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Natasha and Viktoria: from Kazakhstan to Rome

Personal testimonies 04/16/2018
Natasha and Viktoria: from Kazakhstan to Rome

Natasha, 17, and Viktoria, 18, made their First Holy Communion this year in Rome, but both of them discovered the Catholic faith in their native...

"The run of his life" – article published in "Aleteia"

Personal testimonies 12/27/2017
"The run of his life"  – article published in "Aleteia"

Kyle Lang, a Princeton student, took part in a coast-to-coast run last summer to raise money for charity. He says that Saint Josemaria's writings on...

Treasure of Children with Special Needs

Personal testimonies 08/09/2017
Treasure of Children with Special Needs

Elizabeth Varghese, married and with two children, is a teacher in India. She was born and brought up in Indore, before moving to Delhi where she now...

Strathmore and Saint Josemaria

Personal testimonies 06/01/2017
Strathmore and Saint Josemaria

Strathmore School, the first multi-racial school in Kenya, started in 1961 under the encouragement of Saint Josemaria. Prof. David Sperling, founding...

“God exists: I have met him”

Personal testimonies 03/29/2017
“God exists: I have met him”

Alain Voirol, married, with 7 children, is a Swiss army electrical engineer who met Opus Dei while teaching in a technical school in Ivory Coast. He...

"And Forgive Us Our Trespasses..."

Personal testimonies 12/05/2016
"And Forgive Us Our Trespasses..."

Vic Tam from Hong Kong recounts the story of her father's conversion, the result of God's grace and mutual forgiveness in her family.

Young Refugees Prepare for Baptism in Salzburg

Personal testimonies 03/09/2018
Young Refugees Prepare for Baptism in Salzburg

In 2017, 860 adults were baptized in Austria, many of them refugees. This is the story of Dieter and some of his friends who are preparing for baptism...

In the Congo Jungle, with the Pygmies

Personal testimonies 08/28/2017
In the Congo Jungle, with the Pygmies

Claude, a faithful of the Prelature in the Congo, works for a European NGO. He shares his experience of several days spent with the pygmies, and...

"Faith lived daily" — Opus Dei in Quebec

Personal testimonies 07/14/2017
"Faith lived daily" — Opus Dei in Quebec

ECDQ.tv, a Catholic television channel in Quebec, recently offered this short documentary about the work of Opus Dei there.

"I learned that what you get from God is free"

Personal testimonies 05/08/2017
"I learned that what you get from God is free"

Vivian is from Malaysia and she was baptized by Pope Francis at the Easter Vigil in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, on April 15, 2017.

Japan's Great Revenge

Personal testimonies 02/14/2017
Japan's Great Revenge

Hisae Saki, a supernumerary of Opus Dei living in Nagasaki, talks about her mother's memories of the bombing of Hiroshima, her own conversion and...

“There’s something of a grandfather about God”

Personal testimonies 08/12/2016
“There’s something of a grandfather about God”

Eliana Palma, a Chilean grandmother, shares her ideas on the role of grandparents in families and society, and talks about how happy she was in the...

Back in the Sheepfold

Personal testimonies 02/27/2018
Back in the Sheepfold

"A good friend once told me a story about shepherds: they break the legs of sheep that stray from the fold." A conversion story from the Philippines.

“I found God in a beggar on the metro”

Personal testimonies 08/22/2017
“I found God in a beggar on the metro”

Giampiero Autiero is an Italian surgeon who emigrated to Germany in search of work. An encounter with a beggar on the metro led him to change his...

Where God Weeps With Hope

Personal testimonies 06/06/2017
Where God Weeps With Hope

“Over the past months, my work has taken me to the Amazon in Brazil and Lake Turkana in Kenya, seeking to portray the human condition with my camera,...

"It takes a mother to understand a mother's heart"

Personal testimonies 04/17/2017
"It takes a mother to understand a mother's heart"

A testimony to how our Lady of Torreciudad changed the heart of a strong mother.

"Now I'm in love with nursing again"

Personal testimonies 02/06/2017
"Now I'm in love with nursing again"

Adaeze trained as an orthopedic nurse in Nigeria. After finishing nursing school in 2012 she found herself working as an assisting nurse in a clinic...

Mariam: Living Among Christians in Lebanon

Personal testimonies 05/24/2016
Mariam: Living Among Christians in Lebanon

Mariam, a young Muslim girl in Aleppo, Syria, had to flee with her family three years ago because of the war. She found refuge and a new family in...

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