Opus Dei

Florence Oloo, a Professor of Chemistry at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) and a founding member of the Nano Medicine Platform at the Center for Research in Therapeutic Sciences (CREATES) has been awarded at the fourteenth edition of Harambee: The African Woman Prize, for the Promotion and Equality of Women.

A young mother traces her journey from “atheism” to being a “newborn” Catholic in The Holy Land.

Kwa ajili ya ndugu na dada zetu katika Afrika Mashariki ambao wamekuwa wakitamani sana maandishi na rasilimali katika lugha ya Kiswahili, tunawatolea sehemu ya pili ya makala fupi inayoeleza Opus Dei. Rasimu hii ya kipeperushi imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza kwenda Kiswahili na Dk. Walter M.Mbunda.

Kneeling does not come from any culture – it comes from the Bible.” Let us not forget to bend our knees. It is a good physical and spiritual exercise. “O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker! (Ps 95:6).

Let us pray for a more widespread culture of non-violence, that will progress when countries and citizens alike resort less and less to the use of arms.”

Bisi recounts her initial encounter with Opus Dei at the old Wavecrest Secretariat College in Lagos, Nigeria. Bisi was glad to have met Opus Dei through her relatives who lived close by the Centre. Usually, on entering the serene and cheerful environment of the centres of Opus Dei, some people exclaim, "Wow! You mean this kind of place exists here?" This initial excitement was lost to twelve-year-old Bisi. However, years later, she narrates the soothing feeling she experienced at her visit to the Centre.

Let us pray for those who have suffered because of the wrongs done to them from members of the Church; may they find within the Church herself a concrete response to their pain and suffering.

Bisi said, "In my house there was a picture of the Sacred Heart, I went in front of the picture and wept throughout the night, and the next day, I went ahead to join Opus Dei." The gentle whisper of God's call rang clearly in Bisi's heart. She heard it and did not feel capable of answering. And then, just as Eli helped Samuel to recognize God's voice, Bisi was assisted in freedom to listen and follow the Lord's call.

Kwa ajili ya ndugu na dada zetu katika Afrika Mashariki ambao wamekuwa wakitamani sana maandishi na rasilimali katika lugha ya Kiswahili, tunawatolea sehemu ya kwanza ya makala fupi inayoeleza Opus Dei. Rasimu hii ya kipeperushi imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza kwenda Kiswahili na Dk. Walter M.Mbunda.

Bisi Falodun was the first numerary member of Opus Dei in Nigeria. She died on 23rd February 2018. In this video she recounts how she left her Anglican background for the Catholic Church. She said, "If the Catholic Church was the first Church as stated in history books, I want to belong to the first Church."