Opus Dei

The first of two articles focusing on the significance and history of four special feasts in the Church: Presentation of the Lord in the Temple, the Annunciation, the Most Blessed Trinity, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

Pope Francis has asked that Friday in the first week of Lent this year be marked by special prayer and fasting for peace, especially for the people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

Girls from the Lagoon School, a corporate work of Opus Dei in Nigeria, have helped organise a walkathon to create awareness and raise funds for a health outreach for women and children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

In his Angelus address on the first Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis invited young people everywhere to help prepare the upcoming synod "On Young People, the Faith and Vocational Discernment," through the use of social media.

On Saint Josemaria's feast day, Masses are celebrated all over the world... the desert included. In a country that is officially Muslim, populated by over a hundred nationalities, the saint of ordinary life inspires many to keep the fire of their faith alive.

There are several centres for women in Nairobi and other towns in Kenya as well as in Kampala.

In this series of six videos, Sole and Juampi, an Argentinian couple, share the story of their joys and sorrows, struggles and victories in their married life together. These six videos could serve as a resource for pre-marriage courses and for young couples.

We learnt that most of these ladies lived in this home because they had nobody to look after them. Some ladies were abandoned when they were very young while others were slightly older.

"Let us give thanks, because all this comes from Him," the Prelate tells us, recalling recent days spent meeting so many people during his trip to Brazil.

Father Roger Landry, a priest of the Fall River diocese and member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, has published a book that was reviewed recently in the "Boston Pilot."