Opus Dei

17 May 2024 is the anniversary of the Beatification of Josemaría Escrivá (1992)

Excerpt from a book by Francisco Fernandez Carvajal, "Pasó haciendo el bien," Madrid, Palabra 2016.

The art of living together is closely related to the ability to ask for forgiveness and to forgive. We are all weak and often make mistakes. So we have to help each other to always get up again. And the best way to do so is often through forgiveness. An article by Jutta Burggraf.

In his 29 May general audience, Pope Francis began a new catechetical cycle on how the Holy Spirit guides the People of God through salvation history, speaking about the Holy Spirit's action in creation.

Benediction with the Blessed Sacrament and an antiphon to Our Lady on Saturday prepare us for the Sunday celebration and unite our two great loves, Christ and Mary, in one moment of the week.

On the 9th of May a group of parishioners from Mater Dolorosa, Johannesburg, took a statue of Our Lady of Ngome to the shrine of Torreciudad.

On 25 May, twenty-nine faithful of Opus Dei received priestly ordination from Bishop Paul Toshihiro Sakai, auxiliary bishop of Osaka-Takamatsu (Japan). The ceremony took place in the Basilica of Saint Eugene (Rome).

The Archive of Opus Dei was first set up between 1953 and 1956. In 2010 the documentation was catalogued. In December 2017 it was officially erected. It is currently in an advanced stage of organisation and classification, and is scheduled to open to the public between 2028 and 2030.

Here is a list of some of the Masses being celebrated in East Africa for the feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá on June 26.

In his 22 May general audience, Pope Francis concluded his catechetical cycle on vices and virtues, speaking about humility.