Friends of Opus Dei (Please join, and invite others)

Are you interested in Catholic catechesis and apologetics? Can you give a short, reasoned answer to a question about the faith and can you back it up with references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, Sacred Scripture, or documents put out by the Magisterium? Are you a prayerful Christian who wants to pass the faith along to the next generation?

If you are, I could definitely use your help. I am the Supervisor on WikiAnswers for the Catholicism section, my name is James Hough, and my handle over there is PiusX. We get dozens of questions a day, I have had this job for several years, and am currently between 20,000 and 40,000 questions behind. At the moment, I have one other Catholic person helping me, he is handling the subcategories like Popes, Saints, Mother Teresa, Mother Mary, etc.

WikiAnswers is a world-wide answer site, it is not Catholic; Religion and Spirituality, which includes Christianity, of which we are a subcategory (on WikiAnswers) is a difficult area to work in. The Catholic Section is NOT a specific subsection so much as an easy way for the computer to organize questions in hope of an answer. A specific Catholic answer should be labeled as such, and may be one of many other answers, depending on the question.

We who work in WikiAnswers are working out in the world, among Protestants, pagans, atheists, you name it. WikiAnswers has categories on different sciences, sexual practices, witchcraft, geology, etc. Our particular little corner was overrun by hard-core Protestant evangelists before I took over as Supervisor. We also have a contingent of Anglicans who believe that the Catholic Church has only survived in England, and that Rome went into apostasy at Trent, right alongside the readers of Chick Publications.

If you would be interested in helping out with this work, please email me at piusxi@embarqmail.com. You should have, at the very least, a Catechism, a copy of the Scriptures with a Imprimatur, and I would recommend a good Catholic dictionary such as Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. You also need a regular prayer life, a sense of humor, a love of children, and a love for our separated brethren. This is an all-volunteer site. This new generation of children think that they can sit down at a computer and type a question into their browser bar and the computer is going to give them the answer. Eight times out of ten Google and other search engines are going to present them with answers from WikiAnswers - there is a crying need for people to help! Please pray about this and email me if you have some time available, even an hour or so a week.
Oremus pro invicem,
James

HI. I am new to Opus Dei and I feel that it is an answer to a prayer. This past year, I've noticed I've forgotten God often during my daily work and have been hungering for unity of my life with my faith. I am very excited to have found this information especially at a time when it seems like all reminders of God are disappearing from the culture.

Hello everyone! Boy, am I glad to have found this group. I thought I couldn't join groups since I had trial membership (don't understand it). Well, I love Opus Dei, though in the public threads I have been in a frustrating argument with someone who is bringing many controversial things about Opus Dei from ODAN.
Can I get some answers from someone who knows what Opus Dei is all about?

I teach at an Opus Dei school and something in me wishes it could be strong to become a supernumerary. My husband studied at Opus Dei schools as a child and I feel like I fell in love with a man with very strong virtues. He attributes it to God first and firemost, God working in him through his family and his school environment.

Most of my teacher friends are supernumeraries or numeraries. I have become very close to some of them and I have learned much from them. I've attended several retreats and conferences and since I've read more and more on Saint Josemaria and think he is such a wonderful saint!!!

Hi everyone, I am new to the group and website. I am intrigued by Opus Dei (not the movie version - LOL).

I visited the website http://www.opusdei.org/ and I read the below:
Opus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. Its mission is to spread the message that work and the circumstances of everyday life are occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others, and for improving society.

It is the circumstances of everyday life and the improvement of society that I have thought about on my own independent of studying about Opus Dei that I found very interesting when I read about it. It is as if my thoughts were guided independently to be parallel with those words.

We are currently asking all Catholic men and women To Donate $10 Or What You Can Afford To The Catholic Youth Ministries Bring Em To God Campaign

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Hello Iam very interested in this group and would like to learn more, Iam considering going to a retreat in my area. Any info would be greatly apreciated.

God bless, I am glad of that!

Hello, I am a Cooperator for Opus Dei The Work have realy helpped me with my faith and i am so glad i was led to them. God Bless you all . GARY

Hi all,

The feast day of Our Father is coming up really soon. I've known Opus Dei for 17 years now, and I've been a cooperator since 2001. Glad to have found this group.