Opus Dei

As the new year begins, the Prelate invites us to consider the wonder of our divine filiation, especially as it is described in St. Paul's letters.

St Josemaria used to love singing love-songs, to which he gave a new meaning about loving God. Here there are mp3 versions of some of the songs used by St Josemaria for his prayer.

Born in China, Neil Guo has recently been granted an engineering degree in Montreal. When he was a student at McGill University, he became friends with a member of Opus Dei and discovered new horizons that have led him to become a Catholic.

Fr. Gendreau is a parish priest in the Archdiocese of Montreal and a priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. He explains the harmonious balance between obedience to his archbishop and his recourse to Opus Dei for spiritual and doctrinal matters.

Family members of the faithful of Opus Dei and of priests of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross can gain an indulgence granted by the Holy Father.

As a young priest, St. Josemaría was especially fond of a small statue of the Infant Jesus. He would hold the Child in his arms, sing and even dance with it. “I’m glad to see you as a small Child,” he would say, “because it makes me feel you need me” (02’ 12”).

Fr. Gendreau is a parish priest in the archdiocese of Montreal and a priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. In this video, he talks about how Opus Dei helps him to better serve his parishioners.

Selections from Benedict XVI’s Christmas homilies and addresses that can nourish our prayer at Christmas

In this video for November 28, the date the Holy See in 1982 erected Opus Dei as a personal prelature, Bishop Echevarría answers questions from a journalist from the Italian television network RAI (8’24”).

Rete 4, an Italian television station, recently aired an animated program on the early life of St. Josemaría Escrivá. This segment shows how the young boy comes to understand the value of work by seeing a donkey hard at work (02'03'').