Opus Dei

On Sunday 13th May, many people across the world celebrated Mothers' Day. On Wednesday 9th, Pope Francis had continued his catechesis on the Sacrament of Baptism. Here is a a story from a young medical student in East Africa helping mothers get their babies baptised.

Fr. Steven John Szakaczki is a priest in Saint Lawrence Martyr Church, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.

Nina Lagdameo, married, 55 years old, talks about integrating a demanding professional career with raising three children.

Natasha, 17, and Viktoria, 18, made their First Holy Communion this year in Rome, but both of them discovered the Catholic faith in their native Kazakhstan.

I’m studying medicine. In the December holiday last year, I spent almost a week in Samburu with fellow youth from my parish.

I grew up in Musokoto in Busia County as the first born in a family of seven. After completing my high school education in St. Francis, Makemo, I came to Nairobi to look for a job. A friend of mine who is a housekeeper in Kangemi told me about Kibondeni College of Catering and Hospitality Management.

​I am the Sales Service Manager at a leading manufacturing company in Kenya’s Industrial Area. The management that has just come in is working at up-scaling the operations to a multi-national level from a family owned business.

In 2017, 860 adults were baptized in Austria, many of them refugees. This is the story of Dieter and some of his friends who are preparing for baptism this year, in Salzburg.

"A good friend once told me a story about shepherds: they break the legs of sheep that stray from the fold." A conversion story from the Philippines.

John, a professional musician in Canada, learned from Saint Josemaria that making a place for God in his life meant he could find the right place for his family and friends too, and sanctify his music.