Opus Dei

Dora del Hoyo's example is an inspiration for the young people working in the Jahazi Conference Centre in Mombasa, Kenya. The first phase of Dora's cause of canonization was recently concluded in Rome.

This being the Year of Mercy, I was especially keen to show mercy to these young colleagues of mine.

I asked her what was going on. She broke down but eventually told me the story.

On November 13 in Rome, the Holy Door in the prelatic church of our Lady of Peace, which has been open during the Jubilee Year of Mercy, was closed by the Prelate.

Dora has been my role model of wanting to always do things well; first because they are to be offered to God and secondly as a service to others.

Small gestures and steps can be a good way to begin showing mercy to others. A new video in the series on the works of mercy, for the Jubilee of Mercy.

"To advance towards God we have to take risks; we have to lose our fear of storms and be ready to put our lives on the line." A new article on Christian life.

Reactions from people who knew Dora personally, or who know of her life from other channels... all of them agree on one thing: Dora was somebody who was close to others, through her friendship and in her work.

Final podcast on the works of mercy. “The need to support one another with our prayer,” says the Prelate of Opus Dei, “has the savor of the early Church.”

Saxum Foundation has just published a guide book, "In the Footprints of our Faith," for the main sites in the Holy Land. It can be downloaded in pdf and epub format.