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Traditional Catholic Faith => Catholic Living in the Modern World => Topic started by: Geremia on June 26, 2017, 09:33:09 PM

Title: Is the husband working at home the ideal?
Post by: Geremia on June 26, 2017, 09:33:09 PM

The closest I have found to this is in Pope Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum (http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/docuмents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html) §20:

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the worker [should not]…be…led away to neglect his home and family

Of course regarding wives (ibid. §42):

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Women, again, are not suited for certain occupations; a woman is by nature fitted for home-work

Perhaps earlier encyclicals, such as before or during the industrial revolution, address my question.

The Three Marks of Manhood (https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/6274) (ch. 7) says:

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Familial poverty…recognizes the desirability of subsistence food production, cottage industries and even, if possible, a father’s working from or in close proximity to home.

I'm wondering if this statement can be backed up by encyclicals.