Opus Dei

Opus Dei was born on October 2, 1928, while St. Josemaría was making a retreat at the Vincentian Fathers' house in Madrid: St. Vincent de Paul had a great impact on St. Josemaría from his childhood to the very day he saw Opus Dei. As the Work journeys toward its first centenary, we look back on these encounters as one more reason to give thanks for the saints who have walked alongside it in history.

There are wounds that often remain invisible and are lived in the deepest solitude. Those experiencing a mental illness usually face, in addition to their own suffering, the weight of stigma and the indifference of those who look the other way. Faced with this reality, the Church is called to be an open home, a community that listens without judging and that accompanies.

Across four episodes, more than forty people from ten countries open up about how experiencing God's love in daily life has helped them find strength in their own fragility. It's a journey from Brazil to South Korea that takes us into true stories full of challenges, yes, but also of faith and hope.

On 29 September, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Archangels: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. An account of how St. Josemaria came to choose them as patrons of Opus Dei and other resources for this feast.

Highlights of Pope Leo XIV's first apostolic journey to France, from his UNESCO address in Paris to the grotto of Lourdes and the roots of Europe in Metz.

Christians, states Gaudium et Spes, “can justly consider that by their labour they are unfolding the Creator’s work, consulting the advantages of their brother men, and are contributing by their personal industry to the realization in history of the divine plan”.

Executives and professionals from Moldova, Poland, London and Madrid share how a Pyrenees expedition became a lasting brotherhood of faith and friendship.

The Prelate of Opus Dei invites us to go to the intercession of St. Josemaría for the anniversaries of the founding of the Work and of his canonization, on October 2nd and 6th.

Raphaël is 23. He was baptised this Easter, and in a few days' time he'll see the Pope for the first time, in his native France.

Success-chasing is like a virus, but there's an cure for it: loving service. "Everything Counts" is a series exploring how assignments, deadlines, tiredness, and even AI tools can become a path to serve others, shape the world around us, and meet God in the everyday.