Conversations with Josemaría Escrivá

In the years immediately after Vatican II, interviews with Saint Josemaría appeared in various newspapers and magazines around the world, such as Time, Le Figaro, and The New York Times. In them the founder broached a number of topics, including the mission of the university, [...]
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The Early Days of Opus Dei in Boston as Recalled by the First Generation (1946-1956)

This is a documentary account of the first trips members of Opus Dei made to Boston and Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.) and the subsequent development of the apostolate there, primarily among students and professors at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It covers the period [...]
Tags: Passionately Loving the World, Citizenship, Youth, Optimism, Opus Dei, University

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Of a hundred souls, we are interested in a hundred

On October 2, 1928, St Josemaria had seen that Opus Dei was for all kinds of people. “We have to try to ensure that in all fields of intellectual activity there are upright people, people with a true Christian conscience, who are consistent in their lives, [...]
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The University of Navarre

«The University of Navarre was founded in 1952 by St Josemaria Escriva, who summed up the University’s mission as follows: “We want this to be a place where people acquire a high level of learning and a Christian outlook on life. We want it to [...]
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Twentieth anniversary of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

A commemoration ceremony was held on January 10 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the “Roman Academic Center of the Holy Cross” by the decree Dei Servus, in 1985. The Hoffner Room at the University of the Holy Cross, where the ceremony [...]
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St Josemaría on the campus of La Sabana University, Colombia

A statue of St Josemaría was put up at the beginning of 2007 in a square called “Plazoleta de los Arcos” in the University of La Sabana, Colombia. The original sculpture in plaster, 1.8 metres high, was modeled in the Angelis workshops and the final bronze [...]
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Pope Urges Students Toward Service

VATICAN CITY, APRIL 4, 2007 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI greeted university students gathered for an annual conference sponsored by Opus Dei, and encouraged them to foster a spirit of service. The Pope encouraged the young people of the UNIV congress with a quote from Opus Dei's [...]
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Kianda Foundation’s new project for Kenyan women

ROME (Fides Agency) – They hire out donkeys for transport, run hairdressing salons, open kiosks, make or sell new and second-hand clothes, supply building materials, set up knitting or sewing workshops, market vegetables, rear dairy cows, goats, and sheep. More than 500 Kenyan women have [...]
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Audience of Pope Benedict XVI with UNIV

On Wednesday, March 19, the Pope held an audience in St. Peter's basilica with the participants of the UNIV conference. The Pope speaks in English, Spanish and Italian. We include a translation of the Pope's remarks. Pope's greeting to students in St. Peter's Basilica, March 19, [...]
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UWI students build home
for mom of 5

Source: By CAROL MATROO, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday A young UWI student learns the rudiments of putting mortar to bricks.... Arlene Elias has been a single mother for the past 17 years. She lived on a lot of land on Green Street in Tunapuna all her [...]
Tags: Generosity, Youth, University