Opus Dei

Ambrose describes his experience in attending a retreat at the Irawo University Centre in Ibadan.

Chidinma shares her three weeks internship experience at Wavecrest Students Hall, Surulere, Lagos

On October 9, 2022, towards 8 pm, Bem Basil breathed his last. For all who knew him, it was not a sad day because of the Christian hope that both Bem and they had. Many spent that day in prayer and as news of his death spread, the sadness began to change to thanksgiving. This is how Bem would have wanted us all to react to his passing into eternity.

Let us pray for children who are suffering, especially for those who are homeless, orphans, and victims of war. May they be guaranteed access to education and may they have the opportunity to experience family affection.

More than 15 cooperators and friends of the Work recently participated in a Cooperator’s Seminar at the Tigoni Study Center in Kenya. The seminar from 21 to 23 October 2022 looked at the opportunities and risks that come with navigating modern complexities in family and community life.

Marching to the beat of the prayer intention that the Prelate has proposed for faithful and friends of the Work across the world for the next year, for those in East and Southern Africa, the vicar has proposed a regional prayer intention running until Easter Sunday (9th April) 2023.

Monsignor Cormac Burke, the first numerary vocation from his motherland, Ireland, spent many years - and indeed his last days - in that other land tucked away in East Africa, Kenya. He passed away peacefully on 22nd November 2021 and is now celebrating the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Work in Ireland from our final homeland - heaven. Here are a few details into how he met Opus Dei.

"The Holy Rosary is a powerful weapon. Employ it with confidence and you will marvel at the result" (St. Josemaría). In this article you will find published all the parts of the Rosary in audio version, to be listened to wherever you prefer in order to live this beautiful devotion even better.

Let us pray that the Church, ever faithful to the Gospel and courageous in preaching it, may live in an increasing atmosphere of synodality and be a community of solidarity, fraternity, and welcome.

On 17 September, the Strathmore fraternity gathered to celebrate 10 years of the Macheo Achievement Program and the Financial Aid office. It was a celebration to mark a decade of life-changing financial support, character formation and service to society.