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Blueprint for a Happy Marriage

Three Australians share their memories of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo's fatherly warmth and the encouragement he gave to married couples.

"Painting can be one's altar of prayer"

In Cebu, the Philippines, renowned cubist painter Celso Pepito discovered St. Josemaria's message of the sanctifying value of offering one's work to God and always striving to do one's best.

Marriage quarrels

St Josemaría talks about quarrels as well as many other practical aspects of married life in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness”

"The birth of a handicapped child is like a tsunami"

Cosimo's birth was at first a great shock to Stefania. But her newly strengthened faith led her to launch out and help begin work opportunity programs for similarly affected children.

Your kids notice everything

St Josemaría explains how young children notice everything and he offers parents lots of practical advice in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness.”

Holiness in ordinary life

Saint Josemaría teaches that marriage is a way to holiness through ordinary life, as shown in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness.”

A sick child

St Josemaría teaches that we must see the redemptive value of suffering, as shown in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness”

Marriage, a Christian Vocation

Saint Josemaría insists that marriage is a Christian vocation meant for many men and women, as shown in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness.”

Advice for couples

St Josemaría gives very practical advice to couples for their marriage and family life, as shown in a new DVD “Take a chance on happiness”

"When they grow, I grow"

Janaiha isn't a Catholic, but she shows her love for the Church by helping out in an educational program run by women of Opus Dei in Washington, D.C.