Opus Dei

"Stay with us, Lord,” John Paul II’s apostolic letter for the Eucharistic year, has been introduced at the Vatican. According to Cardinal Arinze, the Pope’s letter "will help guide the Church to celebrate this special year with the greatest possible fruits."

Bishop Javier Echevarría visited Zagreb, Croatia, for three days at the end of August. A little over a year ago the first center of Opus Dei opened there.

This past July, a group of Canadian girls joined some Mexican students to participate in an international development project in Mexico. Fonteneige, a university centre and residence at which the spiritual and doctrinal activities are entrusted to Opus Dei, has organized international development projects such as this for over fifteen years.

Following is the complete text of the Prelate’s homily at the XV Marian Family Day on September 4 at Torreciudad.

An article from "Catalyst," the Journal of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.

“The knowledge that I’m a much-loved daughter of God, my “divine filiation”, and that everything that happens to me is either willed or permitted by God, gives me a wonderful feeling of security, a great peace.” Testimony of Virginia McGough, homemaker in Cheshire, Great Britain, married with five children between 5 and 13.

On September 3, thousands of young people listened to a recorded message from the Pope at a conference of Catholic Action in Loreto, Italy. Besides emphasizing the role young people must play in building a new Europe, the Holy Father declared that “a civilization of love cannot be established by separating the Gospel from culture.”

"Passionately Loving the World: The Message of Saint Josemaria Escriva", Elmar J. Kremer and Teresa A. Tomory, editors. Publisher: Legas, Ottawa, 2004. Saint Josemaria was a passionate man. He was not one to sit back passively. Witnesses say he spontaneously ignited those around him. He showed tremendous affection and kindness to anyone who came across his path. He became enthralled even by the wonders hidden in humdrum tasks and daily affairs. “God waits for us everyday”, he said in 1967, “in t...

Notre-Dame Basilica, Ottawa - Saturday, June 26, 2004 Feast of / fête de Saint Josémaria Escriva

The Marian Shrine at Torreciudad in the Spanish Pyrenees became a family shrine on September 4 when a multitude of people from many cities in that country and several neighboring ones gathered there. The Prelate of Opus Dei presided at Mass. His entire homily can be found in an adjoining column.