Opus Dei - Finding God in daily life

Family Pilgrimages To Our Lady Amid the Pandemic

Personal testimonies05/07/2021

During one of our family meals, we came up with the idea of developing a Facebook page to do the May pilgrimage amid the lockdown.

Fun, Culture and Faith: Young Achievers Online Camp

home04/19/2021

The year 2020 was one filled with innovation and the desire to keep hope alive in the midst of a pandemic. Faida Club, was equally ...

Pope's Prayer Intention for April 2021

From the Pope04/07/2021

Let us pray for those who risk their lives while fighting for fundamental right.

Pope's Prayer Intention for May 2021

From the Pope05/05/2021

Let us pray that those in charge of finance will work with governments to regulate financial markets and protect citizens from its dangers.

Thank you for talking to me!

Personal testimonies04/19/2021

Once I hailed an Uber taxi to take me home from Westlands to Madaraka.

Online Recollection April 2021

Audio Meditations04/03/2021

The day of recollection is a time for prayer and reflection on some topics of our spiritual life.

Strathmore's 60th anniversary - Part 2

Recent News04/25/2021

On 6th of March this year, Strathmore celebrated 60 years since it first opened its doors so many years back. Below we copy out Part ...

Baptism by Fire: Adapting to the New Normal.

Personal testimonies04/12/2021

The month of February 2020 was a good month, a month like any other. Well, perhaps this is not entirely true as 2020 is a ...

Strathmore's 60th anniversary - Part 1

home03/19/2021

On 6th of March this year, Strathmore celebrated 60 years since it first opened its doors so many years back. Below we copy out some ...

A Love That Transforms The World

Blessed Alvaro del Portillo05/07/2021

An article by Cardinal Angelo Amato published in "L’Osservatore Romano" on 29 April 2021, for the presentation of a book collecting favors received through ...

Commentary on the Gospel: As He Has Loved Us

Get To Know Christ05/04/2021

Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Easter (Cycle B), and commentary.

Letter from the Prelate (1 May 2021)

Pastoral Letters and Messages04/30/2021

The Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to draw closer to our Lady this month through the May pilgrimage.

"Contemplative prayer does so much good for the Church"

From the Pope05/05/2021

in his 5 May general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on prayer, speaking about contemplative prayer.

Always an Open Invitation

Vocation05/03/2021

Each saint is a mission planned by the Father to reflect and embody a certain aspect of the Gospel. What aspects of Jesus’ life do ...

A Marian Month: Praying with Pope Francis

Get To Know Our Lady04/30/2021

Pope Francis has asked people to pray the Rosary daily in May for the end of the pandemic. Thirty representative shrines throughout the world will ...

Vao and Pilar: With God, Every Difficulty Can Be Overcome

home05/05/2021

“It hit me like a bucket of cold water,” Vao confides. Her daughter Pilar was born with Down Syndrome. And later on her young son ...

Saint Raphael Meditation: Saint Joseph the Worker

Audio Meditations05/02/2021

A meditation (guided prayer) on learning how to sanctify our work by doing it for love.

"We are called to make important things interesting"

Recent News04/29/2021

Daniel Arasa has recently been appointed by Pope Francis as a consultant to the Dicastery for Communication in the Holy See. He speaks about his ...

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Year of St. Joseph begins "With a Father's heart"

WITH A FATHER’S HEART: that is how Joseph loved Jesus, whom all four Gospels refer to as “the son of Joseph.”[1] Matthew and Luke, the two Evangelists who speak most of Joseph, tell us very little, yet enough for us to appreciate what sort of father he was, and the mission entrusted to him by God’s providence.

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Information Handbook on Opus Dei in East Africa (2020)

The Information Handbook is a periodical published by the Opus Dei Communication Office and is aimed at the media. It offers a schematic summary of the nature, history and organisation of this prelature of the Catholic Church.

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Message of the day

“Mary, Teacher of unlimited self-giving”

The Blessed Virgin Mary, Teacher of unlimited self-giving. Do you remember? It was in praise of her that Jesus Christ said: "Whoever fulfils the Will of my Father, he -- she -- is my mother! ...'' Ask of this good Mother that her answer, with the generosity it shows, may grow stronger in your soul -- with the strength of love and liberation. Ecce ancilla Domini -- behold the handmaid of the Lord. (Furrow, 33)

Ask yourself now (I too am examining my conscience) whether you are holding firmly and unshakeably to your choice of Life? When you hear the most lovable voice of God urging you on to holiness, do you freely answer ‘Yes’? Let us turn our gaze once more to Jesus, as he speaks to the people in the towns and countryside ...

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