Opus Dei

We are beginning to publish a selection of letters written by Blessed Álvaro del Portillo during his years as Prelate of Opus Dei. The letter dated 1 August 1985 addresses formation as a primary task in the Work, in which each person is, at once, both sheep and shepherd.

The full text of this consecration, which Saint Josemaría made for the first time on the solemnity of the Assumption, 15 August 1951, in the Shrine of Loreto, and which has been renewed every year since in Opus Dei centres.

In a warm, festive atmosphere, married couples, young people and students gathered in Guatemala City to meet with the Father before he continued on to Honduras and El Salvador.

In his 5 August general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” and the prayer of the Church.

A Nicaraguan engineer recalls his university years in Guatemala, the friendships and formation that shaped him, and how they led to the discovery of God’s call.

Nearly forty years ago, Natale Sandoli left Venezuela for Tenerife. A photographer, husband, and father of three, he’s the first to admit he wasn't much of a churchgoer back then. That changed when a friend handed him a copy of “The Forge.”