Letter from the Prelate (5 April 2017)
Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz writes about how to take full advantage of the upcoming days of Holy Week.
"Montse loved basketball and spread joy"
Pope Francis declared Montse Grases “venerable” one year ago. During a recent commemorative meeting in Rome, a number of people confirmed that her beatification process is continuing to make progress.
Matrimony and Prayer
"Marriage means leaving behind something you’re familiar with (single life) and entering into a world you may not be prepared for. That’s why prayer is so important." A new article in the series on marriage and courtship.
“God exists: I have met him”
Alain Voirol, married, with 7 children, is a Swiss army electrical engineer who met Opus Dei while teaching in a technical school in Ivory Coast. He talks about how being in the Prelature has affected the rest of his life.
Thirty-One New Priests in One Month
The priestly ordination of 31 faithful of Opus Dei is just one month away. The celebrant will be Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Governorate of the Vatican City State.
Growing Pumpkins and Chasing Rabbits
Dora del Hoyo, whose canonization cause recently advanced, grew up on a farm amid a warm family atmosphere.
"Charity is first of all a grace, a gift"
"The great commandment the Lord Jesus left us is the one about love: to love God with all our heart, with all our soul and with all our mind, and to love our neighbor as ourselves," Pope Francis said in his March 15 general audience.
"The Way" in Havana
"I asked our Lord not to let me die before once again being able to have this book in my hands,” recounts an elderly woman in Havana, Cuba. A new "Story about 'The Way.'"
Choosing a Spouse
A new article in the series on marriage and courtship. "If marriage were about just a man and a woman perhaps it could be entered into with less foresight, but we are marrying the father/mother of our future children."
With Seminarians in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Priests in the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross in Ivory Coast have organized workshops for seminarians from all over the country.