Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice in Florida, Chairman of the
Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, recently issued a statement
on the one-hundred-year-old United States Bishops’ Program of Social
Reconstruction.
The United States Bishops' Program of Social Reconstruction was
published in 1919 after the end of World War I as a guide for the
economic changes during that time period. In his statement, Bishop
Dewane highlights key themes from Catholic social teaching presented in
the Bishops' Program. Subsidiarity, Monopoly Power and Wage Suppression,
the Universal Destination of Goods and Employee Ownership, and
Solidarity and Unions are pertinent to the present economic difficulties
working people face in the United States.
"In the Gospel for this Labor Day, Jesus proclaims in the synagogue the
words of Isaiah: that he, like the prophet, has been 'anointed' 'to
bring glad tidings to the poor' (Lk. 4:18). How do we bring glad tidings
to the poor today? As Pope Francis said . . .
earlier this year, 'today's tendency is toward slowing down the pace of
reducing extreme poverty and increasing the concentration of wealth in
the hands of a few. . . . Many do not have food to eat and live adrift
while a few drown in excess. This perverse current of inequity is
disastrous for humanity's future.'"
To access Bishop Dewane's complete statement, please visit:
USCCB: Labor Day Statement 2019
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