Opus Dei

500 children in a Muntinlupa public school now get a hot meal every day, thanks to a food bank, a parish, and a lot of volunteers.

The Spes Program at the Brafa sports school (Barcelona, Spain) accompanies people who are “invisible” to society, affirming their dignity and offering them trust, support, and opportunity.

Tucked away in the heart of Cebu City (Philippines), amid low-income urban communities, something extraordinary unfolds in an unassuming building: the Banilad Center for Professional Development. These are three stories from 2024-25 graduates who worked through the challenges of life towards a promising professional future.

From the foundational years, St. Josemaría said that Opus Dei would have personal and collective ways of communicating the Christian faith and the spirit of the Work. This article describes the evolution of its collective apostolate.

An international research group presented their findings on youth, values, and religion in Rome last month. The study is being carried out by the “Footprints” research group from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome) and seven other universities around the world.

Deep in the uplands of Porac, Philippines, an indigenous community finally has a church to call their own, thanks to a priest who trekked the mountains and a family who refused to look away. This is the story of how a simple Christmas project with Tesse's grandchildren grew into something much greater.

Stories of hope following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Cebu, Philippines on 30 September.

The Chilean project “Manos que Cuidan” (Hands that Care) was recognized as the international winner at the UNIV FORUM 2025 Congress, thanks to its focus on sustainability, innovation, and depth of impact. This is an interview with Vicente, one of the students leading the project.

This article gives an overview of the educational and social initiatives which have formational and spiritual assistance agreements with Opus Dei. The data was compiled from public information about these initiatives and was updated in June 2024.

"Stop and think about your family," is the tagline for a new digital platform from IFFD (International Federation for Family Development) with content on education and family life.

In 1987, Blessed Álvaro del Portillo witnessed stark inequality in Cebu, Philippines, and responded with a vision that would transform generations. This is the story of CITE Technical Institute.

In 2012, a group of staff members at Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya) inspired by St. Josemaría’s life and teaching started Macheo, an academic support program for students from settlements near the university. Macheo later sparked Mawio and Sulwe, similar programs for groups in other areas.

This social initiative, born around the beatification of Álvaro del Portillo, has involved the help of 3,500 volunteers and served 22,500 meals. But what really matter are the people behind the numbers. Each of them has a story of suffering and hardship.

This initiative began in Vigo (Galicia, Spain) to help little children approach Eucharistic adoration in order to pray and form a relationship with God from a young age. Little by little, it spread to other parishes in the city.

An elementary school teacher and her former students reach out to the less fortunate in Antique province, central Philippines.