Opus Dei

"I feel very lucky and I want to make the most of this opportunity," says Anna Oromi of Lerida, Spain.

After working daily for a year with Opus Dei members in Tallinn, Estonia, Mari Vivian sent us the following account.

Kristina Boskova is a Registered Nurse working in a London hospital, and is a Numerary member of Opus Dei.

Links to addresses given by the Holy Father during the Christmas season.

The 25th year of Opus Dei’s existence as a prelature has just begun. On the occasion of this anniversary, the following interview was given by Archbishop Francesco Monterisi, the Secretary of the Congregation for Bishops, the Vatican dicastery on which prelatures depend.

Bishop Javier Echevarría recently ordained as deacons 38 members of Opus Dei from 18 countries. The ceremony was celebrated at the Basilica of San Eugenio in Rome on the feast of Christ the King. Some excerpts from his homily follow.

“Some days when I get up, and think of my husband’s sickness, I am flooded with a feeling of sadness,” says Pilar Fernandez-Loza, from Asturias in Spain. “But I immediately react and ask God to help me.”

Anne-Marie Walker is a Children’s Book Editor and Publisher. Living in Liverpool with her husband, she is a Supernumerary member of Opus Dei

Manuel Lamberti is from Puerto La Cruz in Venezuela. He is 19 years old, studies violin and plays in a rock band. For two years, he was the first violin of the Youth Orchestra of the State of Anzoátegui. He is a numerary member of Opus Dei.

A volunteer project in Matara, Sri Lanka in July 2006 offered Jenny and 11 other girls a chance to make a difference for tsunami victims with their time and effort.