p>\n “[B]y his action, man not only transforms things and society, he perfects himself.” (Pope St. John Paul II, 26)<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Read More” icon_color=”#054368″ open_icon_color=”#054368″ module_class=”hover-btn-border read-more bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ title_text_color=”#054368″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|600||on|||||” title_text_align=”left” title_font_size=”14px” title_line_height=”1.7em” body_font=”||||||||” body_text_color=”#054368″ background_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0)” custom_margin=”|||40px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px||0px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” link_option_url_new_window=”on” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “Everyone should put his hand to the work which falls to his share, and that at once and straightway”. (Pope Leo XIII, 62)<\/a><\/p>\n “The real, and potentially painful, questions will be, ‘How much love did I put into my work?'”. (Fratelli Tutti, 197)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n “Work must serve the true good of humanity” and man must not become “enslaved by work.” (Pope Benedict XVI)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Section” module_class=”mosaic_width” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” collapsed=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ make_equal=”on” disabled_on=”on|on|off” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”40px|0px||0px|false|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_5_font=”||||||||” header_5_text_align=”center” width=”80%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”10px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ text_font=”||||||||” text_text_color=”#084369″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#054368″ header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|40px|10px||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “[W]ork is an essential dimension of social life<\/strong>\u2026the building of healthy relationships”. <\/span><\/span>(Fratelli Tutti, 162)<\/a><\/p>\n “[W]ork, by its nature, is meant to unite peoples”.<\/span> <\/span>(Pope St. John Paul II, 27)<\/a><\/p>\n “Underlying every form of work is a concept of the relationship which we can and must have with what is other than ourselves.”\u00a0(Pope Francis, 125)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nThe Divine Origin of Work\u2019s Dignity<\/h2>\n
\u201c[O]ne thing is certain: human activity<\/strong>, individual and collective\u2026corresponds to the purpose of God<\/strong>.\u201d<\/h5>\n
Pope St. John Paul II, 25<\/a><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ text_font=”||||||||” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”||0px|||” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||” custom_padding_phone=”” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nBasis of Work’s Dignity<\/h2>\n
Jesus<\/strong>, by his life as a worker,<\/strong> \u201csanctified human labor<\/strong> and endowed it with a special significance\u201d.<\/h5>\n
Laudato Si’, 98<\/a><\/h5>\n
We Must Work!<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201c[M]an is born to labor as the bird to fly\u201d.<\/h5>\n
Pope Pius XI, 61<\/a><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nWe Need Work<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201cWork is a necessity<\/strong>, part of the meaning of life on this earth\u201d.<\/h5>\n
Pope Francis, 128<\/a><\/h5>\n
The Importance of Work<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201cWork is of fundamental importance<\/strong> to the fulfilment of the human being and to the development of society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ make_equal=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” disabled_on=”off|off|on” module_class=” et_pb_row_fullwidth” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”100%” width_tablet=”100%” width_phone=”” width_last_edited=”on|desktop” max_width=”100%” max_width_tablet=”100%” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”40px|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”40px|0px||0px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”20px||20px||true|false” make_fullwidth=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/capp-usa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Nurse-examines-a-patients-blood-pressure.jpg” alt=”Work is very important to our fulfillment as people. Work has dignity just as we do.” title_text=”Nurse examines a patient’s blood pressure” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.17.6″ custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text module_class=”bullets-module” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_text_color=”#054368″ custom_margin=”|40px|||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”|0px|||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”20px|0px|||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nThe Importance of Work<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201cWork is of fundamental importance<\/strong> to the fulfilment of the human being and to the development of society.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope Benedict XVI<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n
\n[\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ module_class=”ds-vertical-align” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ text_text_color=”#054368″ header_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_4_font=”||||||||” header_4_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding=”||10px|40px” custom_padding_tablet=”|||0px” custom_padding_phone=”0px||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nWork and Me<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201c[T]he very thing which is most important about work: its meaning.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope Francis, 237<\/a><\/h5>\n
Work and Us<\/span><\/h4>\n
\u201cBy means of his work man commits himself\u2026for others<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0with others<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/h5>\n
Pope St. John Paul II, 43<\/a><\/h5>\n