VIDEO TESTIMONIES

Molly Bowman: Berkeley student talks about her mother's recent death

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. 

A Young Christian in Lebanon

Rita Youssif belongs to the Maronite Rite. When still a young girl in Lebanon she had to flee from her village because of the fighting. Despite all the upheavals, she came to realize that God had a plan for her life (Video). 

Lawyer, mother of 3 on how her faith helps her juggle all her roles

Silvia Ugolini is a lawyer and is married with three children.

Opus Dei, she says, has helped her juggle her roles as an executive, a mother and a spouse, keeping priorities straight and finding new energy each day. 

Oskari: Finding God on Google

Oskari, who was born and raised in Finland without any religious belief, first began to take an interest in Christianity in 2001. Now he is a numerary in Opus Dei. He speaks about celibacy and his self-giving to God. ( 9 minutes. In Finnish, with subtitles). 

Marilyn and Jean-René Philibert: cooperators of Opus Dei

Marilyn and Jean-René Philibert are both cooperators of Opus Dei. Opus Dei has helped them to strenghten their faith, they say, by showing them how to integrate it into their daily lives. 

"My family is everything to me"

Bridget Bagshaw has just had her seventh child. Married for 11 years, she takes care of her family on a full-time basis.

Opus Dei helps her to be a better mother, spouse and friend, especially by a strong relationship with God. 

"It was as though a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders"

Martine Otou is from Cameroun and has been living in Canada with her family for a number of years.

She tells how Opus Dei has helped her to recover inner peace and to make family decisions serenely. 

Neil Guo: Chinese student talks about his conversion to Catholicism

Born in China, Neil Guo has recently been granted an engineering degree in Montreal. When he was a student at McGill University, he became friends with a member of Opus Dei and discovered new horizons that have led him to become a Catholic. 

“Marriage is our Path to Heaven”

Jennifer and John Kehoe, who live in Kildare, Ireland, with their five young children, speak about how St Josemaría’s teachings have helped them to see each child as a treasure and to keep their marriage young. 

Fr. Robert Gendreau: Priestly Society of the Holy Cross

Fr. Gendreau is a parish priest in the archdiocese of Montreal and a priest of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross.

He explains the harmonious balance between obedience to his archbishop and the help he receives from Opus Dei in spiritual and doctrinal matters. 

Paul Ybarra: how a firefighter in Los Angeles finds God in his work

Being a firefighter can be a path to God. Paul Ybarra is a member of the Los Angeles fire department and tells how he stays close to God through his plan of life. 

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