Opus Dei

The English translation of the apostolic constitution, Ut sit, by which Opus Dei was established as the Catholic Church's first personal prelature.

At a Mass attended by 4,000 people, the Prelate stressed the close tie between our daily life and the Eucharist. St. Josemaria celebrated Mass on the same site in 1967 and gave a well-known homily.

A small copy of St. Josemaria's book "The Way" was sent down to the 33 miners while they were trapped underground at the San José mine in Chile.

Students from Germany, Spain, Sweden and Uganda last summer helped build an elementary school in Africa.

Yuri lives in Kiev (Ukraine) with his wife and daughter. He was baptized seven years ago. Soon after becoming a Catholic he met Opus Dei, which he says was another "big discovery."

When addressing the Catholic students of England, Scotland and Wales during his recent visit, Benedict XVI said: " I want the very best for you. And by far the best thing for you is to grow in holiness."

Nuria Mata has lived through two wars and once found herself looking down the gun barrel of a child soldier. Now, after 20 years in Congo, she chairs the foundation “Solidarity for Professionals” in Spain.

Some students from North Hall, a university center in Trinidad & Tobago, spent the first week of August in Port-au-Prince on a social outreach program. They will never forget what they saw there.

On Sunday, September 19th, Pope Benedict XVI beatified John Henry Newman at a Mass in Birmingham. With links to photos and videos of the visit, and to some addresses and homilies.

A medical clinic in Nigeria started by a doctor in San Sebastian, Spain, has had a big impact on a small village. An article published at the Spanish news website “Que es.”