We can not forget its aid to workers made redundant or otherwise suffer because of corporate crises. While trying to understand the reasons of economy and production, and the global conditions that have an impact locally, has always taken an attitude of closeness to the workers and to support their reasons. With him shooting the Easter celebrations in companies operating in our territory, was an opportunity to evangelize the world of work and production, to keep informed about major issues in the economic situation Monferrato (thanks to the contributions of representatives of employers and unions), acceptable to work on a collaboration between the different positions and classes. We should also mention the positions taken - at conferences, meetings of the Pastoral Council, sermons - against Sunday work which it has spread more and more, also due to the presence of supermarkets. It 'worth recalling one of the first initiatives related to employment: the conference "The Church and the world of work before the challenges of our time" held on 03.15.1996 at the Fair of S. Joseph. Presenting the reasons he wrote: "I have the pleasure of meeting many people who work in the city and territory on the frontiers of production and labor, will be an opportunity to focus on the question of which we are talking about a few months ago: The Church and the city, more about the Church and society. Casale, the company that produces and processes in all fields (agriculture, industry, the tertiary) meets with the bishop in pastoral visit, and not judge it strange such a meeting. It comes from a dual need: to know the city, the Bishop and the company (ie people) that is sent, and for the Church to identify paths for his commitment to the people and to his service. It 's true that the task of the Bishop and the Church (at least at first glance) seems to be quite spiritual and religious, but the Christian faith has always been a commitment in the history of love and service to man and its completion, so as not to alienate or ever the believer in Christ or the church community by promoting social responsibility, cultural and political destinies where you play man, family, society. " It was said after the meeting pleased to hear the analysis, the concreteness of the problems affecting the area, but at the same time a reference to the world economy, the differences between North and South of the world by pointing out that already in the Paul VI Populorum Progressio distingueve between "development" that aims to the economy and "progress" that look man, the unanimous attention to the need for job training, and gave a commitment to "The Church has the task of being critical consciousness that is inside the company with an appeal to higher values, responding to the consumerist and hedonistic fashion and proposed models, high education in solidarity, a culture of work in which the subject is man. "
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