Opus Dei

In view of the recent Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI "Caritas in veritate", we bring forth this article that examines the freedom and responsibility Christians have towards solving contemporary society's problems in the light of some of St Josemaría's teachings.

"Throughout the Year of the Priesthood, besides praying for the holiness of all priests, we have to pray for the holiness of the entire Christian people," who share in Christ's "royal priesthood," the Prelate tells us in his letter this month.

I helped with Saturday morning catechism classes in “14 km”, a shanty-town where people’s attitudes were not exactly positive. After two or three more attempts, they stopped stoning us on sight…

She came from Lastres, a fishing-village in Asturias, Spain. Her name was Azucena Olivar Sanchez, but for us kids she was always “Nanny”.

The driver’s seat in my bus has become a wonderful place for talking about ‘our Father’.

In 1991, Fr. Luis de Moya, an Opus Dei priest, suffered an automobile accident. His life was miraculously saved, but his spine was fractured and he lost all mobility and sensation below the neck. He had to learn to live with an almost unusable body, dependent on others for almost everything.

Ana became pregnant shortly after getting married. At 6 weeks she had a sonogram: "the one filled with hope." The second sonogram, taken at 12 weeks, was "the one filled with doubts," her husband Thomas said. As a radiologist, he was concerned about the size of the growing child's extremities ….

Fr. Joseph was one of the first three priests of Opus Dei, and died with a reputation for holiness in Boston in 1983. John Coverdale has written a brief biography of this exemplary priest.

Isabella Tan, a widow and mother of three young children, tells how she changed when Christ entered her life

An interview with Father Juan Jose Sanchez chaplain of Venezuela's Naval Academy. He lives in Guaira, Venezuela, and is a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross.