Opus Dei

We offer a brief description of the events around the visit of Bishop Echevarría to Canadian cities including Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

Bishop Javier Echevarria, the Prelate of Opus Dei, spoke with more than 2,000 members of Opus Dei, family, and friends in Manhattan on Sept. 13, at the start of a pastoral trip to the United States and Canada.

We offer some images of the pastoral visit that the Prelate made some days ago to Kenya and Uganda.

Caroline Sawney is a working mother of three children. This August marks the 10th year she is a supernumerary member of Opus Dei: "Ten wonderful years to thank our Lord for..."

Framed portraits of St. Josemaria Escriva are now available from the St. Josemaria Institute.

In July a team of 22 men from Australia and New Zealand travelled to the Fijian village of Navunibitu to carry out urgent maintenance and painting in a school. The project was an annual “workcamp” organized by Warrane College. The pastoral care of Warrane College, a university residence of UNSW, is entrusted to Opus Dei.

Bishop Alan Hopes was the main celebrant at a Mass in honour of St Josemaría Escrivá in London on 19 June 2006, in the church of St Thomas More, Swiss Cottage, London. This is the text of his homily.

Masses in honour of St Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, were celebrated in June, in London, Manchester and Paisley. The occasion was the thirty-first anniversary of his death on 26th June, 1975.

On August 5, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI was interviewed for the first time by media professionals. The interview was transmitted by Vatican Radio and made available by the Vatican Information Service. Excerpts follow.

For the fourth year in a row, Creston College’s service project allowed twenty students from the Universities of New South Wales, Sydney and Technology the opportunity to touch some hearts – both young and old – in the western NSW town of Dubbo.