Opus Dei

Did you know that the things already filling your head — your studies, your relationships, the questions you can't quite shake — are exactly the right material for a conversation with God? For many young people, the meditations Opus Dei offers are a way to start that conversation.

The point of the circle is to make space for Jesus to come into the concrete, personal details of your daily life. It shouldn’t end when the person giving it stops talking. In a sense, that’s when it starts: when you pray about it, think about what you heard, struggle to put it into practice, and bring it to your family and friends.

People came to DYA Academy for different reasons, but they stayed for the friendships they formed. They stayed for the joyful atmosphere, together with the intriguing call to take their Christianity seriously. They stayed because they discovered something greater than a place to studying or hang out with friends.

If you’re reading this, then in a way, that trail that St. Josemaría blazed a century ago has reached you too. But this is just the beginning of the story...

It was college students, crowding around the tables in the back of a small cafe in Madrid, who clicked with the message St. Josemaría was trying to share the most.

Below you'll find answers to some common questions about Opus Dei's apostolic activity with young people.

St. Josemaría saw the archangel St. Raphael as a guide for young people who are launching out on their own path in the world.

"We're called to be sowers of peace and joy," St. Josemaria reminded the first St. Raphael boys. That's what the formation Opus Dei offers is meant for.

What it means to be part of Opus Dei's work of St. Raphael, according to boys and girls around the world.

Youth is a new space on the Opus Dei website with content for young people, by young people. It includes personal testimonies from around the world, simple explanations to complex questions, material for prayer, and inspiration for everyday life.