Letter of Bl. Alvaro del Portillo on the Need for Formation
We are beginning to publish a selection of letters written by Blessed Álvaro del Portillo during his years as Prelate of Opus Dei. The letter dated 1 August 1985 addresses formation as a primary task in the Work, in which each person is, at once, both sheep and shepherd.
Homily of the Prelate on the feast of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo
Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, in the 12 May 2026 Mass celebrated in the Basilica of Saint Eugene (Rome).
Pray with Blessed Alvaro: “Where Peter is, there the Church is”
“Whoever he is; tall or short, fat or thin, from this country or that one, he is Peter.” Let’s accompany our new pope, Leo XIV, guided by the words of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo a few days before his liturgical memorial.
Homily of the Prelate on the Feast of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo (2023)
"We can ask our Lord to help us grow in these same attitudes of Don Alvaro: humility and service to the Church," Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz said at the Mass celebrated on 12 May 2023 in the Basilica of Saint Eugene in Rome.