Opus Dei

In the wake of personal health challenges and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, I found myself facing a new reality with limited physical mobility and fewer opportunities for my usual activities.

I wish to testify to a healing I received while making a novena to St Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei.

In this episode, Ciara Mannion, wife and mother of two living in Galway describes how she finds meaning everyday by loving others in and through her work.

The call to holiness is sublime and practical. The “saint of ordinary life” reminds us of this reality. Holiness is divine and human as is our Lord Jesus in the reality of his Incarnation. A meditation for the feast of St Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, by Fr. Donncha Ó hAodha.

Homily at the Mass in honour of St Josemaría Escrivá, Parish of Our Lady, Queen of Peace, Merrion Road, Dublin on 17th June 2023.

Teddy Burke, the first woman to join Opus Dei in Ireland in 1949, died on May 24th, 2023, two days before her ninety-fifth birthday.

Fr Andrew Black talks about his conversion to Catholicism and his subsequent discovery of his vocation to the Priesthood. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Opus Dei coming to Ireland, we have a series of 6 interviews from men and women across Ireland who wish to share how Opus Dei has positively influenced their lives.

This is the third in a series of interviews commemorating the 75th anniversary of Opus Dei coming to Ireland.

To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Opus Dei coming to Ireland, we have a series of 6 interviews from men and women across Ireland who wish to share how Opus Dei has positively influenced their lives. In our second episode, Gobnait O'Grady discusses the impact of grief in our lives and the lives of others, and how to help those who need our accompaniment and care during this difficult time in their lives.

Opus Dei arrived in Ireland 75 years ago, when a young Spanish engineer stepped off the ferry at Dun Laoghaire port, just outside Dublin City, to begin Opus Dei activities in Ireland. To commemorate the 75th Anniversary, we have a series of 6 interviews from men and women across Ireland who wish to share how Opus Dei has positively influenced their lives.