Dear Brothers in Christ, I'm married, are parents of two daughters aged 15 and 11 years, I have 48 years. I am a Catholic and college days did have a certain bias against Opus Dei, I will not deny that circulated comments against the Work, if it was a cult, that if you ate the coconut, that if you took away your freedom and money, that if they were elitist, etc, etc.
I befriended a classmate of Opus Dei , died of an asthma attack at 21, and was a true saint of the few I've known. Tried to approach the work but was always with my resistance, yes, without losing the friendship between us.
Over the years I was redefining the faith and on the occasion of marriage and fatherhood, I was maturing as a person and a Christian. I returned to rekindle my faith in Christ and his Church, and belong to a movement called Families by the Kingdom of Christ, who is the family branch of the Apostleship of Prayer.
In different circumstances, my oldest daughter is not adapted to the nuns' religious school concluded, after many pleas from her, we went to a school sex education Opus Dei is (this was our surprise) concluded with the Administration, even cheaper than the last. Of course education is quality, but it is best to be clear about the Christian ideals and try to evangelize the parents and students, with no additives, dyes, or acidulants.
is not in the nuns' religious school is done, but my impression is that religious education was inadequate because it was under very strategies "ligths" apparently, according to comments made by the nuns themselves, to have children many kinds of parents and realities "family" more frequent and parents would complain if load inks in this regard. This for Catholic parents who try to be consistent is a fraud. I remember that we my wife and I offered to help First Communion catechesis of our daughter and other children (we have spent many years teaching the Pre-Marital Workshops in our parish. I am particularly Diploma in Adult Catechesis, Diploma in Religious Studies and we are Masters in Pastoral Family Instituto Juan Pablo II on Marriage and Family & Monitors Teen Star), but the nun snapped us we catechist in the parish in the school where she was given catechesis. Anyway.
Well my experience with Opus Dei concerted school and the numerary and supernumerary people wearing it is entirely positive. From the Director to all go to a Portera. The parents we feel that we are "someone" and we are not "discriminated against" by the fact that we are not involved in education, as I came to tell the teacher Citizenship Education Catholic school (that's another thing to talk aside, because they have other teachers who have to "swallow" and are atheists, but as subsidized school can not fire them and are charged as central ideas in the classroom).
Director of Opus Dei school welcomed us warmly, not only with kindness expected, has struggled to that our daughter came into the school, and is now a super happy girl who never stops giving me happiness of outstanding, and personal maturity, soon will make his confirmation. They talk for parents on various subjects including religious because parents are the first catechists of our children, calls us know tutor for us and the difficulties we have in the education of our children, tell us everything they do with girls, etc.. Once our daughter sprained his foot in a break and took a taxi home the head of studies. These are only a few details.
Following these events I've met more gente de la Obra, estoy asistiendo con total libertad a retiros mensuales para caballeros y voy conociendo gente creyente maravillosa, creyentes, responsables, formados y muy equilibrados. Percibimos amor en ese colegio y hay toda clase de niñas (aún más problemáticas que en colegio de monjas) pero hay sensación de orden y responsabilidad y eso de “estar encima” de las niñas. Mi hija me cuenta que más que profesoras parecen madres (muchas lo son de verdad).
En fin, no sé cómo será la vida interna de los miembros de la Obra pero lo que sale de esa forma de vida es amor al prójimo y deseo de evangelizar. No me he sentido presionado ni captado ni nada de eso, respetan my freedom. My vision is that Opus Dei is that, the work of God , and I am the Opus Dei.
A grateful father to St. Josemaria and children of the Work.
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