Opus Dei

Statement on the occasion of the "Harambee Celebration" at the Dahesh Museum (580 Madison Avenue), May 15, 2006.

Harambee, a charitable foundation established on the occasion of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, holds a fundraising event on the eve of the release of The Da Vinci Code movie next door to Sony Corp.

Msgr. Thomas Bohlin of Opus Dei and Bill Barry of Doubleday will present Doubleday’s new edition of The Way by Saint Josemaría Escrivá on May 9.

The St. Josemaría Institute, a foundation to promote the life and teaching of Opus Dei’s founder, Saint Josemaria Escriva, was officially inaugurated in Manhattan on April 19.

A statement from Opus Dei's Rome Communications Office on the "Studi Cattolici" cartoon.

At 11:30 a.m. today, Benedict XVI met with 6,500 young people taking part in the 39th edition of the UNIV meeting. Also taking part were a large number of university professors and families who gathered in the Paul VI Auditorium in the Vatican. The topic of the UNIV 2006 meeting is “Projecting Culture: the language of the media”

On Monday 10 April, at 11:20 midday, about 5,000 young people who are taking part in the 39th UNIV meeting will be received in audience by Pope Benedict XVI in the Pope Paul VI Hall (the Vatican).

Opus Dei is launching an all-new version of www.opusdei.org on March 22. The site will be offered in 22 languages. During 2005, Opus Dei’s website was visited by more than 3 million people.

Harambee, a charitable foundation established in 2002 on the occasion of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, launches fundraising efforts in NYC.

Project Harambee 2002 is an effort to raise funds for educational programs in Africa from people attending the canonization of Saint Josemaria and from anyone else who wants to help.