Abi, Australia: "My life was full of stuff, but I wasn't fully happy"
Abi grew up in Perth, in western Australia. There she studied Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and developed a lot of hobbies, which, however, did not fulfil her completely: “So, I had all this time and had all this money and all these opportunities. But I felt like I was wasting my time... Well, not wasting my time, but wasting my life!”
From a Scholarship to a Far Greater Adventure
A Nicaraguan engineer recalls his university years in Guatemala, the friendships and formation that shaped him, and how they led to the discovery of God’s call.
Lions of the Pyrenees: Twenty-Five Years of Friendship, Adventure and Faith (III)
Forged by Shared Challenges
“It’s like he was thinking of me when he wrote it”
Nearly forty years ago, Natale Sandoli left Venezuela for Tenerife. A photographer, husband, and father of three, he’s the first to admit he wasn't much of a churchgoer back then. That changed when a friend handed him a copy of “The Forge.”
Lions of the Pyrenees: Twenty-Five Years of Friendship, Adventure and Faith (II)
A Shrine at the Heart of the Journey
Lions of the Pyrenees: Twenty-Five Years of Friendship, Adventure and Faith (I)
How a small gathering of three friends from the City of London grew into an international brotherhood united by adventure, reflection and pilgrimage.
Mary: “I can pray for them with my work”
Mary lives a busy schedule in a crowded city, but she finds joy and meaning in her daily routine. As a numerary of Opus Dei, Mary strives to live out a vocational call to holiness in the middle of the working world. In this interview, Mary describes how her faith, the teachings of St. Josemaria, and the spirit of Opus Dei assist her in her work as a human-centered designer.
“On my wedding day, I felt the same joy as at my First Communion”
A Dominican doctor recounts the unexpected obstacles that kept her from a Catholic wedding after her move to Spain, and how a chance encounter with Opus Dei helped her through years of longing to fully live her faith.
Fernando, mailman: “We all need someone to listen to us”
At 54, Fernando cares for his father, who is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s, while working for the Post Office, after years working as a chauffeur for high society. Between kilometres of cycling, the pages of his books and his daily rounds, Fernando has come to realise that the most urgent and valuable delivery a person can make will never fit into any envelope: it’s time spent caring for others.
“Danish people have a deep understanding of faith”
Hugo is a supernumerary living in Denmark where there are no centres of Opus Dei. Originally from Brazil, we ask him here about his adopted country.