Opus Dei

Emily Mwangi tells how Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s teachings influenced her life and her work.

My chief memory of Msgr. Escriva is his great lightheartedness. Once he gave me a little laughing donkey and said: “Every time you look at it, it will remind you to pray for me.” He gave a special significance to the donkey; he used to call himself “a beast of burden for Our Lord.” Bishop William Gordon Wheeler of Leeds wrote the following testimony some years after the death of Msgr Josemaria Escriva in June 1975. It was published in the Scottish Catholic Observer on 23 April 1982.

Msgr. Escrivá was interviewed by Time magazine journalist Peter Forbath on 15th April 1967. In that conversation, he talked about 2nd October 1928, the day Opus Dei was founded. We offer some excerpts from that interview.

Lin Hao is a Taiwanese member of Opus Dei. He recounts his personal impressions of the events leading up to the meeting his family had with the Prelate of Opus Dei in Singapore on August 2 and the fatherly advice they received, all of which was made possible because of the love and support of his family.

More than 1,200 people read the Bible uninterruptedly over the course of a week during the Synod on the Word of God in Rome. The Pope began the reading with Genesis. Among the readers was Bishop Javier Echevarría. (Video)

Words from Bishop Javier Echevarría's intervention in the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God

Bishop Javier Echevarría was interviewed on October 3 by a Rome newspaper, "La Repubblica," on the occasion of Opus Dei’s 80th anniversary.

An article by Bishop Javier Echevarría published on the occasion of Opus Dei's 80th anniversary.

Interview with Angelo Porciuncula, Filipino student at the University of Navarre in Spain, about the website he set up to interest young people in the life of Jesus Christ's early followers.

In his October letter, the Prelate stresses the importance of humility. Only by relying on God’s help can we yield fruit that will last.