Opus Dei

Bishop Javier Echevarría concluded his North American pastoral visit this week, telling 2500 members and friends of Opus Dei gathered in Houston that the sacraments are “a great help” for becoming holy “in the events of our ordinary life.”

At a gathering this past Sunday outside San Francisco, Bishop Javier Echevarría urged 1800 members and friends of Opus Dei to “get to know Christ” better.

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.

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.

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.