Opus Dei

September 27 is the second anniversary of the beatification of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo. Here is a new installment in the series "Praying with Alvaro del Portillo."

On 15 April 2014, Juan, a young trainer of show horses, had a serious accident when his horse fell on him and left him close to death. He and his family went to Blessed Alvaro del Portillo's intercession and, on recovering, he found that his priorities in life had changed completely.

Homily given by Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo at the Mass of Thanksgiving for the Beatification of Josemaría Escrivá (May 18, 1992)

A newsletter about Blessed Alvaro del Portillo’s teachings on divine mercy.

A year-old Peruvian boy who had come to Madrid with his family for Alvaro del Portillo's beatification was struggling between life and death after falling into a swimming pool. The news about Francisco Villa Corta spread rapidly among those attending the beatification.

A few of the many favors obtained through the intercession of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in the year since his beatification on September 27, 2014.

For the feast of Blessed Alvaro on May 12, Bishop Javier Echevarría celebrated a solemn Mass in the basilica of San Eugenio in Rome. Video summary with English subtitles

A newsletter about the beatification of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in September 2014 in Madrid.

English text of the Collect for the Mass of Blessed Alvaro that will be celebrated for the first time on the 12th of May.

Confession is "a tribunal with a heart of mercy," Blessed Alvaro says when speaking about God's readiness to forgive us.