Opus Dei

Citywise is an educational program in Dublin helping young people from difficult city backgrounds to aim high in life. It is inspired by the message of Saint Josemaria.

Some Italian volunteers are trying to help children whose fathers are in prison to reopen communication with them, especially through drawings and games.

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.

When Pope Francis declared 2016 to be an extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, we in Strathmore School were both excited and anxious. Excited because a Jubilee Year in itself is a novelty – a once in a lifetime experience.

Whitesands students, alone, or teaming up with their friends, went for charity visits with the support of their families. During the visits, they spent time with the needy and rendered some service, especially manual work.

In Abidjan in Ivory Coast, parents and teachers are working together closely to build a school that reinforces the values learned at home.

Maria Estela is Guatemalan. Several years ago she was taught the skills needed to earn an income in Ixoqui, a rural center that seeks to improve the material and spiritual life of the women in the area.

Abel Albino is a pediatrician in Argentina. In 1995 he founded CONIN, an NGO that has set up more than 70 centers to combat infant malnutrition. From the documentary "Working for the Others" on social initiatives inspired by Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in Latin America.

Sofia Miguens teaches in Buen Consejo School, located in an impoverished district of Buenos Aires. Cardinal Bergoglio had a special love for this school and visited it several times.

In a get-together in Nairobi in 1989, Blessed Alvaro suggested that the best service we can render the poor is to give them the skills needed to find a job.