"I dream — and the dream has come true — of multitudes of God’s children, sanctifying themselves as ordinary citizens, sharing the ambitions and endeavours of their colleagues and friends.”
(Saint Josemaría)
A documentary of Venerable Guadalupe Ortiz, to be beatified on May 18th, will be shown in Lumen Christi TV on Holy Thursday at 16:00 and on Easter Monday at 18:30.
In preparation for the beatification of Guadalupe Ortiz de Landazuri, we recently organised a seminar for our friends and co-operators. The theme was ‘Christian Witness in Society: Is it Possible?’ The idea was to reflect on and discuss the life of this ordinary woman, and how she lived both the Christian and human virtues in an extraordinary way.
Francisco and Joannatan D´Orville talk about how their shared faith has helped them overcome their differences as two very competitive brothers. Third video in a series made to commemorate 50 years of Opus Dei's apostolic work in Puerto Rico.
In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis had words of encouragement for the 2,000 students in Rome from April 14 - 21 to grasp more deeply the meaning of Holy Week and reflect on "The Transformative Power of Work."
UNIV Kenya Women’s Congress 2019 took place on Saturday 23rd February at Strathmore University, on the topic "The Transformative Power of Work." UNIV is an annual international university congress that takes place in Rome during Holy Week.
Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri was one of the first women of Opus Dei to come to Mexico. She was only in Mexico for six years, but it gave her enough time to start a student residence in Mexico City, a retreat center in Montefalco, and a school in Culiacán. Guadalupe will be declared blessed on May 18, 2019, in Madrid, Spain.
Zayd and Rayn Patel, both students at The Heights School and raised as Muslims, will be received into the Catholic faith this Easter with their parents and younger brother. An article published in the "Catholic Standard."
In the week before Holy Week, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz invites us, when contemplating Christ on the Cross, to reflect on our personal availability to carry out God's will.
Some reflections on the Palm Sunday liturgy and the donkey's role in carrying Christ to Jerusalem, and how Saint Josemaria made use of this scene to develop a true "theology of the donkey."
Some resources for drawing as much spiritual fruit as possible from Lent and Holy Week, in preparation for celebrating our Lord's resurrection on Easter Sunday.
