Opus Dei

The first students who took part in Opus Dei's work with young people didn't feel like they were adding one more good thing to their to-do lists: they felt like main characters in the story, and they wanted to blaze a trail. And we'll always need trailblazers.

What's it like to meet a saint? What difference did St. Josemaria make in the lives of the people around him? Mónica Ruiz-Tagle (Chile) tries to answer these questions.

A selection of illustrated quotes from St. Josemaria's conversations with young people in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, Spain, and Venezuela.

What's it like to meet a saint? What difference did St. Josemaria make in the lives of the people around him? Lello Nappi (Italy), one of his friends, tries to answer these questions.

"Let each wayfarer follow his own way." This is a selection of points from "The Way," by Saint Josemaria, for young people who want a closer relationship with God.

St. Josemaria talking to young people then and now.

A multimedia site with a variety of audiovisual and infographic resources that show how the charism of Opus Dei has been brought to life in different cultures, for the 50th anniversary of St. Josemaría's trip to several Latin American countries from May 1974 to February 1975.

In April 1934, Saint Josemaría composed a prayer to the Holy Spirit that he prayed frequently and encouraged others to pray.

Saint Josemaría is the first pilgrim to Fatima raised to the altars. The story of Fatima as it impacted his life, and also the life of Saint John Paul II.

Josemaría was a young person like any of us. He had a family and friends, dreams and doubts, fears and aspirations. When he took his faith more and more seriously, God showed him how he could improve the world and help others by being himself, with all his virtues and all his weaknesses.