Opus Dei

Letter of Bishop Javier Echevarría to the faithful of Opus Dei. In this month’s letter he reminds them that all Catholics ought to help their friends and relatives discover the faith. Quoting Pope Bendict XVI, he stresses that to do apostolate “is truly a service to joy, to God’s joy which longs to break into the world.” (Homily, April 24, 2005)

26th June 2007 was the thirty-second anniversary of the death of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, in 1975.

A recently published interview with Msgr. Fred Dolan, the Vicar for Canada, where he talks about discovering his vocation to Opus Dei.

During the Mass celebrated in Rome on the feastday of St. Josemaría (June 26), the Prelate mentioned that on that very day the stable work of Opus Dei in Russia had begun. These paragraphs from Bishop Echevarría's homily speak about these new beginnings.

For over 40 years Condoray has been providing job training for women who have no resources of their own. An interview with the program's assistant director.

In 2002 in Warsaw, on June 26th, Irene Kalpas met Opus Dei "by chance." She was almost 90 years old.

Letter of Bishop Javier Echevarría to the faithful of Opus Dei. This month’s letter urges the faithful to consider the ordinary but exemplary life of the first Christians.

In this section we have collected testimonies from people in Britain.

Opus Dei began in Britain in December 1946. The first centre was set up in Rutland Court and soon after moved to Netherhall House in Hampstead. Later the first women's centre was set up on the same site in 1952.

A statue of St Josemaría Escrivá was blessed and installed in the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi (India) on Tuesday 26 June, the feast day of the saint.