Opus Dei

Estelle was a resident in Ashwell for 3 years. She was curious to see if other students who were in Ashwell during lockdown had the same experience as she had: did they also feel Ashwell as a home away from home?

Newsletters in English and a video about the life of Fr José María Hernandez Garnica, who began the apostolic work of Opus Dei in a number of European countries.

Homily given by Fr Andrew Soane for the Mass of the Assumption on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the visit of St Josemaría Escrivá to the Shrine to consecrate Opus Dei to Our Lady on 15 August 1958

A Mass for the Assumption of Our Lady is being celebrated at Our Lady of Willesden church where St Josemaría Escrivá consecrated Opus Dei to Our Lady on 15 August 1958.

When Pope Francis declared a Year of Mercy starting in December 2015 it set me thinking about works of mercy. In a meeting with friends to discuss possible projects, someone mentioned how he used to go with a group of volunteers to a prison to attend Sunday Mass there with the prisoners. I was moved by this idea and resolved to look into it further.

The Prelate of Opus Dei spent three days in London in December 2017. This video includes some of the things he said to his sons and daughters in Britain and the various apostolic initiatives he was able to visit or hear about.

A 21-year-old engineering student from the North of England learnt to love God and find joy in the intense pain of terminal cancer. Fr Joseph Evans, chaplain of Greygarth Hall in Manchester, tells his story.

Monsignor Fernando Ocariz completed yesterday his three-day visit to London, where he met many Opus Dei members and friends, and visited several educational and social projects they run.

This requires firm convictions and a good knowledge of one’s faith.

"Visiting prisoners has been for many of us not only an act of mercy, but a humanising experience of stepping into a world, like our own, in need of redemption."