Letter from the Prelate (April 2014)
The Prelate urges us to prepare ourselves very well for Holy Week, also by having devout recourse to the sacrament of Confession and helping others to do so.
Beatification will be in Valdebebas Park, northeast of Madrid
Valdebebas, a new urban development site near the Spanish capital, will host the beatification of Alvaro del Portillo in September. The website www.alvaro14.org has details about the program, transport, etc.
Lent: a deep sense of reparation
"Let us give our mortification and penance (which have to be more intense during this time of Lent) a deep sense of reparation," Bishop Alvaro del Portillo advised us in a 1990 Letter.
Sowers of peace and joy
Christians should take the peace of Christ to all peoples, says Bishop Alvaro.
Doing things a little better each day
St Josemaría explains how sanctity consists in doing the ordinary things of life a little better each day, in a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”
Coming back to the Faith and to happiness
A personal look at how we can find our faith through the example of our friends, taken from a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”
Saying I’m sorry
Taken from a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”
The gift of children
St Josemaría talks about The gift of children in a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”
Loving your spouse with all their flaws
St Josemaría talks about deepening love in married life in a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”
Family life is about overcoming our defects
Family life is about overcoming our defects. Taken from a DVD about marriage and family entitled “Take a chance on happiness”