Opus Dei

As a token of gratitude, I would like to briefly relate some of the favours that have been granted to me through the intercession of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo in recent years.

Last night God put in my heart an urgency to write this letter and that is why I got up early today, and here I am writing it. It all started with my son: he had acute asthma and was not responding to any treatment.

Life is a gift that comes through the love of parents. But that gift requires efforts, often unexpected and even heroic. Sometimes even the life of the mother and the child on the way hang by a thread.

Handing out Don Alvaro’s prayer cards in Kinshasa’s central prison (D. R. of the Congo).

A newsletter of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo on promoting social initiatives.

Blessed Alvaro liked to “visit” Mary by praying the rosary while walking or traveling to a specific Marian shrine or even simpler places with her image. During the years he lived in Rome, he discovered many lesser-known sanctuaries of popular devotion around the city.

A novena to ask God for serenity and peace of heart through the intercession of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo, who died on 23 March 1994.

Last September, a group of high school students from Hodari Club joined many pilgrims from around the world to witness the beatification of Bishop Alvaro del Portillo. We asked a few of them what they had learnt from the new Blessed...

The stories of Dora del Hoyo and Blessed Alvaro del Portillo - both in process of canonization - are very much connected. Both responded with fidelity to God's call to spread throughout the world the message that all of us can be saints in ordinary life, through ordinary work.

A solemn Mass in Strathmore University's chapel brought the centennial year of the birth of Blessed Alvaro del Portillo to a solemn close.