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Opus
Dei activities for women in San Francisco and the Bay Area can be found
by contacting Chestnut Center. Chestnut Center also coordinates activities of Opus Dei in other cities on the West Coast such as
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington
For information about Opus
Dei activities for women in the Los Angeles Area contact: Westfield
Residence. Westfield Residence also coordinates activities of Opus Dei in
other cities such as San Diego, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
Contact
us Chestnut Center 2580 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 Tel
(415) 922-1262
ABOUT
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What
is Opus Dei?
Opus Dei is a personal Prelature of the Catholic
Church that helps ordinary lay people seek holiness in and through their everyday
activities, especially through work. It was founded in 1928 by a Catholic priest, St. Josemaria Escriva, who died in 1975, and was canonized by Pope John Paul II on
October 6, 2002.
More from the founder of Opus Dei on the vocation to holiness
More from the founder of Opus Dei on finding God in ordinary work
St. Josemaria Escriva, Opus
Dei Founder, in his own words...
Opus
Dei
Ever since 1928 my preaching has been that sanctity is not
reserved for the privileged few and that all the ways of the earth can be divine.
The reason is that the spirituality of Opus Dei is based on the sanctification
of ordinary work. The prejudice must be rejected that the ordinary faithful can
do no more than limit themselves to helping the clergy in ecclesiastical apostolate.
It should be remembered that to attain this supernatural end men need to be and
to feel personally free with the freedom that Christ won for us. (Conversations,
n. 34). More....
Is Opus
Dei controversial?
Is membership to Opus Dei secret?
Does Opus Dei have its own political, social or religious
teaching?
OPUS DEI Official Website
Opus Dei Founder Website
Writings of the Founder of Opus Dei
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PROGRAMS
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Women
in Opus Dei
"Women are called to bring to the family, to
society and to the Church, characteristics which are their own and which they
alone can give: their gentle warmth and untiring generosity, their love for detail,
their quick-wittedness and intuition, their simple and deep piety, their constancy...
A woman's femininity is genuine only if she is aware of the beauty of this contribution
for which there is no substitute and if she incorporates it into her own life." St. Josemarķa, Conversations, n. 87
Bishop Javier Echevarrķa, Prelate of Opus Dei:
"I give thanks to God often on seeing how the women of Opus Dei work in every sector of society: running corporations and hospitals, working in
fields and in factories, holding university chairs and teaching in schools; they
are judges, politicians, journalists, artists; others dedicate themselves exclusively,
and with equal passion and professionalism, to the work of the home. Each one
follows her own path, conscious of her dignity, proud of being a woman and earning
the respect of all, day after day." From an interview published in El Mercurio
(Chile), January 21, 1996.
"Woman
is stronger than man, and more faithful, in the hour of suffering: Mary of Magdala
and Mary Cleophas and Salome! With a group of valiant women like these, closely
united to our Lady of Sorrows, what work for souls could be done in the world!"
The Way, n.
982, St. Josemarķa, Founder of Opus Dei.
To read more from this spiritual classic, The Way, by St. Josemaría, visit this website dedicated to the writings of the founder of Opus Dei.
You can also read about St. Josemaría’s teachings on the role of women on the website of Romana, Bulletin of the Prelature of Opus Dei.
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ACTIVITIES |
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You and your family are invited to
a Mass celebrating the feast of
St. Josemaría Escrivá,
Founder of Opus Dei
Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.
St. Francis of Assisi Church
860 Oak Grove Rd., Concord, CA 94518-3461
Principal Celebrant
Most Rev. Allen H. Vigneron
Bishop of Oakland
For more information about St. Josemaría, go to www.opusdei.org
Sacrament of Reconciliation available starting at 6:30 p.m.
Retreats
~ Recollections in the Bay Area
~ Overnight Retreats at Trumbull Manor
College students
Peralta
Study Center North & East Bay
Charwick
Study Center South Bay
High School students
Peralta
Study Center North & East Bay
Charwick
Study Center South Bay
Girls' clubs and Summer Camps Highway
One Pacific Coast Leadership Program
The spiritual and doctrinal activities offered at Chestnut Center, Trumbull Manor, Peralta Study Center, Charwick Center, and Highway One Pacific Coast Leadership Program are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei's purpose is to help people find God in their everyday lives of work, family, and social relations.
To find out about Opus Dei retreats in other cities, please visit the websites of Shellbourne Conference Center, Arnold Hall Conference Center
ABOUT
THE DA VINCI CODE AND OPUS DEI |
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The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei
The Da Vinci Code's depiction of Opus Dei is inaccurate, both in the overall impression
and in many details, and it would be irresponsible to form any opinion of Opus
Dei based on reading The Da Vinci Code. For those interested in further information
about the various false impressions the book gives of Opus Dei, please go to: Da Vinci
Code and Opus Dei
Opus Dei and women
The Da Vinci Code falsely depicts Opus Dei as having unenlightened views
on women and their role in Church and society. The reality is quite otherwise.
Opus Dei's focus on secular life
The Da Vinci Code presents Opus Dei as hostile to the modern, secular
world. In fact, the reverse is true. One of Opus Dei's central ideas is that lay
Christians are called to be fully a part of the modern, secular world, improving
it by their Christian witness rather than rejecting and withdrawing from it.
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