Opus Dei

Mercedes and Concha are sisters and both are assistant numeraries. After many years of working in the administration of Opus Dei centres, they now dedicate themselves to caring for their brothers, who suffer from spastic paraplegia, and to carrying out apostolic activities in places on the Levantine coast, including Gandía and Alzira. This is a conversation between the two sisters.

My name is Juana Lidia Quispe Maita. I am from the community of Copachilaia. From my community, you can see Lake Titicaca, which is 4000 metres above sea level, and I am an assistant numerary of Opus Dei. I am here for a while looking after my mother, who is alone. I accompany her, take care of her, and help her with whatever she needs. And from time to time I go to the city.

Carmen is a supply chain manager at a supermarket and lives with her family in Madrid. "What I've learned from working has helped me to raise my children." She and her husband, try to instil in them an attitude of solidarity and acceptance, which is why they participate in a family volunteering programme run out of Tajamar, the school where they study: "We want our children to be open to all realities, in every sphere, to learn respect and hospitality."

Tenth article in the "Combat, closeness, mission" series. When the relationship between father and child, and between generations, takes the form of a blessing, we can look to the future without any kind of fear.

Javi Ballester talks about learning to accept his father's mental illness and support him as a family, and how the experience helped him discover God's call.

In the Prelature of Opus Dei, junior candidates are people between fourteen and a half and sixteen and a half years old who, seeking to respond to a call from the Lord, have expressed their desire to join the Prelature when they reach the required age.

Javi is the younger brother of Pedro Ballester, a young man from Manchester who died of osteosarcoma at 21. This is the second part of a video interview with him.

"Love explained each thing to me; love solved everything for me." Often, the place we find that love is in our families. This video illustrates the richness and importance of family life.

A short case study about harmony and differing interests and personalities in family life.

In the first installment of the "Conversions" series, Julie (United States) talks about rediscovering the Catholic faith, starting by asking different family members one question: "What makes you happy?"