Traffic, Floods and Prayer
Tracy Fernandes, an executive analyst in finance, works and lives in the crowded city of Mumbai. She lives with her parents and her brother and sister. Up and down, from home to the office and back … it is her daily life.
“A priest forever!”
The first members of Opus Dei to be ordained priests were just three. Three engineers to be specific. And all of them hailed from Spain. Those three priests were ordained eighty-two years ago. On Saturday 23rd May 2026, another eighteen members were ordained priests. They hail from varied professions and twelve different countries – including Kenya.
Do this in memory of the Christ
At the Last Supper, Jesus took bread and broke it. He handed it to his disciples and said, “This is my body which will be given for you; do this as a memorial of me.” On the day of the resurrection, Cleopas and his friend, as they were walking to Emmaus, recognised Christ when he took bread and broke it.
Masses on the feast of St Josemaria (2026)
Here is a list of Masses to be celebrated in South Africa on the feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá on June 26.
‘Sisters Blended Value Project’: Transforming religious women ministries in Africa
The Sisters Blended Value Project is equipping Catholic sisters in Africa with the skills to transform their ministries into sustainable social enterprises. The initiative focuses on capacity building, access to financing, markets and collaboration to strengthen sisters’ confidence and improve institutional management, led by Dr. Angela Ndunge of Strathmore University Business School, to ensure their mission continues to serve vulnerable communities.
St Josemaria Newsletter 29: Devotion on the five continents
On the occasion of the centenary of the priestly ordination of St Josemaria Escriva on 28 March 1925.
Cabo: “I collapsed in the middle of the street... but I felt this incredible peace”
A freezing warehouse in Northampton became a turning point for Cabo, helping him go from feeling lost in a foreign country to experiencing God’s presence in his life, appreciating everything He’d given him and wondering what God might be calling him to give back.
Lift up your gaze during the exam period
Pope Leo XIV invites us not to go through life with our eyes "fixed on the ground." Exams can do exactly that — swallow up the whole horizon and take your peace with them — but it doesn't have to be that way.
"Craftsmen of Peace": Priestly Ordination Highlights
18 members of Opus Dei were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Fernando José Castro Aguayo, Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela). The ceremony took place at the Basilica of Saint Eugune (Rome).
Their Eyes Were Opened (I): In the most material things of the earth
This is the beginning of a series on the arts as spaces for spiritual life. In this first article, we will consider how the Incarnation — the fact that God chose to take on a physical form — reveals the true value of the material world, and, with it, the potential of the arts.









