Opus Dei

In addition to being one of the most-loved Marian shrines worldwide, Lourdes is also linked to an important page in the history of Opus Dei: the escape from one part of Spain to another that St. Josemaría made through the Pyrenees in 1937 with some of the first members of the Work and other people during the Spanish Civil War.

Information on how to send material and economic help to Turkey and Syria through Caritas.

In his 8 February general audience, Pope Francis reflected on his recent apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

In 2023, the following spiritual retreats will take place in Nigeria at different venues. They start on the evening of the first day and end on the morning of the last day.

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.

Remaining open to God’s voice expands our heart and enables us to be, like Jesus, in the concerns of his Father and our Father.

A meditation by Fr Gavan Jennings, for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

A homily given by St Josemaría on March 15, 1961

Let us pray that parishes, placing communion –communion of people, ecclesial communion– at the center, may increasingly become communities of faith, of fraternity and of welcoming the most in need".

The Founder of Opus Dei saw in St. Joseph the strong and affectionate father that Christ wanted on earth. He asked St. Joseph to teach him how to stay close to Mary and to Jesus: “How he would have embraced the Child, and kissed him!.”