Opus Dei and women.How interesting that Opus Dei Opus Dei (ō`pəs dā`ē) [Lat.,=work of God], Roman Catholic organization, particularly influential in Spain, officially the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. does not encourage women to take leadership roles, does task them with cooking and cleaning and runs a women's college that offers degrees in the culinary arts, event planning Event planning is the process of planning a festival, ceremony, competition, party, or convention. Event planning includes budgeting, establishing date and alternate date (rain date), selecting and reserving the event site, acquiring permits, and coordinating transportation and hotel hospitality ("Breaking The Opus Dei Code," May Church & State). According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Garry Wills in What Jesus Meant, when Jesus told Mary that she had chosen the better part than Martha, he was defending her decision to "enter the world of the learned ... to join men in knowledge and action." But even if he was just encouraging her to the contemplative life (the alternative interpretation), he was approving her decision to get out of the kitchen. I guess we can add Opus Dei to the long list of professed pro·fess v. pro·fessed, pro·fess·ing, pro·fess·es v.tr. 1. To affirm openly; declare or claim: "a physics major Christians who ignore what Christ actually said and did. --Cornelia Strawser Washington, D.C. |
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