"It is in the simplicity of your ordinary work, in the monotonous details of each day, that you have to find the secret, which is hidden from so many, of something great and new: Love.” Saint Josemaría
"It is in the simplicity of your ordinary work, in the monotonous details of each day, that you have to find the secret, which is hidden from so many, of something great and new: Love.”
Opus Dei will celebrate the centennial of its foundation from 2028 to 2030. To prepare for this anniversary, we offer a document entitled "Path Toward the Centennial." It contains some ideas for the faithful and friends of Opus Dei to reflect on these 100 years and how the charism will continue giving life to the Church and society.
Number 76 of “Romana,” the bulletin of the Prelature of Opus Dei, is now available online in English with news about the first half of 2023.
On 28 November 1982, Pope John Paul II erected Opus Dei as a personal prelature through the Apostolic Constitution "Ut sit," which was delivered to Blessed Alvaro del Portillo (the first Prelate of Opus Dei) on 19 March 1983.
The 75th issue of "Romana," bulletin of the Prelature of Opus Dei, from the second semester of 2022, has been published.
On the modification of canons 295-296 regarding personal prelatures.
Rosalía López was born on 5 February 1925, in Busnela (Burgos, Spain). She moved to Rome in 1946 to collaborate with St. Josemaría at the outset of Opus Dei. She did so through her work in the administration of the early centres of the Work. Her mortal remains now rest in the crypt of the prelatic church, Our Lady of Peace.
“Youth” is a new project by and for young people.
Some questions and answers: what are the regional assemblies, or work weeks, of Opus Dei? When did they begin? What do the regional assemblies have to do with the centenary of Opus Dei? How does one participate?
On 1 October, we began to publish daily Gospel commentaries as food for prayer about Jesus’s life and words.
The homily of Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, for the feast of Opus Dei founder, Saint Josemaría Escriva. Given at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, in New York, June 26, 2023.
In a decree dated March 19, 2024, the Prelate of Opus Dei has established the new Region of the United States and Canada.
The Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See has communicated that the indulgences, which members of the Work and their relatives can gain on these dates, are granted in perpetuity. Until now, they were renewed every seven years.
The relics of Saint Severinus are preserved in Villa Tevere in Rome, where the central offices of Opus Dei are located. In the centers of the Prelature the votive Mass in honor Saint Severinus is celebrated on 8 November.
Daily meditations are texts meant to feed our mental prayer, inviting us to stop and converse with God each day of the liturgical year.
Some of the bishops celebrating Masses for the feast of Saint Josemaria this year are Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, Archbishops José H. Gómez of Los Angeles, Bernard Hebda of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Thomas Wenski of Miami, and Shelton Fabre of Louisville, and Bishops Michael C. Barber of Oakland, David P. Talley of Memphis, and John Paprocki of Springfield.