Opus Dei

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.

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).

As announced by the prophets, Jesus came to establish a new covenant. “Look, the days are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall make a new covenant with the House of Israel.” In the old covenant, God gave us the law. In the new covenant, God gives us something better: “The Law was given through Moses, grace and truth have come through Jesus Christ.”

Pedro Ballester was born on 22 May. On his birthday, we are sharing a prayer asking God for favours through his intercession, available in over 25 languages.

The Prelate of Opus Dei reflects on some contemporary challenges in this interview with Exaudi.

When did you last catch yourself staring into the infinite, not quite sure why? That’s what the apostles found themselves doing after the Ascension: eyes up, trying to process what had just happened. Then someone interrupted them with a question they could ask any of us today: “Why do you stand here looking into heaven?”

In 2026, Pentecost will be celebrated on Sunday, 24 May. The 10-day devotion to the Holy Spirit is a long-standing custom in the Church to prepare for this feast, fifty days after Easter.

Pedro died in Manchester in 2018 at the age of 21, after three years living with an aggressive cancer. He was an engineering student, and his cause for canonisation has just been opened. His birthday is 22nd May.

Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, in the 12 May 2026 Mass celebrated in the Basilica of Saint Eugene (Rome).

Ed Dillett was a plumber and the third married member of Opus Dei in the United States.