Opus Dei

People join, remain in, and leave Opus Dei freely

Today Saturday 5th May 2018, 31 news priests of the Prelature of Opus Dei have been ordained in Rome by Cardinal Robert Sarah. Six of them are from Africa.

Alfred Robert Cruz Vergara, who worked as an architect in the Philippines for several years, will be ordained on May 5, 2018.

A Nigerian Engineer to be ordained priest in May.

How do people join Opus Dei? Can they leave it again? This article explains some aspects of the stages of discernment involved in joining Opus Dei and the situations of people who leave it, as well as offering some reflections on the phenomena of vocation and accompaniment.

The Prayer Card of St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei has now been published in the Igbo language in Nigeria. Igbo is spoken in southern Nigeria. The language has approximately 24 million speakers, who live mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent.

Saint Josemaria was ordained a priest on 28 March 1925. Here is the homily he gave on 13 April 1973, on the dignity and meaning of the priesthood.

Girls from the Lagoon School, a corporate work of Opus Dei in Nigeria, have helped organise a walkathon to create awareness and raise funds for a health outreach for women and children affected by the Boko Haram insurgency.

Apostolic Initiatives in Nigeria In Nigeria there are Opus Dei centres in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja, Benin, Enugu and Nsukka. The addresses of the main centres are given below.

Olga Marlin was a young graduate in education from University College, Dublin. In March of 1960, while drying dishes at Northbrook Residence the director of the residence told her “You know, the Father wants the women of Opus Dei to start the Work in Kenya and Japan very soon…”