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The educational vision of St Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei

2012; Routledge; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/19422539.2012.708172

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Joseph N. Evans,

Religious and Theological Studies

St Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei in 1928 to help all men and women discover the call to holiness in their everyday life and work. As a means to this end and moved by his zeal for souls he encouraged lay members of Opus Dei to promote a wide range of educational initiatives for people of all social conditions. These initiatives are characterised by a stress on the all-round formation of young people, parents as primary educators of their children, and freedom. For Escrivá education is to help people relate to God, the world and others.