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	The Unofficial Opus Dei FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opus Dei is an organisation that adds to this dust and mistakes the dust for the message in a lot of ways.
		Unfortunately the Opus Dei view is that becoming a Saint is mostly a question of prayer; the topic of charity and love is of secondary importance to the love of God.
		And the structure of Opus Dei is a hierarchical, dictatorship-like structure.
	www.mond.at /opus.dei/opus.dei.uo.faq.html (11028 words)

	Opus Dei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Opus Dei was founded by a Catholic priest, Josemaría Escrivá, on 2 October 1928 in Madrid, Spain.
		Opus Dei lays stress on the universal call to holiness that is embodied in Jesus’ command: Love God with all your heart.
		Opus Dei is the perfect storm, says Allen: It has become a center of the debate in the post-Vatican II polarization in Catholic politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Opus_Dei (6241 words)

	OPUS DEI
		OPUS DEI, the Work of God, is a means by which the Catholic Faithful sanctify themselves and the world in which they live and work.
		Opus Dei, then, is a vehicle by which its members sanctify the world by sanctifying themselves in whatever situation and condition and vocation they find themselves.
		All in all, Opus Dei is a superb method for any Catholic Christian to know their Faith more fully, to create a concrete strategy for Christianizing the world and to build up the kingdom of God via ALL members of the Church, lay and clergy.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PRIESTS/TRIGOPUS.HTM (716 words)

	Opus Dei - WHAT IS OPUS DEI?
		OPUS DEI IN THE U.S. Opus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
		Opus Dei complements the work of local churches by offering classes, talks, retreats and pastoral care that help people develop their personal spiritual life and apostolate.
		Opus Dei was founded in 1928 in Spain and is currently established in 61 countries.
	www.opusdei.us /sec.php?s=8 (216 words)

	ODAN - What is Opus Dei
		Opus Dei is an organization founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer.
		Opus Dei is made up of lay members and priests; Opus Dei laity continue to work in the secular world, but remain under the strict spiritual direction of Opus Dei.
		They commit their entire salaries to Opus Dei, submit incoming and outgoing mail to their directors, and practice various forms of corporal mortification, including use of the cilice, a spiked chain worn around the thigh, and use of the discipline, a knotted rope for whipping.
	www.odan.org /what_is_opus_dei.htm (870 words)

	Opus Dei - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opus Dei ("The Work of God", "The Work", "God's Work") is a Roman Catholic organization founded on 2nd October 1928 by St. Josemaría Escrivá, a Spanish priest.
		The organization states that "the aim of Opus Dei is to contribute to [the] evangelizing mission of the Church," and that it "encourages Christians of all social classes to live consistently with their faith, in the middle of the ordinary circumstances of their lives, especially through the sanctification of their work."
		Some Irish bishops also privately are critical of Opus Dei and its behaviour within their dioceses, with a number of bishops indicating that they do not wish Opus Dei to operate in their diocese, though because it operates as a personal prelature to the pope, bishops cannot enforce such a wish.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Opus_Dei (1034 words)

	Trust the Truth - Matt's Opus Dei FAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Roman Catholic Church, composed of both laity and priests, whose purpose is to fulfill a specific pastoral mission under the jurisdiction of its own prelate, who may or may not be a bishop.
		In Opus Dei, the members' apostolate is a "directed apostolate." That is to say, it is supervised by the directors of Opus Dei and is discussed with the member as part of his or her spiritual direction.
		Opus Dei is a spiritual family, and the prelate is the head of the family.
	www.interbit.com /blogger/OpusDeiFAQ.html (16566 words)

	Opus Dei - NEWS - The Da Vinci Code, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei
		Opus Dei’s mission is to help people integrate their faith and the activities of their daily life, and so its spiritual education and counseling help members to be more ethical rather than less so.
		Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928 by a Catholic priest, St. Josemaría Escrivá, and began to grow with the support of the local bishops there.
		Opus Dei, like the Church in general, teaches that women and men are of equal dignity and value, and all of its practices are in accord with that belief.
	www.opusdei.org /art.php?w=32&p=7017 (2245 words)

	Opus Dei. Romana Bulletin.
		Opus Dei's role and aims are confined strictly to the spiritual and apostolic spheres.
		Their commitments to Opus Dei are complementary commitments which begin where the authority of the bishop leaves off and relate to areas (for example, spiritual development and apostolic commitment) in which the faithful are free to follow whatever path to holiness they choose.
		A principal aim of Opus Dei is to promote the universal call to holiness, which means that every person is called by God to be a saint, no matter what value society may place on his or her occupation or social position.
	en.romana.org (1669 words)

