Opus Dei
Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church. It was founded in Madrid on October 2, 1928 by Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. Its mission is to spread the message of the universal call to holiness and apostolate in the world. Namely, that all Christians are called to live as children of God in ordinary life, turning their work and the ordinary circumstances of their life into occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others and for apostolate.
At the same time as Opus Dei urges its faithful to practice an intense life of prayer, it offers them appropriate means of Christian and spiritual formation (classes, retreats, priestly care etc.). The faithful are also encouraged to commit themselves to helping their contemporaries in the renewal and improvement of culture, civilization and the social realities, invigorating them with the love and truth that Christ brought to the earth.
At present, the faithful of the Prelature number more than 85,000 in the five continents. The headquarters is in Rome (Viale Bruno Buozzi 75). The prelatic church, Our Lady of Peace, is also to be found in Rome.
Further information may be obtained at www.opusdei.org.
1928-1946 | 1946-1975 | 1975-Today | Expansion of Opus Dei
DATES ON WHICH OPUS DEI BEGAN ITS WORK
IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES
1945 Portugal
1946 Italy, Great Britain
1947 France, Ireland
1949 Mexico, United States
1950 Chile, Argentina
1951 Colombia, Venezuela
1952 Germany
1953 Guatemala, Peru
1954 Ecuador
1956 Uruguay, Switzerland
1957 Brazil, Austria, Canada
1958 Japan, Kenya, El Salvador
1959 Costa Rica
1960 Holland
1962 Paraguay
1963 Australia
1964 Philippines
1965 Belgium, Nigeria
1969 Puerto Rico
1978 Bolivia
1980 Congo, Ivory Coast, Honduras
1981 Hong Kong
1982 Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago
1984 Sweden
1985 Taiwan
1987 Finland
1988 Cameroon, Dominican Republic
1989 Macao, New Zealand, Poland
1990 Hungary, Czech Republic
1992 Nicaragua
1993India, Israel
1994 Lithuania
1996 Estonia, Slovakia, Lebanon, Panama, Uganda
1997 Kazakhstan
1998 South Africa
2003 Slovenia, Croatia
2004 Latvia
2007 Russia
2009 Romania, Indonesia, Korea
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