Opus Dei

"The holiness that Our Lord demands of you is to be achieved by carrying out with love of God your work and your daily duties, and these will almost always consist of small realities.” Saint Josemaría

What type of organisation is Opus Dei?

10/02/2006

Opus Dei was established as a personal prelature of the Catholic Church in 1982 by Pope John Paul II. The personal prelature provides a suitable framework for an organisation consisting of lay Catholics who simply wish to serve God by doing ordinary things as well as possible.

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