Employee of Opus Dei

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The employees of Opus De i (in Latin: Cooperatores Operis Dei) form an association associated with Opus Dei. Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Roman Catholic Church . The canonical status of the staff of the personal prelature was established in 1982 in their statutes ( Codex Iuris Particularis Operis Dei) issued by Pope John Paul II . For Germany beyond provisions of the Regional Vicar César Ortiz Echague , the 1984 acting head of the German Opus Dei, and signed by two other German Board members Statutes of Opus Dei eV According to the Opus Dei was the staff association of the Pontifical Council for the Laity as independent international association recognized.

The employees

According to Opus Dei, the employees of Opus Dei are Catholics , Christians of other denominations and members of other religions , non-denominational and non-believers . The women and men participate together with the members of Opus Dei in the fields of education , culture , social welfare and development work . For this purpose, you can use the educational offers , reflection hours and working groups of the personal prelature. Members are usually drawn from among friends, colleagues, and neighbors of Opus Dei members. Other collaborators are men and women who are in any way connected with the prelature or admirers of St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (1902–1975), the founder of Opus Dei. The staff are proposed by a member of Opus Dei and then appointed by the responsible vicar of the state prelature (regional vicar ). Even religious convents may be appointed employees of Opus Dei. Opus Dei puts the number of employees at 500 and is spread across 63 countries in Africa , Asia , Europe , the Middle East , North America , Oceania and South America . According to the German Opus Dei eV, the Catholic employees undertake to "pray for the concerns of Opus Dei" every day. You and everyone else make an "annual" financial contribution to support the corporate works "of Opus Dei. The dead can also be accepted as collaborators if "alms are given in their name for the purposes of the prelature."

Self-image

The main aim of Opus Dei staff is to help through prayer , work, and financial support. No special appointment is required to become a member. All employees are called upon to experience the possibilities and essential aspects of Opus Dei and to pass them on to their family and social environment. “The Holy See has granted indulgences that Catholic workers can obtain on certain days of the year if they meet the conditions set by the Church - confession , conversion of heart, communion , prayer for the Pope's cause - and whenever they do inwardly renew their obligations as employees ”. In the Vatican Codex of Opus Dei, the collaborators are listed in the chapter "On the Believers of the Prelature". A distinction is made between Catholic and non-Catholic employees in two corresponding paragraphs. Employees "who do not profess Catholic truth and who nonetheless support Opus Dei through their own work or donations" are to be "gently but effectively led to a Christian attitude" by the "believers of the prelature".

literature

  • Pope John Paul II: Codex Iuris Particularis Operis Dei (Codex of the Special Rights of Opus Dei or Statutes of Opus), Ed .: Apostolic See, Rome November 28, 1982.
  • Opus Dei eV, statutes, Cologne November 12, 1984
  • The Spiritual Communities of the Catholic Church - Compendium (No. 47, collaborators of Opus Dei, pp. 142–143), St. Benno-Verlag , Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-7462-1995-7

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pope John Paul II: Codex Iuris Particularis Operis Dei . Ed .: Apostolic See. Rome November 28th 1982.
  2. ^ A b Opus Dei eV: Statutes . Cologne November 12, 1984.
  3. ↑ a b c The staff of Opus Dei [1]
  4. ^ Opus Dei eV: Articles of Association, § 2, (4), b) . Cologne November 12, 1984.
  5. ^ Opus Dei eV: Articles of Association, § 2, (4), c) . Cologne November 12, 1984.
  6. ^ Pope John Paul II: Codex Iuris Particularis Operis Dei, Title I, Chapter II (Of the Believers of the Prelature), No. 6-16 . Ed .: Apostolic See. Rome November 28th 1982.
  7. ↑ Pope John Paul II: Codex Iuris Particularis Operis Dei, Title I, Chapter II (From the Believers of the Prelature), No. 16, § 2 . Ed .: Apostolic See. Rome November 28th 1982.

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