	Opus Dei: Fact and Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opus Dei's focus is on providing spiritual guidance to help people deepen their faith and integrate it with their daily life.
		As for Opus Dei's critics, anyone who does not believe in Christ, the Church's teachings, or loyalty to the Pope could easily have "issues" with Opus Dei, since it accepts all these things.
		This is because Opus Dei gives so much help to ordinary people who want to connect their faith with daily life.
	www.catholicleague.org /research/opusdei_factandfiction.htm (754 words)

	USNews.com: Nation and World: The DaVinci Code: Opus Dei
		Opus Dei was founded by Josemaría Escrivá, a Spanish priest who "promoted a return to conservative Catholic values and encouraged its members to make sweeping sacrifices in their own lives in order to do the Work of God." Escriva founded Opus Dei in 1928 and published a book in 1934 with 999 points of meditation.
		Opus Dei is an embarrassment to the Catholic Church.
		Opus Dei is widely thought to have rescued the Vatican during the Banco Ambrosiano scandal in the 1908s, although that has never been proved.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/features/davinci/opus_dei.htm (476 words)

	Opus Dei in the United States by James Martin, S.J., AMERICA, February 25, 1995, article on Opus Dei
		It is based on material written by Opus Dei and its critics, as well as on interviews with current and former Opus Dei members and with priests, religious, laypersons, campus ministers, scholars and journalists who have encountered Opus Dei in the United States.
		Opus Dei contends that their distinct brand of spirituality fills a need in society and that, as a result, Americans are naturally attracted to it.
		He instructed Opus Dei not to recruit anyone under 18, to ensure that parents were informed, not to exert pressure on people to join, to respect the freedom of members to leave and to allow members to freely choose spiritual directors.
	www.americamagazine.org /articles/martin-opusdei.cfm (6005 words)

	Religious Movements Homepage: Opus Dei (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Opus Dei is the only lay organization within the Catholic Church with this special distinction.
		Critics of Opus Dei were unhappy with this decision because they felt that beatification, a typically lengthy process, came entirely too quickly after Escriva's death and because they questioned the practices of Opus Dei.
		Opus Dei members who are highly involved in the organization usually follow a strict schedule of daily prayer, spiritual readings, and mortification.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/dei.html (2816 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Catholicism in Canada
		Opus Dei is Latin for "the work of God" but the name has gained a darker association for readers of Dan Brown's book The Da Vinci Code, which has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.
		Opus Dei is a worldwide organization of people and priests, within the structure of the Roman Catholic Church.
		Opus Dei is seen as a conservative organization - remaining true to the teachings of the Catholic Church.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/catholicism/opusdei.html (1800 words)

	Opus Dei: An Interview with John L. Allen, by John Romanowsky
		Opus Dei founder St. Josemaria Escriva once said that his monastic cell was the street, meaning that an Opus Dei member is supposed to walk out of church for the same reason they walk in—to be in union with God.
		Opus Dei—without really aspiring to the role—became a leading symbol of what many saw, in the John Paul II years, as a kind of restorationist trend, a rolling back the clock or abandonment of the vision of the Council.
		Opus Dei is one of those environments where there's a pretty thick level of structure.
	www.godspy.com /reviews/Opus-Dei-An-Interview-with-John-Allen-by-John-Romanowsky.cfm (5318 words)

	Opus Dei - Finding God in daily life
		Opus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
		The homily given by Bishop Javier Echeverria, the Prelate of Opus Dei, in Rome during the ordination ceremony on May 26, 2007.
		Thirty-eight of Opus Dei's faithful were ordained to the priesthood on May 26 in Rome.
	www.opus-dei.com (391 words)

	Opus Dei - writings of the founder
		Opus Dei (“Work of God,” in Latin) is a hierarchical institution of the Catholic Church, a personal prelature.
		Its purpose is to contribute to the evangelizing mission of the Church.
		Opus Dei was founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá in 1928.
	www.escrivaworks.org (125 words)

	~ Opus Dei Alert ~ Opus Dei's Talmudic Rabbis
		This website is dedicated in reparation for the offenses, outrages and overall misrepresentation of true Catholic devotion to St. Joseph, the worthy spouse of the Most Chaste Virgin, as is advanced and perpetrated by the anti-Catholic Talmudic sect known as Opus Dei.
		The Rabbi, who is a Cooperator of Opus Dei, said he wanted to demonstrate his special affection for the organization founded by Josemaria Escriva.
		Escriva and his Opus Dei cult's love for, and promotion of Talmudic Judaism (documented above from their official website 01/31/02), is the most heinous and reprehensible of practices.
	www.opusdeialert.com /opus-deis-rabbis.htm (2800 words)

