Opus Dei

Here are some highlights from the pastoral visit to Nigeria by the Prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, who was there from July 19 to July 26. Opus Dei began its work in Nigeria in 1965.

Invited by Jesús Sanz Montes, the Archbishop of Oviedo, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz went on pilgrimage to the shrine of Covadonga to participate in the Marian Jubilee Year of the Coronation of the Virgin. He prayed before the Virgin in the Holy Cave and concelebrated Mass with Archbishop Sanz Montes and Don Adolfo Mariño, abbot of Covadonga.

An extensive interview with the Prelate of Opus Dei was recently published in the Italian newspaper "Avvenire." Here are two questions about the apostolic exhortation "Guadete et exsultate."

Homily of Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz for the liturgical memorial of Saint Josemaria, given in the basilica of Saint Eugene in Rome on 26 June 2018.

Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz will travel to Spain, Nigeria, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay to see faithful and friends of the Prelature.

An interview with the Prelate of Opus Dei, who is Chancellor of Strathmore University in Kenya, that was published for the 10th anniversary of the University's charter.

From May 31st to June 3rd, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz made a pastoral visit to Sicily. In Palermo, he greeted members of Opus Dei and their friends.

On Saturday May 26, at 10 am, the Holy Father received Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, in an audience.

"Prayer is the most powerful weapon we have for building up the Church,” Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz said during his four-day pastoral visit to Stockholm, where he greeted Cardinal Arborelius and met with faithful and friends of the Prelature.

Last December, the Prelate of Opus Dei spent three days in London. This 27-minute video includes some of the things he said to his sons and daughters in Britain, as well as the various apostolic initiatives he was able to visit or hear about.