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“Letters to a Saint”: eBook with letters from Guadalupe Ortiz

“Letters to a Saint” offers an English translation of letters written by Guadalupe to Saint Josemaría. The founder of Opus Dei kept these letters among his personal correspondence, and they are now found in the General Archive of the Prelature.

Documentation

"Today's world needs to rediscover God's plan for the family"

In the Shrine of the Holy House of Loreto, where according to tradition Mary said yes to God's plans, Pope Francis asked young people to discover their personal vocation in the Church and help foster a new flourishing of holiness in God's people.

From the Church and the Pope

Life of Mary (V): The Annunciation

The fifth reflection on our Lady’s life. St. Gabriel informs Mary of the divine way in which motherhood and virginity will unite in her womb.

Fostering Interior Life

Irish Jesuit Hero who Influenced Mother Teresa and Josemaria Escriva

Fr. Willie Doyle was a World War I military chaplain who died while serving heroically those alongside him.

Recent News

The Alviras: Newsletter No. 1

Tomas and Paquita Alvira, whose cause of canonization has been opened, gave effective example of what it means to "educate in unity of life," in accord with Saint Josemaria's teaching.

Other resources

I love sports! Part 1

I’ve grown up playing a good variety of sports: basketball, football, rugby, racquet games… Not forgetting swimming, jogging, cycling, judo, karate and my attempts at golf.

News

Theology of the Body and 100 youth

February is very much coloured by Valentine’s Day. Pink. Teddy bears. Red roses. Dates. My February this year was rather different. It was coloured by a seminar I attended on Theology of the Body.

News

Guadalupe's Vocation: 75 years ago today

On 19 March 1944, the soon-to-be blessed Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri asked to join Opus Dei. We offer a translation of the letter she wrote to Saint Josemaria Escriva on this day.

Life and Stories

Why suffer? The Christian Meaning of Mortification

A brief summary of four articles on the meaning of Christian mortification.

Fostering Interior Life

Something Great That Is Love (VI): So that the music plays

The vocation to Opus Dei is a call to "interpret" personally a musical score, to play a divine music that has as many interpretations as persons.

Fostering Interior Life