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Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, a Marian pilgrim in the Philippines

The Prelate of Opus Dei visited the National Shrines of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in 1987. He was beatified in 2014. His feast day is celebrated on May 12.

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Angels Today #ProtectMe

Young ladies mobilized to provide personal protective equipment to health workers in Philippine hospitals.

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Sunshine Club: Let the sun shine through

Sunshine Club, a group of ladies in the Philippines, is helping provide food to families in need during the quarantine period.

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Holy Week in Zambales (Philippines), then and now

A student from the University of Asia and the Pacific reflects on Holy Week during this period of quarantine.

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Withdrawing from the lonely crowd

10 ways to make productive use of home quarantine time. Excerpts from the March 20, 2020 column of Dr. Bernardo Villegas in the Manila Bulletin (Philippines)

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Pastoral Statement of the Bishops of Metro Manila

Bishops of Metro Manila outline 7 points to implement the government's declaration of community quarantine in Metro Manila to curb the spread of COVID-19. With the revised Oratio Imperata.

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Punlaan School: transforming lives of underprivileged Filipinas

Punlaan graduates have pursued their careers as far as London, Canada, and Dubai. Punlaan is a project of some women of the Prelature of Opus Dei in the Philippines. These are excerpts from a feature story of Rhia Diomampo Grana published in ANCX (Philippines) in December 2019.

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"Still some more little surprises"

Victoria López-Amo is the woman who has been in Opus Dei the longest. Last May she turned 100. A Guatemalan citizen of Spanish origin, Victoria loves life and still has a few things left to accomplish.

​A Finished Road, a Simple Life, a Meaningful Summer

30 university students and teachers from Metro Manila and Cebu (Philippines) came together for ten days during the summer break to build an access road to the cemetery in Bogo City, Cebu. There they made a startling discovery: the joy of simple living.

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God’s call and a miracle through a saint

Father Dante Estepa from Iloilo City celebrated his first Solemn Mass in Iloilo last July 13 at the Jaro Cathedral. It was Christmas 1999 when his mother was rescued from a sea mishap, through the intercession of St. Josemaria.

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