Chestnut Center for Women

Chestnut Center organizes activities for professional, college, and high school women in San Francisco and the Bay Area. The spiritual and doctrinal activities offered at Chestnut Center are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church. Opus Dei’s purpose is to help people find God in their everyday lives of work, family, and social relations.

Chestnut Center fosters the development of virtues which lead to:

  • Balancing family and profession
  • Striving for scholastic and professional excellence
  • Following ethical principles
  • Serving others through one’s own profession, whether in or outside the home
  • Cultivating healthy interpersonal relationships with family, friends and colleagues