Opus Dei

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.

Fernando was a member of Opus Dei for eleven years. Today, after a difficult departure and a journey back, he reflects on the impact of those years and how true friendship can move mountains.

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.

Here is a list of Masses to be celebrated in South Africa on the feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá on June 26.

In his 3 June general audience, Pope Leo XIV continued the catechetical cycle on the Second Vatican Council, speaking about the dogmatic constitution “Sacrosanctum Concilium” and one of the fundamental elements of the sacred liturgy: the rite.

On the occasion of the centenary of the priestly ordination of St Josemaria Escriva on 28 March 1925.

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.

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.

A recollection is a “mini-retreat,” a few hours of quiet prayer when we look at our lives in God's presence. This guide can help us spend an hour or two in loving conversation with God, right where we are.

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.