New information for the history of Josemaría Escrivá and Opus Dei

The fifth volume of "Studia et Documenta" (2011) has just been published. The premiere of the latest film by Roland Joffé, There Be Dragons is attracting an ever increasing interest in the life and history of Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei. [...]
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Shining new light on Opus Dei’s mission

Opus Dei means “work of God’’ in Latin. At the Montrose School in Medfield, it means educating girls to be leaders with “faith, character, and vision,’’ said the independent Catholic institution’s head, Karen E. Bohlin. For Mary Brennan, a Franklin mother of six, it is a [...]
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Harambee Africa International. Rome, October 27th

“Trust in mankind, and love and be close to people of every condition. From these points of reference, the fruit of the teachings of St Josemaria, was born the Harambee Programme for Africa.” This is the way Giovanni Mottini, the president of the new charitable [...]
Tags: Canonization, Charity, Education, Poverty, Solidarity, Harambee

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Studies: St Josemaria’s education

The academic journal Studia et Documenta is published by the Instituto Storico San Josemaria Escriva. It contains articles about St Josemaria and the history of Opus Dei. The second volume, recently issued, covers St Josemaria’s education. Professor José Luis Illanes says in his introduction: “To dedicate [...]
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Exemplary Virtues in Ordinary Work

Last month, Anihan Training School in the Philippines graduated 60 more professionally-trained young women into the local hotel and restaurant industry. Now in its 21st year of serving the less privileged young women of the Calabarzon area, Anihan has been true to its name, producing [...]
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Kianda Foundation’s new project for Kenyan women

ROME (Fides Agency) – They hire out donkeys for transport, run hairdressing salons, open kiosks, make or sell new and second-hand clothes, supply building materials, set up knitting or sewing workshops, market vegetables, rear dairy cows, goats, and sheep. More than 500 Kenyan women have [...]
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Montrose School breaks ground on new Medfield campus

From September 15, 2006 Edition of The Pilot (Pilot photo/Seana Murphy Dorich) By Seana Murphy Dorich, Pilot correspondent MEDFIELD — On Sept. 8, Montrose School broke ground at the site of its new permanent campus at 29 North Street in Medfield. Montrose is an independent college [...]
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Celebration for Africa on Madison Avenue

Harambee, a charitable foundation established on the occasion of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, held a fundraising event in Manhattan on May 15. Opus Dei members and others helped organize a fundraising event for HarambeeUSA on May 15. More than 200 people attended [...]
Tags: Canonization, Charity, Education, Opus Dei, Solidarity