Opus Dei

Open, bright, cheerful homes: this is what God wants. This is the first instalment of reflections on family life within the centres of Opus Dei.

Video and stories from Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz's time in Portugal. He met with families, got to know educational initiatives, listened to stories from the recent World Youth Day, and spent time with the people of Opus Dei in the country.

Our Lady of the Pillar is one of the oldest Marian invocations. We celebrate her feast day on 12 October.

In his 11 October general audience, Pope Francis continued his catechetical cycle on apostolic zeal, speaking about Saint Josephine Bakhita.

On 6 October 2002, John Paul II canonized the founder of Opus Dei, who he called the "saint of ordinary life."

Let us open our hearts and “pray for the Church, that she may adopt listening and dialogue as a style of life at every level.”

Pope Francis asks us to pray especially for the Synod on Synodality this month. The Synod of Bishops will be held in Rome from 4-29 October.

Homily and address from the Prelate of Opus Dei for the opening of the academic year at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Rome).

A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

On 1 October, we began to publish daily Gospel commentaries as food for prayer about Jesus’s life and words.