St Josemaria at Lourdes

François Gondrand

St Josemaria went to Lourdes, France several times. The book “At God’s Pace” by François Gondrand contains a brief account of one of his visits to the Grotto at Lourdes on October 3, 1972.Tags: Catechetical trips, Our Lady

Election of Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo as St Josemaria’s first successor

Salvador Bernal

Three months after St Josemaria’s death on June 26, 1975, Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo – “Don Alvaro” – was elected to succeed him at the head of Opus Dei. Tags: Alvaro del Portillo, Faithfulness, Opus Dei

“I don’t want to go to Purgatory!”

Pilar Urbano

Sofia Varvaro, a young Italian of the Work, had been diagnosed as having cancer, and the doctors thought she had only a few months to live. Monsignor Escriva said he wanted to go and see her immediately.He started talking to Sofia before he had even entered her room. “Sofia, figlia mia! My daughter!” Tags: Charity, Heaven, Sickness, Optimism

Why Opus Dei makes me a better mum

Rosemary Keenan

What sets Opus Dei apart from the fickleness of the world is the ‘unity of life’ that members try to lead. “This is the real you, the person you are behind closed doors,” I often say to my children, “not the public image you portray when you’re outside with your friends.” Tags: Unity of life, family, Women

Along the roads of Europe

At the beginning of April 1970, St Josemaria, founder of Opus Dei, said he wanted to visit two shrines of our Lady like a twelfth-century pilgrim: with the same love, the same simplicity and the same joy. He was going there to pray for the world, the Church, the Pope, and Opus Dei. Tags: Piety, Our Lady, trips, In Love with the Church, UK

Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal

1830. The political panorama in France, and above all people’s attitudes, had changed a lot since the French Revolution of 1789. Amidst all the upheavals, our Lady made her voice heard. Tags: Holy Rosary, Our Lady, Devotion, Sanctuary of Our Lady

St Josemaria Escriva in Argentina

On June 7, 1974, the founder of Opus Dei, Msgr Josemaria Escriva, arrived in Argentina, wishing to carry out an intense catechetical apostolate. During his stay in Argentina he had many encounters with people in Opus Dei, families and friends. In these gatherings he talked about the great themes that move the world: God and men, life and death, suffering and joy, love and the fight against sin. Tags: Catechetical trips

Who is Her?

Getting to know Our Lady through St. Josemaría's teachings... Video Loving our Lady How can we love our Lady as tenderly as children? Video Our Lady and St Joseph During an encounter with diocesan priests in Guatemala, St Josemaria, the founder of Opus Dei, talked about devotion to our Lady and [...] Tags: Our Lady

Newman and Escriva

by Fr. Mario Arroyo Martinez

On September 19, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will preside at the ceremony to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman in the UK. The Holy Father accepted a friendly invitation from the British Government to make the first State visit of a Pope to the United Kingdom. Tags: Benedict XVI, Consistency, lay, Beatification, UK

The Early Days of Opus Dei in Cambridge (U.S.)

John Arthur Gueguen, JR. published in Studia et Documenta

This documentary account is a sequel to "The Early Days of Opus Dei in Boston" (Studia et Documenta). Recollections of people who took part in this history (1956-1961) are supplemented by material in the General Archive of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. Tags: Opus Dei, US