Professor Lucia A. Silecchia, Associate Dean of Faculty Research, appeared as a guest on “All Who Labor,” a podcast produced by Fordham University’s Center for Religion and Culture, on April 25, 2023. In conversation with host Anna Norwalk, and with reference to her own 2022 article in the Jesuit magazine, America, Silecchia discussed the so-called Great Resignation of post-pandemic America, examining it in the context of the dignity of work and interpreting it through the lens of Pope Saint John Paul II’s encyclical Laborem Exercens.

Click here to listen to the discussion. The segment in which Silecchia speaks comes around the nineteen minute mark.

All Who Labor
S1 E8
Date: May 1, 2023
Meaning in Work

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On this season finale of All Who Labor, Anna Nowalk speaks with Dr. Meghan Sullivan (University of Notre Dame) about Aristotle, Plato, and her book, "The Good Life Method," and Lucia Silecchia (Catholic University of America) about St. John Paul II's Laborem Exercens and the Great Resignation.
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