Wife, Mother of Four and Business Owner

Mary Beth Burger is a forty-two-year-old supernumerary. She is a wife and mother of four. She is a physical therapist and owns an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy clinic in Virginia. Her oldest child, Christopher, was born blind and suffers from other handicaps, including a form [...]
Tags: Family and work, US, Women of Opus Dei

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A dilemma we all face

Father, some of us find, at the end of the afternoon, that we feel we ought to keep on working, to make the most of the calmest time of the day, and also that we ought to go home and spend time with our kids, [...]
Tags: Education, Family and work, family

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How does she do it in real life?

St Josemaria's advice about families was based on his own lived experience - so people find it connects with theirs. Here: "Clutter Control Tips from Mother of 11" (Jennifer Cook Kilmer) - Good Morning America, Sept., 2011 The secret of married happiness [...]
Tags: Family and work, family, US, Women of Opus Dei

Testimony

My music... and Saint Josemaria

John, learned from St Josemaria that making a place for God in his life meant he could find the right place for his family and friends too, without abandoning his music. "My name is John and I play the cello. I have been playing the cello [...]
Tags: Family and work, Order, Responsibility, Supernatural outlook

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Music has always been a passion for me

John, cellist Music can be all-absorbing. Finding a deeply harmonious work-life balance was a struggle for this cellist, who learned from St Josemaria that making a place for God in his life meant he could find the right place for his family and friends too, without [...]
Tags: Family and work, Order, Canada

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A fulltime mum

I am Roman Catholic, aged 29, married and a fulltime mum. We keep pigs, sheep, chickens and a dog in a small village near Leatherhead. I had known about Opus Dei for quite a long time before I was directly introduced by a friend and I [...]
Tags: Cooperators of Opus Dei, Family and work, Marriage, UK

Testimony

The best thing that ever happened to me

How did you hear of St Josemaria? When I was little, we used to say family prayers together every evening. Each child would tell our Lord about something that had happened that day, and then we’d sing or say some Hail Marys. Finally, one of [...]
Tags: Family and work, Footprints in the Snow, Our Lady of Peace, France

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I'm short of time

A doctor asks St Josemaria Escriva: “Some days our work leaves us no time for anything else. How can we keep sanctifying ourselves and manage our homes?”
Tags: Family and work, Prayer, Plan of life, Work, Interior life, Priestly soul

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New York Conference on St Josemaria

A conference on St Josemaria entitled “Living the Message of St Josemaria in the United States” will be held in New York on Saturday October 17, 2009. The conference is being held to mark 60 years of Opus Dei in the US. It will feature [...]
Tags: Family and work, Opus Dei, Holiness

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A Professional Outlook On the Work Of The Home

HomeAdvantage Plus, LLC is a corporation launched in late 1997 to provide educational resources and practical Information for creating a home that enhances the quality of life for individuals and families. HomeAdvantage Plus was conceived in my heart in April of 1973 when I joined Opus [...]
Tags: Family and work, Children, Service, Work