"Forgiveness is a doorway": A Filmmaker and a Bishop on Faith, Acting, and Sanctifying Work
Director Jumpei Matsumoto and Bishop Toshihiro Sakai discuss forgiveness, friendship with God, and how an actor's craft can be a path to becoming "another Christ."
Nine Friends, One Weekend, and an Encyclical by the Sea
Today Pope Leo XIV turns 71. In just a few days he will travel to France (Paris, Lourdes, and Metz, from 25-28 September) and many people are already preparing to welcome him. A group of friends got a head start in their own way, through his texts.
A Shrine Among the Peaks
Why a Pyrenean adventure club of bankers and executives ends every year at the shrine of Torreciudad, and welcomes participants of every faith.
“I ask God to help me serve my patients”
Maria Luisa is a dentist working near Boston, Massachusetts. As a supernumerary of Opus Dei, she seeks to provide her patients with excellent care as well as charity and friendship. In this interview, Maria Luisa describes how her faith, the teachings of St. Josemaria, and the spirit of Opus Dei assist her in her work.
Lions of the Pyrenees: The Story Behind the First Expedition
A City of London lawyer organised a mountain trip to help a stressed friend in 2001. Twenty-five years on, it's an international fellowship spanning 14 countries.
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.
“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.”
Joy in Spite of Hardship
Pilar, a mother of six and a supernumerary of Opus Dei, felt called to visit a prison near her family home.
Sundays for the Whole Family
At the Niéré Centre (Abidjan, Ivory Coast), monthly "Formation Sundays" give parents and children a shared space to talk, play and learn from one another.