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<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/01.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="At Prayer" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME"><![CDATA[A mass in the men's chapel at the Opus Dei headquarters, New York City. ]]></image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/02.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Sacred books" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">Daily Roman Missals, books that have the daily mass readings in them, are stacked on a table in the hallway outside the men's chapel.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/03.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="The Vicar" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">Portrait of Father Thomas Bohlin, the U.S. Vicar of Opus Dei, in a men's classroom at the U.S. headquarters in New York City.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/04.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Lord's calling" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A desk and phone in the men's office.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/05.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Time off" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">Opus Dei men participate in a retreat at the New York City headquarters. </image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/06.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Devotion" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">An altar in the women's chapel at the Opus Dei headquarters, with a painting depicting Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus being carried on a donkey.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/07.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Mass menagerie" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">Figurines of donkeys line a display cabinet.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/08.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Solitary prayer" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A woman poses in the pews in the women's chapel.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/09.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Learning center" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">Desks are lined up against the windows in the women's classroom.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/10.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Church Bell" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME"><![CDATA[A bell rests on a bookcase in the women's classroom, Opus Dei headquarters, New York City.]]></image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/11.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Accessory" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A cilice, a small, spiked, hand-crafted chain worn around the upper thigh on most days (except for feast days and Sundays) by Opus Dei numeraries and numerary assistants.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/12.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Tool of the trade" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A discipline - a small, hand-woven, cord-like whip, approximately 12 inches long - used by Opus Dei numeraries and numerary assistants for self-flagellation during prayer. </image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/13.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Ancestor" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A  portrait of the founder of Opus Dei, Saint Josemaria Escriva, in the women's common room.</image>

<image imagename="/time/photoessays/2006/opus_dei/images/14.jpg" myDate="" cap_hed="Women's room" credit="ERIKA LARSEN / REDUX FOR TIME">A landing on the stairs in the women's side of the Opus Dei headquarters.</image>
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