Opus Dei

In her regular column in "The Irish Catholic," Maria Byrne describes her experiences on a weekend retreat at Lismullin Conference Centre in County Meath, Ireland.

In this video, several women speak about their vocation to Opus Dei: the call by God that gives new meaning to the events of each day (5:13).

On Monday, January 31, at 11.30 am, Benedict XVI received Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, in an audience. Some photos from the visit.

Candice Leung is from Canada. One day she opened a book written by a priest that one of her teachers had recommended and asked God to show her he exists. It was "The Way" (Video--1:02).

Oskari, who was born and raised in Finland without any religious belief, first began to take an interest in Christianity in 2001. Now he is a numerary in Opus Dei. He speaks about celibacy and his self-giving to God. (9 minutes. In Finnish, English with subtitles).

This statement was released by the communications office of Opus Dei in New York in response to press reports about a speech given by journalist Seymour Hersh.

As we see in our Lady, "being near to God necessarily leads to being near to others," the Prelate tells us in his letter this month.

Joana Bouça has two children. Twelve years ago St. Josemaría helped her after a bad accident. More recently she received another favor through his intercession during the birth of her second child.

During the week of February 7th, CatholicTV will air the documentary 'Opus Dei: Decoding God’s Work'.

Even a broken soup bowl was a topic for St. Josemaría’s prayer. He said he was like a soup bowl, broken by sin and repaired—thanks to confession—to continue serving sound nourishment to others (1:58).