New volumes of the acts of the congress “The Grandeur of Ordinary Life”

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross publishes volumes covering the workshops on “Family and Culture of Life” and “Youth”. In January 2002 a congress on “The Grandeur of Ordinary Life” was held in Rome, aiming to get to the heart of Josemaría Escrivá’s message. Some [...]
Tags: Youth, Ordinary life

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Metro Achievement Center, US

Metro Achievement Center is a youth education center run by Midtown Educational Foundation. Pupils there are from majority Hispanic and Afro-American backgrounds, coming from the most deprived parts of Chicago. Since 1994, Metro has been housed in a 1,500m ² building with classrooms, two IT [...]
Tags: Friendship, Study, Children, Justice, Youth, Poverty

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Saturday morning catechism

College students with a good grasp of the Christian faith go to districts in the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, to teach catechism to children and young people. As time goes by, as well as recalling episodes from their classes, they realise that they themselves are [...]
Tags: Doctrine, Youth, Opus Dei, Catechesis

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A flame to set the world on fire with new life

Bruno: We got to know each other during our school years and it was Nadine who gave me the idea of attending a spiritual retreat. It was from there that I wanted to know more about the teachings of Josemaria Escriva. Nadine: I advised Bruno about [...]
Tags: Joy, Friendship, Study, Youth, engagement

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Redeeming Time

When I first heard about the Founder of Opus Dei’s message, and started trying to put it into practice, I realized more deeply with every week and month that passed, that my hours of study had their own importance in God’s eyes, and that they [...]
Tags: Study, Youth

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Citizens who value love

Marriage is such an important step that it requires careful preparation, following the sort of advice Saint Josemaria gave to young people setting out on this path. It is an adventure and a beautiful one, even today. Nowadays anyone thinking of getting married is assailed by [...]
Tags: Youth, Marriage, Love, engagement

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Understanding what God is like

I was born in Stockholm and have lived here all my life. I was lucky enough to grow up in a deeply Christian family. My father is Catholic, my mother Protestant, and I have three siblings. All of us were baptized in the Catholic Church [...]
Tags: Friendship, Apostolate, Youth, Interior life, Ordinary life, God

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Living life to the fullest

“Live life to the fullest!” This has always been my motto. You can say I am a person who enjoys the adventure and excitement in life. Before I learnt of St Josemaria and his message of holiness in ordinary life, I was convinced that in [...]
Tags: Little things, Youth, Holiness, Ordinary life

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The Youthful Spirit of a Saint

There are many things that could be called characteristic features of a saint, because although the saints canonized by the Church are almost infinitely varied, they all have certain things in common. The feature I want to look at today is their being young at [...]
Tags: Joy, Love of God, Generosity, Youth, Optimism, Vocation

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Building the Future

Looking at things from saint Josemaria’s point of view, if he were asked what youth is, or better still, what it should be, he would certainly answer that youth is the time for discovering and freely affirming the meaning of one’s existence; a time for [...]
Tags: Joy, Culture, Youth, Vocation