	Opus Dei - PRESS ROOM - Sony's Other Code
		OPUS DEI IN THE U.S. Sony's Other Code
		Press Release from the Communications Office of Opus Dei, Rome, on the screening of The Da Vinci Code.
		The novel’s offensive caricatures of Jesus Christ, Christian history, the Catholic Church and Opus Dei have all been retained in the film.
	www.opusdei.us /art.php?p=16332 (587 words)

	Opus Dei - NEWS - Opus Dei and corporal mortification
		OPUS DEI IN THE U.S. Opus Dei and corporal mortification
		As part of the Catholic Church, Opus Dei adheres to all its teachings, including those on penance and sacrifice.
		In any event, the practice of mortification as lived in Opus Dei gives more emphasis to everyday sacrifices than to these greater sacrifices, and is not like the distorted and exaggerated depiction in The Da Vinci Code.
	www.opus-dei.com /art.php?w=32&p=9316 (977 words)

	ODAN
		ICTOD believes Opus Dei has focused on the extremes of the movie, such as bloody use of the
		Opus Dei's founder changed his name multiple times throughout his
		Opus Dei; requiring that minors discuss the matter with their parents or guardians before
	www.odan.org (1341 words)

	Opus Dei Files (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Articles by Bishops, Cardinals, Pope John Paul II about Opus Dei.
		Opus Dei teaches people to turn their ordinary work into God's work.
		Opus Dei stresses need to bring faith into daily living.
	gabriel.mps.ohio-state.edu /opusdei.htm (334 words)

	Opus Dei - Buscar a Dios en la vida ordinaria
		Se cumplen ochenta años del inicio del trabajo del Fundador del Opus Dei como capellán del madrileño Patronato de Enfermos de las Damas Apostólicas.
		38 fieles del Opus Dei recibieron el sacramento del sacerdocio de manos del Prelado.
		Romana, Boletín de la Prelatura del Opus Dei
	www.opusdei.es (288 words)

	Opus Dei - Qu'est-ce que l'Opus Dei ?
		L’Opus Dei est une institution de l’Eglise catholique fondée par saint Josémaria Escriva de Balaguer.
		Lettre de Mgr Echevaria aux fidèles de l'Opus Dei.
		Le 17 mars dernier, Mgr Echevarria, évêque prélat de l’Opus Dei, rencontrait des membres de l'Opus Dei, au cours d’un bref séjour de 48 h dans la capitale.
	www.opusdei.fr (299 words)

	Opus Dei - Cercare Dio nella vita quotidiana
		Opus Dei - Cercare Dio nella vita quotidiana
		La chiesa cattolica celebra il 26 giugno la festa di san Josemaría Escrivá, fondatore dell’Opus Dei.
		Alla vigilia della canonizzazione di san Josemaría, il 6 ottobre 2002, un video raccontava la vita, la gioia e la speranza che il Fondatore dell'Opus Dei seppe trasmettere con il suo insegnamento.
	www.opusdei.it (318 words)

	Opus Dei
		How Opus Dei is still synonymous with homophobia
		An Opus Dei priest defends self-punishment of the body
		Opus Dei founder on eve of canonization still stirs religious fervor
	www.rickross.com /groups/opus.html (133 words)

	Amazon.com: Opus Dei: Music: Laibach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For those who prefer more serious minded theater-of-the-mind, "Opus Dei"(and "Slovenska Akropola") are the preeminent soundtracks for your cerebral hinterland.
		This album in particular, "Opus Dei" sees the band at their most "rock oriented" phase.
		The band cover "life is Life", originally by Euro Rock band OPUS DEI, in two versions: english and german.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000003REL?v=glance (1200 words)

	Opus Dei - obras del fundador
		El Opus Dei es una institución jerárquica de la Iglesia católica, una prelatura personal, que tiene como finalidad contribuir a la misión evangelizadora de la Iglesia.
		Concretamente, el Opus Dei se propone difundir la llamada universal a la santidad y del valor santificador del trabajo ordinario.
		El Opus Dei fue fundado por San Josemaría Escrivá el 2 de octubre de 1928.
	www.escrivaobras.org (91 words)

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