“A Home from Home” in UK

In an interview of 7 January 1967 with Tad Szulc of the New York Times, St Josemaría spoke about the work of Opus Dei in some Englishspeaking countries. He mentioned the work carried out by university halls of residence run by Opus Dei, providing “not [...]
Tags: Youth, Opus Dei, UK

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10 Questions about the St. Josemaria Institute

The St. Josemaria Institute was founded in the United States in 2006 to help people discover and explore the life and teachings of St. Josemaria, the “patron saint of ordinary life”, who has become a spiritual guide for thousands of people around the world. Elia [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, US, Josemaria Escriva

How can I have patience with the public?

- Father, I work in the security section of a big company. How can I have patience with the public? How can I attend to everyone with Christian charity, with a permanent smile, while not weakening when I have to ensure that they keep the [...]
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Winning the last battle

- Why have you recently been laying so much stress on winning the last battle? - My daughter, it's not only recently -- I've always said the same! Because everyone longs for peace and no body wants to fight. Or rather, they want to make war [...]
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New "Chair of St. Josemaría Escrivá" Created

At the School of Theology´s request, on December 12, 2011 the University Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome decreed the creation of a new Chair of St. Josemaría Escrivá within the Spiritual Theology Department. The Chair will not only focus on [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, University, Rome

With open arms

Catholic priests need to be open to everyone -- those on the left, those on the right, those in front, those behind, I like priests to be just priests, not to get mixed up in other things. To limit themselves to their spiritual mission, and [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, Priesthood

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The top 11 of 2011

Here are the 11 most viewed 2011 articles of this website: a film, a song, a prayer, a city, an event, a testimony, a letter, a documentary, a videoclip, a book and a game. 1 A film Interview With Roland Joffe in Rome There Be Dragons. [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, Video-clip, mp3, Video, Audio

St Josemaria in the King's Hospital

Many years ago, before any of these districts even existed, I used to go to the King's Hospital, many, many years ago, over forty, where were you all then...? And I remember that by the bedside of a woman with tuberculosis, - because tuberculosis was [...]
Tags: Suffering, Sickness, Madrid, Opus Dei

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Devotion to St Josemaria in Hong Kong

During the past year, the machines in our laundry had been needing repair quite frequently. The repair man, who is mature and rather loud-voiced, would come punctually to our house to fix the machines. Each time he comes, he would ask for some prayer [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, Devotion, prayer-card, Work of God

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There Be Dragons in Australia

There Be Dragons, Roland Joffé’s fiction film based on real events in the life of St Josemaria, is going on show in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for limited runs in December 2011. The film, starring Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley and Olga Kurylenko, will be shown [...]
Tags: Opus Dei, There be Dragons