Opus Dei

Bishop Javier Echevarria has returned to Rome from a brief pastoral visit to Lebanon. Following the recent outbreak of war, the Prelate wanted to encourage the faithful of Opus Dei and their friends of all faiths to be "sowers of peace."

Judas accompanied Our Lord in his public life, but in the end betrayed him. However, Benedict XVI said, "it is not for us to judge his gesture." In his address, the Pope explains how this apostle played a role in "God's mysterious plan of salvation".

We offer a brief description of the events around the visit of Bishop Echevarría to Canadian cities including Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

The Prelate of Opus Dei opened the academic year at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome by urging the faculty and students "never to separate the pursuit of truth from fraternal love."

Twenty students from Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore spend their holidays serving orphans.

A short video montage of the recent pastoral visit of Bishop Javier Echevarría to Canada.

A short video montage of the recent pastoral visit of Bishop Javier Echevarría to the U.S.

By reading between the lines of an atheistic periodical in Soviet Russia when he was a teen, he made acquaintance with the Christian faith. Now he's a 33-year-old deacon slated to be ordained to the priesthood next June. Alexey Yandushev-Rumiantsev's dream is to help his country as a Catholic priest.

Bishop Javier Echevarría concluded his North American pastoral visit this week, telling 2500 members and friends of Opus Dei gathered in Houston that the sacraments are “a great help” for becoming holy “in the events of our ordinary life.”

Video clips of Saint Josemaría speaking about the founding of Opus Dei on October 2, 1928 (in Spanish).