Carmen, Spain: "We want our children to be open"
Carmen is a supply chain manager at a supermarket and lives with her family in Madrid. "What I've learned from working has helped me to raise my children." She and her husband, try to instil in them an attitude of solidarity and acceptance, which is why they participate in a family volunteering programme run out of Tajamar, the school where they study: "We want our children to be open to all realities, in every sphere, to learn respect and hospitality."
“We encourage young people to discover and choose their own path”
Lidia Via has been working in the Regional Advisory of Opus Dei in Spain since 2019, overseeing activities with young people. In this interview, she talks about the formational activities carried out by the Prelature with young people and the support offered in the process of discerning any vocation to celibacy.
Meditations: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Day 7)
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January).
Our Lady of Peace: Prelatic Church of Opus Dei
On 24 January we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Peace. This is the Marian invocation to which the prelatic church of Opus Dei in Rome is dedicated, and it is the place where St. Josemaría Escrivá's mortal remains repose. The dedication ceremony was officiated by Bl. Alvaro del Portillo on 2 May 1986.
Meditations: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Day 6)
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January).
“Let us open our ears to the divine Word”
In his 22 January general audience, Pope Francis continued the catechetical cycle on Jesus Christ, our hope, for the Jubilee of 2025, speaking about the Annunciation.
Meditations: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Day 5)
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January).
Meditations: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (Day 4)
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25 January).
Bishop Philippe Jourdan: “Christian unity depends on rediscovering fraternity”
During the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Bishop Philippe Jourdan, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and the bishop of Tallinn, answers our questions and talks about the Catholic Church in Estonia and the growing importance of Christian fraternity.
Meditations: Tuesday of the Second Week of Ordinary Time
Some reflections that can enrich our prayer during the Second Week in Ordinary Time.