St. Francis and St. Josemaría: 800 Years of a Call to Freedom of Heart
On the eighth centenary of St. Francis of Assisi's death, Friar Francesco Ielpo, Custos of the Holy Land, looks at what the St. Francis' poverty and St. Josemaría's teaching on detachment have in common.
70 Years of Opus Dei in Uruguay: Video of the Father's Trip
From 22 to 27 August, Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz was in Uruguay, meeting with families, young people, and those involved in educational and social initiatives. We are publishing this video summary of his visit on 20 October, the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the first members of Opus Dei in the country.
"I ask God to help me serve my patients"
Maria Luisa is a dentist working near Boston, Massachusetts (USA). As a supernumerary of Opus Dei, she seeks to provide her patients with excellent care as well as charity and friendship. In this interview, Maria Luisa describes how her faith, the teachings of St. Josemaria, and the spirit of Opus Dei assist her in her work.
500 children in a Muntinlupa public school now get a hot meal every day, thanks to a food bank, a parish, and a lot of volunteers.
Twenty-five years after it opened its doors, Whitesands School Lekki has placed its boys under the mantle of Our Lady with the blessing of a new Marian grotto by the Archbishop of Lagos, Alfred Adewale Martins.
Msgr. Mariano Fazio explores St. Josemaría's vision for business schools: institutions called to unite professional excellence, the Church's social doctrine, and the sanctification of work, with the human person at the centre and a deep spirit of service.
After nearly two years of planning, a life-sized statue of St. Josemaría sculpted by Diana García Roy now welcomes visitors to St. Joseph's Church in Singapore.
Javier Cotelo (Madrid, 1932) passed away in Rome in the early hours of 10 October 2026, at the age of 94. A numerary of Opus Dei, he knew St. Josemaría closely, accompanying him as his driver and working for many years as an architect. He was a simple, good-humoured man with great affection for others. His remains rest in the crypt of the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace.
Below are the links for the different events of Prof. Albert J. Alos's interment.
After visiting the patroness of Honduras, the Prelate of Opus Dei met with young people from all over the country and encouraged them not to be afraid to live the faith in their environments and to discover how worthwhile it is to seek — and to find — Jesus Christ.
The Prelate is suggesting that the faithful and friends of Opus Dei pray for this intention in a special way from 2 October 2026 to 2 October 2027.
Prof. Albert Alos died in Lagos on 5 September 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Barcelona, he was one of the first numeraries to bring Opus Dei to Nigeria, and he spent the next fifty-nine years there, quietly living out that vocation through a long career in education.
17,000 people, 50 countries, 13 languages, and nearly 2,000 hours of shared reflection: that was the response to our call to “renovate the house” together as this website turns 30. Here are our main findings from the survey in April.
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