Mission
Roseaire Retreat offers programs and activities to help
individuals recognize and foster the unique contribution they make
to society when they integrate their faith with the everyday
experiences of work, family, friendship and social relations.
The spiritual and doctrinal activities offered at Roseaire Retreat
are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic
Church.
The mission of Opus Dei is to help people turn their work and daily
activities into occasions for growing closer to God, for serving
others and for improving society.
All activities offered at Roseaire reflect the overall purpose of
the organization as described by the founder, Saint Josemaría
Escrivá:
“Opus Dei aims to encourage people of every sector of society to
desire holiness in the midst of the world. In other words, Opus Dei
proposes to help ordinary citizens like yourself to lead a fully
Christian life, without modifying their normal way of life, their
daily work, their aspirations and ambitions…It intends to remind
Christians of the wonderful words of Genesis: God created man to
work. We try to imitate the example of Christ, who spent almost all
His life on earth working as a carpenter in a small town. Work is
one of the highest human values and the way in which men contribute
to the progress of society. But even more, it is a way to holiness.”
(Conversations, 24)
