Opus Dei

Some practical ideas, inspired by St. Josemaría's teachings, to make this Jubilee a turning point in the participants' lives.

Saint John Paul II convoked the first Jubilee of Youth in 2000. It was the central event of the Great Jubilee of the Catholic Church, marking the 15th World Youth Day and bringing together more than two million young people from around the world.

Our work, besides cooperating in the divine plan of creation, can also share in the work of redemption; it becomes a means of sanctification and transformation of the world when carried out, in Christ, with charity and a priestly soul.

“The Gospel shows us Mary Magdalene as a woman who loved greatly and who wanted to love ever more deeply,” Bishop Javier Echevarría wrote of this great saint.

Mourning the loss of three members of Opus Dei in California

The Prelate of Opus Dei gives thanks to God for the family spirit in the Work and invites us to pray for the upcoming Jubilee of Youth.

A message from Pope Leo XIV for the feast of St. Joachim and St. Anne, with also the 5th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.

Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri passed away fifty years ago, on 16 July 1975. On the anniversary of her death, we remember her life, which was full of adventure and service to others. Guadalupe was a woman who allowed herself to be surprised by God and responded with a joyful vocation, reflecting the greatness of God’s love.

16 July is the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. "Wear on your breast the holy scapular of Carmel," Saint Josemaria said. "Besides, how maternal the sabbatine privilege is!"

"Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel." (Leo XIV)