Opus Dei

Closely united to the Holy Father, some 4,000 college students attending the university congress UNIV 2005 heard a message from the Pope read to them by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, Sub-secretary of State, in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall.

The Holy Father addressed the following words to those attending the UNIV conference in Rome.

The Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, met recently with a diverse group of people in the Spanish city of Valladolid.

The Prelate’s Reflections on Wednesday in Holy Week, broadcast on EWTN world radio

The Prelate’s Reflections on Tuesday of Holy Week, broadcast on EWTN world radio

The Prelate’s Easter Sunday reflections, broadcast on EWTN world radio

The Prelate’s Holy Saturday Reflections broadcast on EWTN world radio

Rianne Spoon, a 22-year-old Dutch medical student, was received into the Church this past December 12 during a solemn Mass in the Cathedral of St. Catherine in Utrecht, Netherlands. Here is her account:

Kianda Foundation, a non-profit trust established in 1961 to provide education to women in Kenya, has embarked on building an Endowment Fund that will provide education to 350 girls and 500 women in Kenya in perpetuity. Besides providing women with professional preparation, Kianda’s institutions offer programs of spiritual formation, which they have entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church.

“To educate a woman is to educate a family” goes the motto of the Centro de Formación Integral para la Mujer (CEFIM), which was established in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1986. CEFIM offers women of limited means a broad-based program of training and education, which qualifies them for jobs and helps them improve their life situation.