About this episode

The episode follows Sarah, a young girl who joins Opus Dei, exploring her experiences and challenges within the organization.

We meet Sarah – a young girl drawn to Opus Dei’s message that professional work can be a path to holiness. At 18, Sarah says goodbye to her family and moves into an Opus Dei centre to learn how to make her work an offering to God. But what she experiences there feels different to the organisation she thought she knew. Sarah chafes at unexpected rules, unquestioning obedience and dehumanising treatment. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Financial Times

Guest: Sarah

Topics covered

• faith
• work
• obedience
• personal journey
• religion
• youth

Keywords

• Opus Dei
• holiness
• professional work
• obedience
• dehumanising treatment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Opus Dei, Financial Times

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