Sample Recruitment Intelligence Gathering Form for Opus Dei Dossiers
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Please find below a sample recruitment Form used by Opus Dei when they are
gathering information and intelligence about potential recruits. Please note that
Opus Dei will gather any and all information available to them about a
specific person, including, but not limited to, phone records, email records,
financial records,
credit history, educational records, medical history, press reports, and
business records. Opus Dei also maintains dossiers on people that they are
interested in, such as priests, bishops, cardinals, nuns and lay people. Of
particular interest are those that have the potential to hurt them
via information dissemination or who are opposed to the organization. The
form below was geared toward recruiting women numeraries. Please note many of
the characteristics they look for are those that cults in general look for, such
as obedience, docility and loyalty. Please note as well the emphasis on
"Friendships"; mind control cults use friendships as a way to get people to
join. For more background information on their recruiting practices, please
see Fr. Jim Martin's article
Opus Dei in America.
Name_____________________________ Age_______ School/Work______________________
Address_____________________________________ Tel______________________________
Permanent Address___________________________ Tel______________________________
Year in school: Frosh___ Sophmore___ Junior___ Senior___ Grad 1 2 3 4
I. FAMILY:
Parents: deceased___ divorced___ separated___
Brothers____________________ Sisters_________
Atmosphere at home: Do they get along _____ Do they spend time
together (Is there love, respect, service, serenity, tension, drinking/
drug problems?) Practice of the faith: parents, siblings.
What is her attitude towards family, marriage, children?
II. HUMAN QUALITIES, VIRTUES
Sport______________ Musical Instrument_____ Extracurric.______________
What does she do on weekends? Attitude towards drinking, drugs, etc.
Attitude towards life. Standards. Values. Authority.
What are her ambitions, inclinations, goals?
Appearance: neat______ unkempt_____
Delicacy in dealing with others_____ Good manners_____
Sincerity, generosity, obedience, docility, industriousness, order
optimism, cheerfulness, charity, purdence, fortitude, justice, purity
temperance, modesty, poverty, loyalty, spirit of service, humility,
spirit of sacrifice, daring, simplicity, responsibility, tenacity,
discretion, magnanimity, dependability, patience, etc.
Of these, what virtues does she have:___________________________________
Which will she need to acquire:_________________________________________
III. WORK, STUDY, PROFESSION
Attitude towards study, work, profession
Grades: Good___ Average___ Poor____
Willingness to work hard and well?
Understanding that we should try to sanctify our work, sanctify ourselves
and others through our work?
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IV. Doctrine
IV. DOCTRINE, FAITH, MORALS
Attitude towards the Church and her teachings: docility_____ doubt_____
(about what?) disobedience in certain areas_____ (which areas)
Knowledge of God, our faith, morals
Ideas about right and wrong
Books she reads, movies she sees, TV (soap operas?) etc.
Commandments: Does she know them___ Does she live them___ All?___
Sacraments: Frequent____ Infrequent____ Last confession______
Holy Mass: Sundays only_____ Weekdays also_____ Whenever_____
V. PIETY
Eagerness to find, love and serve Our Lord
Sense of divine filiation? Does she lean on God to overcome difficulties
(school, family, social, interior)?
Love for Our Lady
Understand need to be contemplative in midst of world?
Plan of Life: m/offering, prayer, Mass, communion, etc.
IV. FRIENDSHP
Attitude towards friends and friendship
Does she care for others____ Is she self-centered/selfish_____
Does she have many friends_____ Does she make them easily_____
Are they a good influence on her_____ Is she a leader___ Is she the
one who's lead?_____
Deos she have a boyfriend_____ Does she date_____
How does she behave on dates
Opinion others have of her
Zeal for souls. Readiness to interfere in the live of friends in
order to help them.
VII. UNDERSTANDING/LOVE FOR THE WORK
Does she have a Bulletin___ What does dhe think of it?
Does she have devotion to our Father_____
Understand our ideals. The "big picture".
Have others in the ctr met her?
How often does she come to the ctr: daily___ 1/week___ 1/month___
Attended: get-togethers___ cultural events___ dinner in ctr___
movie of our Father___ Documentary___
Attends: means of formation:_____ Which one______
Does she come regularly_____ Does she try to put it into practice_____