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. [...]
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New "Chair of St. Josemaría Escrivá" Created

At the School of Theology´s request, on December 12, 2011 the University Rector of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome decreed the creation of a new Chair of St. Josemaría Escrivá within the Spiritual Theology Department. The Chair will not only focus on [...]
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Students pitch in to help Haiti rebuild

Students from Trinidad & Tobago, on North Hall’s Summer 2010 Haiti Outreach Program, spent a week on reconstruction work in Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince, devastated after January’s earthquake. Port au Prince, and especially the downtown area and the surroundings, was devastated by the earthquake [...]
Tags: Youth, Solidarity, University, Trinidad and Tobago

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A desire of St Josemaria

A long-standing desire of St Josemaria effected by Bishop Alvaro del Portillo The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome has celebrated its 25th anniversary. For this reason, the academic year 2009-2010 was inaugurated on November 4, 2009 with a solemn commemoration of these twenty-five [...]
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Online journal: India Service Project

A group of young Australians and New Zealanders are taking part in the India Service Project in New Delhi, from January – February 2010. In the blog http://indiaserviceproject2010.blogspot.com they recount their daily adventures with beautiful pictures and a good dose of humour. Below is a [...]
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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 [...]
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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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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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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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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 [...]
Tags: University, Pictures and statues of St Josemaria Escriva