"God calls us through what happens during our day: through the suffering and happiness of the people we live with, through the human interests of our colleagues and the things that make up our family life.” Saint Josemaría
"God calls us through what happens during our day: through the suffering and happiness of the people we live with, through the human interests of our colleagues and the things that make up our family life.”
Today Pope Leo XIV turns 71. In just a few days he will travel to France (Paris, Lourdes, and Metz, from 25-28 September) and many people are already preparing to welcome him. A group of friends got a head start in their own way, through his texts.
A daughter remembers her mother’s quiet legacy of faith, education, and service through the Rosas Club, where young girls in the neighborhood are nurtured to grow into women of character and become a positive influence in society.
The story of a judge’s 20-year journey of integrity and public service, highlighting how her commitment to justice, education, and community development has left an impact beyond the courtroom.
Mary lives a busy schedule in a crowded city, but she finds joy and meaning in her daily routine. As a numerary of Opus Dei, Mary strives to live out a vocational call to holiness in the middle of the working world. In this interview, Mary describes how her faith, the teachings of St. Josemaria, and the spirit of Opus Dei assist her in her work as a human-centered designer.
A management professor specializing in business ethics and social responsibility comes to recognize the urgent need to awaken all sectors of society to the ethical challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence.
Facing academic burnout during his second year at the University of Nigeria, a medical student finds unexpected renewal through a three-day workshop held at the Iwollo Conference Centre.
Why a Pyrenean adventure club of bankers and executives ends every year at the shrine of Torreciudad, and welcomes participants of every faith.
A Nicaraguan engineer recalls his university years in Guatemala, the friendships and formation that shaped him, and how they led to the discovery of God’s call.
An educator describes CACHET's character education program and its mission of guiding and mentoring youth in public schools nationwide.
A Dominican doctor recounts the unexpected obstacles that kept her from a Catholic wedding after her move to Spain, and how a chance encounter with Opus Dei helped her through years of longing to fully live her faith.
Hugo is a supernumerary living in Denmark where there are no centres of Opus Dei. Originally from Brazil, we ask him here about his adopted country.
A young writer in the Philippines describes the summer festival in his hometown and realizes its deep meaning.
A City of London lawyer organised a mountain trip to help a stressed friend in 2001. Twenty-five years on, it's an international fellowship spanning 14 countries.
Nearly forty years ago, Natale Sandoli left Venezuela for Tenerife. A photographer, husband, and father of three, he’s the first to admit he wasn't much of a churchgoer back then. That changed when a friend handed him a copy of “The Forge.”
At the Niéré Centre (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), monthly "Formation Sundays" give parents and children a shared space to talk, play and learn from one another.
At 54, Fernando cares for his father, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, while working for the Post Office, after years working as a chauffeur for high society. Between kilometres of cycling, the pages of his books and his daily rounds, Fernando has come to realise that the most urgent and valuable delivery a person can make will never fit into any envelope: it’s time spent caring for others.
John K., who accompanied Matt Anthony, Matt Schoenecker, and Val Creus and on their final hiking trip, offers reflections on the lives of the three men on the anniversary of their untimely deaths.
Ed Dillett was a plumber and the third married member of Opus Dei in the United States.
