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“In the measure that our eagerness for love and
peace spreads more widely, as a consequence
of the Christian spirit that will bit by bit vivify
all human endeavors, we will help bring about
solutions to the great problems that beset
mankind.”
Men and women of every race, religion and
culture can become Cooperators: Catholics and
non-Catholics, Christians and non-Christians, and
unbelievers as well. Together with the faithful of the
Prelature and many other men and women, they help
further educational and social endeavors all over the
world.
Their cooperation can be both spiritual and also
material. “We need Cooperators like you, who pray;
Cooperators like you, who smile,” St. Josemaría once
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St. Josemaría
COOPERATORS
of oPUS DEI
told a Peruvian village woman when he was in her
country on a trip through Latin America. Material
help can include both work or alms. Referring to
those who share with the faithful of Opus Dei the
same ideal of human advancement, St. Josemaría
said: “I have so many friends who aren’t Catholics.
They give us a little of what up till then they thought
they needed for themselves; they give it generously
for the apostolic works. They give us their time, and a
portion of their lives.”