Acton Line

In this episode, Sarah Negri, research project coordinator at the Acton Institute, sits down with  David Michael Phelps, dean and director of program development at Harmel Academy of the Trades, to discuss the dignity of human work and how it is tied to our freedom to create value in the world and its connection to virtue. Why is formation in virtue important for skilled laborers? Who was Léon Harmel, and what was his impact on Catholic social teaching?    Subscribe to our podcasts    Business Matters 2022 — 50% off registration with promo code PODCASTBM22   Laborem Exercens, encyclical by John Paul II   Rerum Novarum, encyclical by Leo XIII   The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture by Fr. Jean Leclercq, O.S.B.   The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World by Iain McGilchrist   Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew Crawford   The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by