Opus Dei

Joseph Pearce, a well-known Catholic writer, speaks about the robust idea of the Christian vocation he found in St. Josemaria's book "The Way."

This month's letter focuses on the feast of our Lady’s Assumption, urging us to contemplate "the beauty of our Mother, taken up by God body and soul to the glory of Heaven."

Charlotte, an engineering student in Canada, was struck by a point in "The Way": to be a saint, you don't necessarily have to perform great deeds.

Archbishop John Michael Miller said Catholics should open themselves to the action of the Holy Spirit, especially during the year of faith.

Dr. Bernardo Villegas talks about faithful of the Prelature of Opus Dei involved in education and skills training projects for the less privileged in society.

Baytree Centre works to create supportive pathways towards social inclusion for inner-city families in Brixton, south London.

Josephine Darang writes in her weekly column about Bishop Alvaro del Portillo's helping to set up the Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) in Cebu; the beginnings of Opus Dei in Manila; and Fr. Jose Luis Muzquiz, priest of Opus Dei, whose canonization process has been opened.

Jim Socias, now a priest, recalls the counsel he received from Saint Josemaria after joining Opus Dei.

Dr. Bernardo Villegas writes in his column that if St. Josemaria Escriva had been in the Manila of today, he would have spent countless hours administering to both the material and spiritual needs of the very poor in such districts as Tondo and Payatas.

A young woman asks St. Josemaria: "If I pray when I don't feel like it, is it really prayer?" Here is his answer.