Opus Dei

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.

Brief comments about Bishop Alvaro del Portillo taken from communications sent by some well-known people in the Church and society.

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

“Love the Holy Father a lot. Pray a lot for the Pope. Love him very much, very much!" The Prelate cites these words of St. Josemaria in urging us to pray in a special way for the Pope's intentions.

Msgr. Flavio Capucci, Postulator for Bishop Alvaro del Portillo's Cause of Canonization, answers some questions about his life.

During his years as head of Opus Dei, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo fostered the setting up of many social and educational projects all over the world, many of them for the benefit of the very needy.

On June 28, Benedict XVI signed a decree that recognizes the "heroic virtues" of Alvaro del Portillo, the first successor of St. Josemaría Escrivá.