PERSONAL TESTIMONIES
31-August-2010
Professional Basketball: Living the High Life?
It was 2004. With only 16 seconds left in our game against Real Madrid the coach finally noticed me. I was 19 at the time and more than a little nervous . . . 10-August-2010
“I was eager to help out in a place without as many resources”
Dr. Sylvia Sesé is an internist at Monkole Hospital, an apostolic work of Opus Dei in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 17-July-2010
Faith on the pages of a mystery novel.
Josefina Caprile from Argentina is a widow and the mother of eight children. Even so, she manages to write novels. She writes with a basic idea: books have to be interesting or no one will read them. 25-May-2010
Sergei: Sanctifying Work in Russia
Sergei, a 28-year-old historian, is a Russian Orthodox cooperator of Opus Dei who found St. Josemaría on the Internet in his hometown of Ryazan. 30-April-2010
Becoming Kazakh
Claudia Valbuena never dreamt she would live in a place so far from her native Chile. She arrived in Almaty more than 10 years ago to begin Opus Dei. “Becoming Kazakh” has been a long process, but she already feels half Kazakh… 13-April-2010
Surprised by God
Celina, a 23-year-old Chinese, is studying to be a concert pianist in Austria. After suffering a personal tragedy, she found new friends, and the path to God, in a student residence in Vienna. 25-March-2010
The Adventure Begins in Korea
Mercé is a nurse, although at present her full-time occupation is learning Korean. Along with other women of Opus Dei, she recently moved to Korea to help begin the apostolic work there. 08-March-2010
A Nurse in Haiti
Dawn Ribnek is a nurse practitioner in Chicago, Illinois, and a member of Opus Dei. She was on a service project in Haiti when the country was struck by the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. 25-January-2010
"I Wanted To Be Like That Mother"
At 14, while lying under a tree, Ivanna sensed that God was asking her for something. She relates how the example of another woman brought her closer to God. 03-December-2009
Africa's Moment
Liliane, a young woman from Cameroon now living in Paris, talks about the challenges her country faces and her life in Opus Dei. 23-October-2009
"God Doesn’t Take Coffee Breaks"
Ana became pregnant shortly after getting married. At 6 weeks she had a sonogram: "the one filled with hope." The second sonogram, taken at 12 weeks, was "the one filled with doubts," her husband Thomas said. As a radiologist, he was concerned about the size of the growing child's extremities …. 16-October-2009
“I, a saint?”
Isabella Tan, a widow and mother of three young children, tells how she changed when Christ entered her life 14-September-2009
My Family and Johann Sebastian Bach
Cristina Zudaire, an Argentinean supernumerary, is the mother of five, an organist, and a lover of Bach’s music. She tries to always leave room for beauty in "the hustle and bustle of daily life." 03-September-2009
An Acrobat in Las Vegas
Grzegorz Roś, from Poland, is 29. He works as an acrobat in Las Vegas. “My profession allows me to entertain people and to ‘amuse’ God,” he says. Grzegorz is a cooperator of Opus Dei. 27-July-2009
High in the Peruvian Andes
Bishop Enrique Pelach, the first priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, brought thousands of men and women to God traveling by horseback along mountain trails in Peru. 23-June-2009
“I Took Up My Camera One Last Time and Focused On His Hands…”
It was June 1975. “I took up my camera one last time and focused on his hands, which were so expressive. That was the last photo of him that I took.” 22-May-2009
Birds of a Feather
The need for a buddy system among many siblings provided the motto for this Spanish family. An interview with Rosa Pich, mother of 15. 28-April-2009
Lawyer, Wife and Mother
Begoña couldn’t understand why God had allowed her brother to fall into a coma. After undergoing a conversion in her own life, she brought her new-found faith and happiness to many other people. 06-April-2009
"I’ve never seen a stronger faith than that among persecuted Catholics in China"
An interview with Fr. Esteben Aranaz, a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, who is returning from six years of priestly work in Taiwan and on the Chinese mainland. 09-March-2009
Eight Photos of Me, Except for One
Ana Belen, a young Andaluz woman, narrates her life and vocation as a numerary assistant through eight photographs. 
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