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Colégio Planalto is a Portuguese boys-only school, located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is a Catholic school and a member of the IB Diploma Programme. Opus Dei, an institution of the Catholic Church, is in charge of its religious teachings and services.
The names of Opus Dei directors and priests are available in official Catholic journals and Opus Dei's official bulletin, Romana. Opus Dei maintains lists of cooperators, who are not considered by Opus Dei to be members, and who do not even have to be Roman Catholics, but who agree to assist with the work of Opus Dei in any of various ways ...
Opus Dei (English: Work of God) is an institution of the Catholic Church which was founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá.Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members to seek holiness in their everyday occupations and within their societies.
Opus Dei is formally known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Since its establishment, numerous faithful have earned a reputation for holiness and eventually canonized or beatified. The first to reach the glories of the altar was Escrivá, who was canonized in 2002 by Pope John Paul II .
According to Escriva, God showed him during Mass the juridical solution to enable priests to be ordained for Opus Dei. 1946: Beginning of Opus Dei in Portugal, Italy, and England. Escriva moves to Rome to establish the headquarters of Opus Dei there. 1949: Opus Dei begins spreading overseas, starting in Mexico and the United States.
Training in Opus Dei is based on the single-sex education model. [citation needed] Members of Opus Dei (numeraries as well as supernumeraries) follow the Opus Dei "Plan of Life"—a daily regimen of prayer, meditation, and religious ceremonies. [16] [17] The specific practices in the "plan of life" are referred to as "norms".
The worldwide revenue of Opus Dei is that of a mid-sized American diocese. He also says that Opus Dei has only 39 bishops out of the 4,564 in the world. And there are only 20 members out of 3920 working in the Vatican. [6] As to real estate holdings, Opus Dei's holdings are notably inferior to those of the religious orders, says V. Messori.
Opus Dei: A Close Up. Scepter. ISBN 0-933932-32-4. —the first serious study on Opus Dei to be published, written by a French journalist; Fergal Bowers (1989). The Work - An Investigation into Opus Dei in Ireland. Dufour Editions. ISBN 1-85371-037-7. Peter Bristow (2001). Opus Dei: Christians in the Midst of the World. Catholic Truth Society ...