An Injection of Joy
Luis and Maria decided to adopt Josemaría, a child with Down Syndrome, when they already had seven children in their family. And then Luis was diagnosed with leukemia....
Zhonghua Wang: "Thank you, St. Josemaria, for my faith."
Zhonghua Wang is from Beijing and studies in Germany. She expresses gratitude to St. Josemaria for helping her discover the beauty of the Catholic faith.
A Young Christian in Lebanon
Rita Youssif belongs to the Maronite Rite. When still a young girl in Lebanon she had to flee from her village because of the fighting. Despite all the upheavals, she came to realize that God had a plan for her life (Video).
The Book I Read in Prison
"I was 29 and had been in prison for two years. One day a Sister of Charity gave me a book called 'Friends of God'... ".
Two Muslims and a Turkish Orthodox: Life in Nideck Residence
Alik and Timur, who are Muslims, and Kami, a Turkish Orthodox, talk about their interaction with Catholics in Nideck, a student residence in Strasbourg run by people of Opus Dei.
Joseph Pearce: Robust Christianity
Joseph Pearce, a well-known Catholic writer, speaks about the robust idea of the Christian vocation he found in St. Josemaria's book "The Way."
"Do what you ought and put your heart into it"
Charlotte, an engineering student in Canada, was struck by a point in "The Way": to be a saint, you don't necessarily have to perform great deeds.
Fr. Jim Socias: St. Josemaria told me, love your family very much
Jim Socias, now a priest, recalls the counsel he received from Saint Josemaria after joining Opus Dei.
A Convert from Islam
In this National Catholic Register interview, Ilyas Khan expresses gratitude to Netherhall House in London for giving him the strong prayer life and intellectual grounding that helped him to convert.
"The book I'll never forget"
The Spring 2012 issue of "Life and Living" (London, UK), contains a review of THE WAY in the section "The book I'll never forget," by Esther Bentley, who first read it over 60 years ago.