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This Catholic Life is a show about Ordinary Catholics having a relaxed, informal, and genuinely searching conversation about current issues, the challenges and hardships of life and what light “This Catholic Life” brings to these things.
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Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Thursday Sep 05, 2019
Show Notes:
Hosts: Peter Holmes & Renee Kohler
Guest: Cormac McCaughan
In Today's Show, we discuss...
• Introducing the hosts and guest
• Work/life balance
• One minute wonder
Links:
Pope’s teaching on dignified work and family.
Pope Leo XIII – Rerum novarum
http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html
John Paul II – Laborum exercens
http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091981_laborem-exercens.html
The history of the 8 hour day in Australia
https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/eight-hour-day
An infographic on the benefit of shorter work days
https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/blog/benefits-of-a-shorter-work-week/
Peter mentioned the effect of video games on the brain. Some studies and more information about the effect of Video Games include:
https://www.qut.edu.au/news?news-id=54961
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/06/170622103824.htm
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00248/full
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-02-hour-video-gaming-brain-ability.html
(Please note that the studies show that, in addition to the benefits of gaming, people, particularly younger children, can become addicted to video games. All things in moderation!)
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