Number of articles: 92

All Favors Big and Small

I would like to thank Dora because she always helps me when I ask her for things while I'm working...

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"I want what this lady has!"

Olga Medina worked with Dora del Hoyo for five years. She describes what she learned from watching Dora in action, and how Dora helped her approach her own work in a new, more profound way.

Life and Stories

"Aunt Dora"

My wife fell ill. The doctors who were treating her weren't managing to cure her...

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She is also an auto mechanic!

I have written before about the many small favours I continuously receive from Dora. Most recently I was driving alone on a journey on the motorway. I noticed that every so often there seemed to be a small surge of acceleration from the engine. Then after a while, the situation got much more serious...

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Domestic Work Holds Significance for Business Schools

The profession to which Dora del Hoyo dedicated her entire life is now the topic of an international study involving 94 countries. The Global Home Index seeks to measure the value and repercussion of domestic work.

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A simple fix

I am a priest and I wanted to make a simple alteration to one of our liturgical vestments. Sewing was required, and I am not very good at sewing. After twenty minutes, as I was just finishing up, all the stitching came undone suddenly...

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Dora and the Dignity of Work

"Daily work has the same dignity whether you are a neuro-surgeon or the lady dedicated to ironing clothes at home," writes Álvaro Sarmiento on the occasion of International Worker's Day, celebrated on May 1st.

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"When you pray to Dora, good things happen"

Julia from New Jersey, USA, talks about how Dora became her role-model.

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Growing Pumpkins and Chasing Rabbits

Dora del Hoyo, whose canonization cause recently advanced, grew up on a farm amid a warm family atmosphere.

Life and Stories

What seemed difficult was not only possible...

A few months ago the medical division of Social Security called me to tell me that I was no longer entitled to health insurance and prescription drug coverage. This was terrible news because I take a medication which would cost me about 300 euros every month. The following day I started trying to figure out how to solve this problem.

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