Opus Dei is a Catholic institution founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá. Its mission is to spread the message that work and the circumstances of everyday life are occasions for growing closer to God, for serving others, and for improving society. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/ http://www.opusdei.org/img/opusdeirss.gif http://www.opusdei.org.sg/ VIDEO: a contractor talks about finding his vocation to be a supernumerary, Opus Dei's influence on his children, and his concerns about Opus Dei. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=16036 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=16036 Rete 4, an Italian television station, recently aired an animated program on the early life of St. Josemaría Escrivá. This fragment shows how the young boy comes to understand the value of work by seeing a donkey hard at work (02'03''). http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30629 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30629 VIDEO: a lawyer talks about work and family life, why she joined Opus Dei, and what holiness means to her. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=16054 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=16054 An article on the Pauline Year that focuses on the life and legacy of the Apostle to the Gentiles, and on the Holy Father's ardent concern to foster unity among all Christians. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30690 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30690 Rete 4, an Italian television station, recently aired an animated program on the early life of St. Josemaría Escrivá. This segment shows how the young boy comes to understand the value of work by seeing a donkey hard at work (02'03''). http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30689 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30689 How does Jesus approach us? Our Lord approaches us as he did his disciples: with affection, with naturalness, with patience in the face of our mistakes (0’59”). http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30692 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30692 Vesta Ostoic has three daughters and lives in a town in Namibia, 900 km away from the city. She moved there from London because her husband works in a mining company. In her situation, it is a bit more difficult to receive Christian formation and to do apostolate … but not impossible. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30433 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30433 In order to love someone, we have to get to know them, converse with them, laugh and suffer with them. And this is what we need to do with Jesus Christ. St. Josemaría told him: “I believe in you, I hope in you, I love you, I long to be your friend…” (02’01”) http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30602 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30602 How to combine faith and dodge-ball. This message of St Josemaria comes from a page off the blog of a seminarian in the US http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30429 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30429 Under shade provided by thatched palm branches, several hundred people from the Congolese town of Nkama-Bangala attended the inaugural Mass for the first church in Africa dedicated to St. Josemaría. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30601 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30601 St. Josemaria said that “the happiness of heaven is for those who know how to be happy on earth.” But what will that happiness be made up of? What will heaven be like? “Heaven is… love,” the saint tells us in this video (0’50”). http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30525 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30525 In a small town in Aragon, Spain, the parish church has a new statue of St. Josemaría. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30508 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30508 Bishop Echevarría’s letter this month is focused on specific ways we can love and serve the Church. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30511 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30511 Father Julián Díez-Antoñanzas is a member of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross and is parish priest in Saragossa (Spain). Last summer, he accompanied some blind people on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He tells us some of his experiences. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30430 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30430 As we see in the parable of the prodigal son, Christian life means returning every day to the Father's house (02’22’’). http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30418 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30418 After the recent terrorist attack at the University of Navarra, in which over 20 people were injured, the president of the university, Ángel J. Gómez-Montoro, made a public statement. http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30417 http://www.opusdei.org.sg/art.php?p=30417