Opus Dei

The story of some Wives, Mothers and Daughters Who Live the Charism. Zenit.org tracked down Marie Oates in Opus Dei headquarters in New York. Her desire to show how women live the Opus Dei charism resulted in her book “Women of Opus Dei: In Their Own Words."

Fr. Joseph was one of the first three priests of Opus Dei, and died with a reputation for holiness in Boston in 1983. John Coverdale has written a brief biography of this exemplary priest.

Isabella Tan, a widow and mother of three young children, tells how she changed when Christ entered her life

What would the Holy Father tell every priest in the world if he could spend a moment with each one? According to the Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy, Archbishop Mauro Piacenza, Benedict XVI would speak about the priest's identity (03'29").

The website, www.josemariaescriva.info, has been redesigned and enlarged. It now becomes the fullest internet site for information about "the saint of the ordinary," as John Paul II called him.

The Prelate reflects on the sanctifying value of our work and, in the context of the current global crisis, urges us "to purify our faith, foster hope, and grow in charity."

We have a human ideal that becomes divine. New horizons of hope open up in our life and we come to the point of sacrificing willingly.

On September 6 the Prelate of Opus Dei ordained to the priesthood Diego Pérez Gondar and José Ramón Alba Riera in the Sanctuary of Torreciudad

We offer the third in a series of articles on how to sanctify our daily work in light of the teachings of St. Josemaria.

Excerpt from Bishop Javier Echevarría’s recent get-together in Puerto Rico with people who attend Opus Dei’s activities and their friends (03’47’’).