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.us/ http://www.opusdei.org/img/opusdeirss.gif http://www.opusdei.us/ Crossroad has recently published an in-depth look at the experience of women in the Prelature of Opus Dei. With link to Zenit interview with Marie Oates, who coedited the book with Linda Ruf and Jenny Driver. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36088 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36088 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.us/art.php?p=16036 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=16036 Molly, a student at the University of California at Berkeley, talks about living her faith at the university and recalls how that faith was tested by the recent death of her mother. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=24422 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=24422 The fourth video in this series for the Year of the Priesthood highlights the union between the priesthood and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35796 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35796 Young people from various countries speak about how they have found happiness in living their Christian faith (04'57''). http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35156 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35156 Invited by Bishop José Asenjo, he will join the bishop in blessing a relic of Saint Josemaría in a parish church and give a conference to priests of the diocese during the Year for Priests. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36163 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36163 This Roman university, born under the inspiration of St. Josemaría Escrivá, "was made possible by the love for the Church and the priesthood that characterized the Founder of Opus Dei." http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36082 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36082 This statement responds to some inquiries about the nature of the Prelature occasioned by the Apostolic Constitution "Anglicanorum coetibus." http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36016 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=36016 "Throughout the Year of the Priesthood, besides praying for the holiness of all priests, we have to pray for the holiness of the entire Christian people," who share in Christ's "royal priesthood," the Prelate tells us in his letter this month. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35903 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35903 What does St. Josemaría mean when he insists that our work can become contemplative prayer? A new article in the series on how to sanctify our daily work. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35819 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35819 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 …. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35794 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35794 In the midst of the present economic difficulties, we offer a "Novena for Work" for asking St. Josemaria's intercession in finding a job. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=33781 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=33781 Fr. Joseph was one of the first three priests of Opus Dei, and died with a reputation for holiness in Boston in 1983. John Coverdale has written a brief biography of this exemplary priest. http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35751 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35751 Isabella Tan, a widow and mother of three young children, tells how she changed when Christ entered her life http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35938 http://www.opusdei.us/art.php?p=35938