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  1. Personal testimonies

"I accepted the invitation"

Personal testimonies 11/27/2023

Óscar Migueles writes about the joy he discovered in friendship: "When you're involved in something good, you invite the people you care about."

"Never forget where you come from"

Personal testimonies 10/19/2023

Monick Tello is a Peruvian numerary who moved to Stockholm, Sweden seventeen years ago. She writes about her experience at World Youth Day in Lisbon this summer and how the Pope's invitation to acknowledge our roots inspired her.

Something I Love, Someone I Love

Personal testimonies 09/27/2023

Olamide is a pharmacist by profession and a basketball coach. Through a passionate training of upcoming student basketballers, she is creating a furrow of diligence in little things.

From Jaen to Turkana

Personal testimonies 09/13/2023
Alberto at a local well

Everything started with a small program of solidarity in the school and now we are helping a big number of people in Togo and Kenya.

Masses of St. Josemaría in Ghana

Personal testimonies 08/04/2023

Last June 26 has perpetually remained engraved in my memory because I participated in several Masses in honour of St. Josemaría in Ghana, and it was the first time I would celebrate his feast outside Nigeria. The idea was made possible thanks to a conference on family medicine I attended a month earlier, in May, at Elmina, in Ghana’s Central Region.

Pau Morales: "I'm immersed in whatever I'm doing"

Personal testimonies 06/09/2023

Pau is a musician and a painter, and he has a very personal relationship with God. In this video, he explains how he turns everything into prayer and finds joy in all of it.

Blessed Alvaro paid my fee balance!

Personal testimonies 11/27/2023

Yesterday I was kicked out from the exam room because I had not cleared my fees. I called my mum but she did not have the money and I also called other donors who usually support me but this time they did not have the money which was around Ksh 7,000/=. (50 Dollars)

“I picked up the baton from many brave women”

Personal testimonies 10/05/2023

I was very young when I arrived in Kenya. I was grateful that from the beginning, I did not feel alone. Immediately I realized that I was another link in a chain and would be picking the baton from many brave women who worked from the first moment to bring the message of Opus Dei to Africa.

The Chain of Diligence: Spreading Good Doctrine

Personal testimonies 09/27/2023

Nkem, a young mother and a supernumerary of Opus Dei, shares her adventure of teaching catechism classes in Lagos with other mothers of young children.

"She was fulfilled, but in a different way"

Personal testimonies 08/25/2023

This is the fifth of a series of interviews commemorating the 75th anniversary of Opus Dei coming to Ireland. In this episode, Ciara Mannion describes how she finds meaning everyday by loving others in and through her work. Ciara is a wife and mother of two living in Galway.

The Rookie Lawyer who cannot stay away from Trouble

Personal testimonies 07/20/2023

We share the self-narrated story of Collins a young lawyer, fresh out of Law School who, despite his inexperience and lack of means, could not hold himself back from helping people in need. The sight of someone in handcuffs, the cry of a mother whose only son was about to be jailed for a petty reason, innocent people who only needed a lawyer to speak for them… these were some of the sights that elicited empathy from Collins, and he decided to help, often without invitation.

"Queen of Husbands... pray for us": Stories from a Marian Family

Personal testimonies 05/25/2023

"It was the presence of the Blessed Virgin that truly made our meeting meaningful." Twelve years after that first meeting, Luca and Maria share how devotion to Mary has helped them face the challenges of daily life.

Nyaatha - "mother of mercy"

Personal testimonies 10/31/2023

Opus Dei is a personal prelature of the Catholic Church to which lay people are called – single, married, widowed – to live the greatest commandments of love of God and love of neighbour right there in the middle of their ordinary lives, raising their families, keeping a job and so on. It is therefore not obvious what an article on a nun would be doing featuring here.

Chasimba

Personal testimonies 10/04/2023

We spent the last two weeks of our holidays helping needy students in the north of Mombasa.

The Creativity of Charity

Personal testimonies 09/21/2023

We realised that the suffering they had endured was hidden in their smiles and only in their eyes could one make out an unwavering determination to better their lives and those of their children.

You Will Definitely Know When God Calls You

Personal testimonies 08/23/2023

Blessing Nina Emmanuel narrates her journey to the faith while in the university.

Preparing for World Youth Day 2023: "I know it's going to change me"

Personal testimonies 07/18/2023

World Youth Day 2023 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 1 to 6 August. Four young Chileans talk about how they're preparing for the event.

"The lama told me to go to Mass every day"

Personal testimonies 05/04/2023

Raquel Escudier, a mother of two from San Fernando (Spain), sought peace and balance. Her life took a dramatic turn when a Buddhist lama told her she needed to go to Mass every day.

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  • Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Uganda Episcopal Conference
  • St. Josemaria Escriva Historical Institute
  • Spiritual retreats in East Africa
  • Writings of the founder of Opus Dei
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  • Writings of the founder of Opus Dei
  • Saint Josemaría website
  • Blessed Alvaro del Portillo website
  • Romana, Bulletin of the Opus Dei Prelature
  • St. Josemaria Institute
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