Opus Dei

The Prelate is suggesting that the faithful and friends of Opus Dei pray for this intention in a special way, from 2 October 2025 to 2 October 2026.

The Prelate is suggesting that the faithful and friends of Opus Dei pray for this intention in a special way, from 2 October 2025 to 2 October 2026.

On 2 October 1928, St. Josemaría Escrivá saw what God was asking of him: to remind women and men that holiness is possible in the middle of ordinary life. That message continues to “light up the pathways of the earth” nearly a century later.

Read the Old Testament and you will notice how crucial the calendar was to God’s people. It wasn’t just the Sabbath. The year featured a succession of special celebrations. Passover was the most important, followed by the Day of Pentecost, the Day Dedication and the Day of Atonement.

Read the Old Testament and you will notice how crucial the calendar was to God’s people. It wasn’t just the Sabbath. The year featured a succession of special celebrations. Passover was the most important, followed by the Day of Pentecost, the Day Dedication and the Day of Atonement.

A philological edition prepared by Fidel Sebastián, with a foreword by the prelate of Opus Dei and brief annotations that seek to bring its history and context closer to all audiences, to commemorate the book’s 100th edition in Spain.

In this episode of “Fragments of History,” we explore the life of Aurora Nieto Funcia. She was a strong woman, a teacher and mother of three, widowed at the age of 28. In 1945, she discovered her vocation in Opus Dei as a path of dedication and encounter with God. She is considered the first supernumerary, and her story illuminates what it means to seek holiness in ordinary life.

Masses in honour of St Josemaría were celebrated in Nigeria. We are showing some of the pictures taken at the Masses.

Mourning the loss of three members of Opus Dei in California.

Bishop Onah's homily on the Feast of St. Josemaría Escriva at St Therese's Cathedral, Nsukka, Nigeria.