Opus Dei

As a young priest, St. Josemaría was especially fond of a small statue of the Infant Jesus. He would hold the Child in his arms, sing and even dance with it. “I’m glad to see you as a small Child,” he would say, “because it makes me feel you need me” (02’ 12”).

Selections from Benedict XVI’s Christmas homilies and addresses that can nourish our prayer at Christmas

Mary Hunt, new academic dean, explains the value of a personalized education in Lexington's Hospitality Management degree. Includes recent video with student testimonies.

December 10, 2008, marked the sixtieth anniversary of this declaration. We offer some relevant addresses by John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

In this video for November 28, the date the Holy See in 1982 erected Opus Dei as a personal prelature, Bishop Echevarría answers questions from a journalist from the Italian television network RAI (8’24”).

Recently members and friends celebrated Opus Dei's 80th anniversary with the Latin Patriarch. This video shows how the spirit of Opus Dei helps Christians and non-Christians to be sowers of peace in our Lord's homeland (8'49'').

Under shade provided by thatched palm branches, several hundred people from the Congolese town of Nkama-Bangala attended the inaugural Mass for the first church in Africa dedicated to St. Josemaría.

In a small town in Aragon, Spain, the parish church has a new statue of St. Josemaría.

After the recent terrorist attack at the University of Navarra, in which over 20 people were injured, the president of the university, Ángel J. Gómez-Montoro, made a public statement.

More than 1,200 people read the Bible uninterruptedly over the course of a week during the Synod on the Word of God in Rome. The Pope began the reading with Genesis. Among the readers was Bishop Javier Echevarría. (Video)