Opus Dei

Life is a gift that comes through the love of parents. But that gift requires efforts, often unexpected and even heroic. Sometimes even the life of the mother and the child on the way hang by a thread.

Handing out Don Alvaro’s prayer cards in Kinshasa’s central prison (D. R. of the Congo).

A newsletter of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo on promoting social initiatives.

Blessed Alvaro liked to “visit” Mary by praying the rosary while walking or traveling to a specific Marian shrine or even simpler places with her image. During the years he lived in Rome, he discovered many lesser-known sanctuaries of popular devotion around the city.

Last September, a group of high school students from Hodari Club joined many pilgrims from around the world to witness the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. We asked a few of them what they had learnt from the new Blessed...

The stories of Dora del Hoyo and Blessed Alvaro del Portillo - both in process of canonization - are very much connected. Both responded with fidelity to God's call to spread throughout the world the message that all of us can be saints in ordinary life, through ordinary work.

A solemn Mass in Strathmore University's chapel brought the centennial year of the birth of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo to a solemn close.

The exhibition on Don Alvaro took place on the 6th and 7th of March at the entrance of Sacred Heart Cathedral, Eldoret.

One Saturday morning, I went to deposit some cheques from my office to the bank. As is the case with cheques for most corporate bank accounts, the mandate for signing them is usually more than one person.