What does it mean to "be an apostle" in the 21st century?

Sonsoles is a student who went to a catechetical gathering with Bishop Javier Echevarria, Prelate of Opus Dei, at the WYD, August 2011. She asked him, in front of thousands of young people like herself, what "being an apostle" means and how to be one [...]
Tags: Apostolate, Javier Echevarria, Youth, Opus Dei prelate

Pope talks about how to recognize the voice of God

January 16, 2012. (Romereports.com) During Sunday's Angelus the pope talked about vocations, focusing on the power of recognizing and following the voice of God. Benedict XVI “And so, the call to follow Jesus more closely, to not form a family, but instead dedicate oneself to [...]
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Testimony

Bohemian but not slapdash

I am an author, novelist, op-ed writer, and married with four children. I have a wonderful job: telling stories. I had the great good fortune to be born into a Christian family which was imbued quite naturally with St Josemaria’s teachings. I say “quite naturally” [...]
Tags: Beauty, Youth, Work, job

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Looking at our Lady

Saturday was our Lady’s day. That day, Josemaría’s parents used to go to their local church, St Bartholomew’s, to say the rosary with other families. They took Josemaría too, as long as he promised to keep quiet and behave, which wasn’t always easy. On the [...]
Tags: Youth, For younger readers, Our Lady

People in love don't grow old

Miguel Aranguren, Spanish author and journalist, discovered that St Josemaria was always young. "I realized that youth isn't a question of years, it's having a heart that's in love."
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Pope reflects on World Youth Day Madrid 2011

The pope has returned from Madrid to his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo just south of Rome. He was greeted by a number of pilgrims that were also with him at this year's World Youth Day in Madrid. Benedict XVI “Having just returned from Madrid, [...]
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The Beginnings of Kibondeni College, Nairobi

Kibondeni College is a corporate work of Opus Dei in Kenya, East Africa. This article's focus is the pre-history, the initial stages and the development of the school which started as a service unit alongside Strathmore and Kianda Colleges. The article seeks to highlight the [...]
Tags: Youth, school, Women, Kenya, Opus Dei members, Women of Opus Dei

Life becomes simpler when we pray

Zhonghua Wang is from Beijing and studies in Germany. She tells how she comes to be baptized by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, during the Easter Vigil, 2011.
Tags: Baptism, Conversion, Youth, Benedict XVI, China

Do what you ought and put your heart into what you are doing

Charlotte is an engineering student. She was struck by a point in The Way because “to be a saint it is not necessary to perform great feats.”
Tags: The Way, Study, Youth

WYD Madrid 2011: Young people crowd Plaza de Cibeles to welcome the pope

Benedict XVI was greeted by hundreds of thousands of young people in Madrid's Plaza de Cibeles. This is pope's first event with young people for World Youth Day. The event's official choir welcomed the popemobile as it went through a sea of flags from every continent. [...]
Tags: Youth, Pope, Benedict XVI