Opus Dei

St. Josemaría suggests working gladly and enthusiastically, in order to earn one’s livelihood and support one’s family. But above all to please God. That is Opus Dei (01’34”).

Nicole Joseph Dookie was born in Trinidad, in a Christian family. Moved by the example of her husband, Jerome Dookie, she was received into the Catholic Church in March 2002, and joined Opus Dei as a Supernumerary in October that same year. At about that time she was first diagnosed with cancer, which proved to be terminal. She prepared her children, who were still very young – ranging from 3 to 11 – to accept her death serenely.

From June 28, 2008 to June 29, 2009, the Church is celebrating a jubilee year dedicated to Saint Paul, for the two-thousandth anniversary of his birth. The Opus Dei website will offer a series of videos about the Apostle to the Gentiles.

Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s vicar for the diocese of Rome, closed the diocesan process of Bishop Álvaro del Portillo's cause of canonization. With 11 photos from the ceremony.

Opus Dei was born in the Church and exists in the Church to serve the Church. In this year marking the 25th anniversary of the Work’s being erected as a personal prelature, we offer an article explaining the relevance of this event.

With a lot of work to do, we can easily forget to greet our Lord and our Lady with words of affection. St. Josemaría suggested using “alarm clocks,” small objects or pictures that remind us of God’s presence (01’38”).

Josephine Kunnacherry, a gynaecologist, was born in Kerala, India. She is a numerary member of Opus Dei. After graduating, Dr. Kunnacherry worked for several years in Europe and in Africa. Before coming back to India she was the Director of a hospital in Nigeria. Since 1997 she lives in Delhi, where she is in charge of a social project called Family Health Care.

On June 26 we will celebrate the feast day of St Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei. Much has been written about him, but there is a side to him that is rarely commented on though it was noticed by his contemporaries - it was his good humor.

On next Thursday, June 26, in Rome’s Lateran Palace, Cardinal Camillo Ruini will preside over the closing session of the diocesan process on the life and virtues of the Servant of God, Álvaro del Portillo (1914-1994), bishop and prelate of Opus Dei.

Just a month before World Youth Day begins in Australia, we offer video extracts from two recent encounters that Bishop Javier Echevarría had with young people from various countries, whom he encouraged to trust in Christ (03’10”).