What benefits do Cooperators of the Opus Dei Prelature receive?
They benefit from the prayers that the faithful of Opus Dei offer daily for all those who in one way or another help or have helped the Prelature. In addition, on certain occasions the priests of the Prelature offer the holy sacrifice of the Mass for the eternal repose of cooperators who have died. In addition, the Holy See has conceded indulgences that cooperators can gain on particular days of the year, by observing conditions established by the Church – sacramental confession united to a conversion of heart, Eucharistic communion and prayer for the intentions of the Pope – and whenever they renew, out of devotion, their obligations as cooperators. What is involved in being a Cooperator of Opus Dei? A cooperator makes a commitment to help the apostolates of Opus Dei. The Prelature’s objective is to promote, in all areas of society, a deep awareness of the universal call to sanctity and especially of the sanctifying value of professional work and the fulfillment of one’s ordinary duti
