Number of articles: 4942

Opus Dei: Reality, Experiences and Myths

Ray Santos shares the story of his life as a security guard and the discovery of his vocation in a speech delivered in Rome on the occasion of St. Josemaría Escrivá's birth centenary.

“I was eager to help out in a place without as many resources”

Dr. Sylvia Sesé is an internist at Monkole Hospital, an apostolic work of Opus Dei in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Letter from the Prelate (August 2010)

The feasts dedicated to our Lady during August and the Marian year in Opus Dei form the thread of the Prelate's letter this month.

The Visitation: Magisterium, Saints, Poets

A selection of texts about Mary's visitation to her cousin Elizabeth.

Universities Inspired by Catholicism: Identity, Culture, Communication

The following are some excerpts from a study by Juan Manuel Mora published in n. 54 of the journal Romana. The topic of this essay is a series of questions frequently asked by those who work in universities with a Catholic identity: What does a university’s “Catholic identity” mean? What are its main manifestations? How should it influence the activities of those who work there? How can it be communicated effectively?

Documentation

Working together for Indonesia

Apple is a Filipina graduate student at the Catholic university in Surabaya. She went to Indonesia together with three other women to start the apostolic activities of Opus Dei in the country.

Politics Makes Saints

Rev. Father Luis Supan writes a commentary in the CBCP Monitor on governance, social responsibility and sanctity, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Josemaria Escriva, June 26, 2010.

“Be Students who Seek to Serve”

As part of a two-week pastoral visit to South America, the Prelate recently had a get-together with 7,000 people at the University of Piura (Peru), a corporate apostolate of Opus Dei. He spoke about family, the Pope and university studies.

From the Prelate

Faith on the pages of a mystery novel.

Josefina Caprile from Argentina is a widow and the mother of eight children. Even so, she manages to write novels. She writes with a basic idea: books have to be interesting or no one will read them.

The donkey and young Josemaría

Rete 4, an Italian television station, recently aired an animated program on the early life of St. Josemaría Escrivá. This fragment shows how the young boy comes to understand the value of work by seeing a donkey hard at work (02'03'').