Opus Dei

The Prelate is suggesting that the faithful and friends of Opus Dei pray for this intention in a special way from 2 October 2026 to 2 October 2027.

A new website to help you prepare for the centenary of Opus Dei, bringing together everything related to the celebration in one place: core materials, resources for your spiritual life, stories from around the world, and updates on what's being planned in your own country.

The Prelate sends his greeting on the occasion of October 2 and invites us to begin the first year of preparation for the centenary with gratitude to God and to St. Josemaría, and with the desire to be contemplatives in the middle of the world.

Opus Dei was born on October 2, 1928, while St. Josemaría was making a retreat at the Vincentian Fathers' house in Madrid: St. Vincent de Paul had a great impact on St. Josemaría from his childhood to the very day he saw Opus Dei. As the Work journeys toward its first centenary, we look back on these encounters as one more reason to give thanks for the saints who have walked alongside it in history.

Across four episodes, more than forty people from ten countries open up about how experiencing God's love in daily life has helped them find strength in their own fragility. It's a journey from Brazil to South Korea that takes us into true stories full of challenges, yes, but also of faith and hope.

On 29 September, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. An account of how St. Josemaria came to choose them as patrons of Opus Dei and other resources for this feast.

Highlights of Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic journey to France, from his UNESCO address in Paris to the grotto of Lourdes and the roots of Europe in Metz.

Executives and professionals from Moldova, Poland, London and Madrid share how a Pyrenees expedition became a lasting brotherhood of faith and friendship.

The Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to go to the intercession of St. Josemaría for the anniversaries of the founding of the Work and of his canonization, on October 2nd and 6th.

Raphaël is 23. He was baptised this Easter, and in a few days' time he'll see the Pope for the first time, in his native France.