The Church of the Beatitudes at Tabgha

In the Footprints of our Faith At the beginning of his public life, Jesus “went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, [...]
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Lake Genesaret and Tabgha: the Church of the Primacy of St Peter

In the footprints of our Faith Few places in the Holy Land are so directly linked to the New Testament as Lake Gennesaret (Genesareth), also known as the Sea of Galilee and Lake Tiberias. In other places, two thousand years of history have brought dramatic changes [...]
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A village named Emmaus

In the footprints of our Faith Christ’s resurrection in the early hours of Sunday morning is a fact that the Gospels state clearly and firmly. The first testimonies to the fact of the empty tomb were offered by the holy women and the Apostles Peter and [...]
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The Temple at Jerusalem

In the footprints of our Faith “When the time came for the mother’s purification, according to the law of Moses, they took the Child to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord” (cf. Holy Rosary, fourth joyful mystery). For Christians Jerusalem, the Holy City, holds [...]
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Sixth volume of Studia et Documenta published

Sixth volume of Studia et Documenta published New historical studies on Opus Dei and its founder Over 100 articles published For the sixth year running the St Josemaria Historical Institute in Rome has brought out its regular contribution to the historiography of Opus Dei and its founder. [...]
Tags: culture, History, Opus Dei, University

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St Josemaria's route across the Pyrenees

A clip from the DVD documentary Cruzando la noche (“Crossing the night”), which traces St Josemaria’s route across the Pyrenees mountains in 1937.
Tags: Spanish Civil War, History, Crossing the Pyrenees

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Opus Dei’s First Steps in Madrid

On finishing the spiritual retreat during which he had received the light to found Opus Dei, St Josemaria returned to his many activities in Madrid. At the same time, he started to look for people with whom he could begin the new apostolate that God [...]
Tags: Founding of Opus Dei, History, Madrid

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New information for the history of Josemaría Escrivá and Opus Dei

The fifth volume of "Studia et Documenta" (2011) has just been published. The premiere of the latest film by Roland Joffé, There Be Dragons is attracting an ever increasing interest in the life and history of Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei. [...]
Tags: Education, History, Opus Dei, Rome, There be Dragons

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List of contents of St. Josemaria in the Spanish Civil War

The following is a fairly brief account of the early years of Opus Dei, together with the historical, political and social situation in Spain at the time. It is condensed from chapters 3-18 of the book Uncommon Faith: The Early Years of Opus Dei 1928 [...]
Tags: Suffering, Spanish Civil War, History, Youth, Opus Dei

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I saw three hundred, three hundred thousand, thirty million, three thousand million…

At the beginning of 1933 St Josemaria gave the first of what would afterwards be called "St Raphael circles". The St Raphael circles or classes are the axis of all the other Christian formational activities organized by Opus Dei for young people on the human, [...]
Tags: Spiritual guidance, Doctrine, Formation, History, Youth, Catechesis