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Beside the Cross of Jesus: Magisterium, Saints, Poets

Texts from the magisterium, saints and Christian poets reflecting on the presence of Christ's Mother at his crucifixion.

St. Josemaría: "A Teacher's Main Virtue"

In 1972 St. Josemaría met with a group of high school teachers. "What is the most important virtue for a teacher?", he is asked (00’52’’).

"My family is everything to me"

Bridget Bagshaw has just had her seventh child. Married for 11 years, she takes care of her family on a full-time basis. Opus Dei helps her to be a better mother, spouse and friend, especially by a strong relationship with God.

Doug Hinderer: corporate executive talks about his life and Opus Dei

VIDEO: a corporate executive talks about growing up, finding Opus Dei, family issues, and misconceptions about Opus Dei.

Arigatou!

Paco has spent almost thirty years in Japan, where he teaches in a university. He writes to express his thanks for the many prayers for his country and to recount the recent events there.

Recent News

Finding God in my daily work as an art curator

Maylis is an art curator in France. She tries to speak with God as she works, “like someone in love who works and thinks all the time about the person she loves.”

The Founding of Opus Dei

“I was 26, had God’s grace and good humor and nothing else. And I had to do Opus Dei”. It was October 2, 1928, the feast of the Guardian Angels...

The First Years of Opus Dei

1928, 1929, 1930… St Josemaria had to fulfil God’s will, but had no trained assistants, no money, and no patrons.

The Civil War

The Spanish Civil War breaks out, together with one of the most violent periods of religious persecution in the history of the Church

A Christian Family

St Josemaria often recalled with gratitude how his parents introduced him step by step to the Christian way of life