| LC control no. | n 79018347 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Opus Dei (Society) |
| Variant(s) | Societas Sacerdotalis Sanctae Crucis. Société sacerdotale de la Sainte Croix Società sacerdotale della Santa Croce Sociedade Sacerdotal da Santa Cruz Sociedad Sacerdotal de la Santa Cruz y de la Obra de Dios Praelatura Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei Obra de Dios (Society) Catholic Church. Opus Dei |
| See also | Founder: Escrivá de Balaguer, Josemaría, Saint, 1902-1975 |
| Beginning date | 1928 |
| Associated country | Italy Spain |
| Associated place | Madrid (Spain) |
| Located | Rome (Italy) |
| Field of activity | Christian life |
| Found in | Artigues, D. L'Opus Dei en Espagne, 1968- Constituciones, 1986: t.p. (Sociedad Sacerdotal de la Santa Cruz y de la Obra de Dios) Its Código de derecho particular de la Obra de Dios, 1986. Its website, viewed 24 August 2023 (Opus Dei; provides spiritual formation aimed at helping people develop their spiritual life and apostolate; these activities are held in Opus Dei centers or in a church, office or private home; offers its members, and other people, the spiritual means they need to live as good Christians in the midst of the world; while on a spiritual retreat in Madrid, Saint Josemaría Escrivá, under divine inspiration, founded Opus Dei on 2 October 1928; the first center of Opus Dei was opened in Madrid in 1933) Wikipedia, viewed 24 August 2023 (Opus Dei; formally known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei; Latin: Praelatura Sanctae Crucis et Operis Dei; an institution of the Catholic Church whose members seek to implement Christian ideals in their occupations and in general society; an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and to discover sanctity in their ordinary lives; Opus Dei was founded in Madrid, Spain on 2 October 1928 by Catholic priest Josemaría Escrivá and was given final church approval in 1950 by Pope Pius XII, thereby allowing married people to join the organization, and secular clergy to be admitted to the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross; headquarters: Viale Bruno Buozzi 73, 00197 Rome, Italy) |
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