EAEA Publications

09 December 2005

Books about Opus Dei


COVERDALE, John F., Uncommon Faith: The Early Years of Opus Dei (1928-1943), New York, 2002.

FUENMAYOR, Amadeo; GOMEZ-IGLESIAS, Valentin; ILLANES, Jose Luis: The Canonical Path of Opus Dei, Princeton, 1994. (o.t.: El itinerario jurídico del Opus Dei, Pamplona, 1989).

LE TOURNEAU, Dominique, What Is Opus Dei?, Dublin, 1987. (o.t.: L’Opus Dei, Paris, 1984).

MESSORI, Vittorio, Opus Dei, Leadership and Vision in Today’s Catholic Church, New York, 1997. (o.t.: Opus Dei. Un’indagine, Milan, 1994).

OLAIZOLA, José Luis, A Writer in Search of God, Manila, 1994. (o.t.: Un escritor en busca de Dios, Barcelona, 1993).

RODRIGUEZ Pedro; OCARIZ, Fernando; ILLANES, José Luis, Opus Dei in the Church, Princeton, 1994. (o.t.: El Opus Dei en la Iglesia, Madrid, 1993).

ROMANO, Giuseppe, Opus Dei: Who? How? Why?, Staten Island, 1995. (o.t.: Opus Dei: Chi, come, perche, Milan, 1994).

WEST, William J., Opus Dei. Exploding a Myth, Australia, 1987.

Books about Msgr. Josemaría Escrivá

BERGLAR, Peter, Opus Dei: Life and Work of Its Founder, Princeton, 1993. (Original title: Opus Dei. Leben und Werk des Grunders Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Salzburg, 1983).

BERNAL, Salvador, A Profile of Msgr. Josemaría Escrivá, New York, 1976. (o.t.: Monseñor Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. Apuntes sobre la vida del fundador del Opus Dei, Madrid, 1976).

GONDRAND, Francois, At God’s Pace, New York, 1989. (o.t.: Au pas de Dieu, Paris, 1982).

HELMING, Dennis M., Footprints in the Snow, New York, 1986.

del PORTILLO, Alvaro, Immersed in God, Princeton, 1996. (o.t.: Entrevista sobre el fundador del Opus Dei, Madrid, 1993.)

SEVERAL AUTHORS, Testimonies to a Man of God, Blessed Josemaría Escrivá, New York, 1992.

Andrés VAZQUEZ DE PRADA, The founder of Opus Dei: The life of Josemaría Escrivá , Volume 1: The early years. New York, 2000. (o.t. El fundador del Opus Dei, Tomo I: Señor que vea.)

Andrés VAZQUEZ DE PRADA, The founder of Opus Dei: The life of Josemaría Escrivá , Volume 2: God and Daring. New York, 2003 (o.t. El fundador del Opus Dei, Tomo I: Señor que vea.)

Most of these books are available at the EAEA Publications.

Books by the Founder of Opus Dei


Most of these books are available at the EAEA Publications.

Consideraciones espirituales (1934)

Holy Rosary (1934): now published in 23 languages, with a total of 700,000 copies printed.

The Way (1939): 45 languages; 4.5 million copies.

La Abadesa de las Huelgas (1944)

Conversations with Msgr. Escrivá (1968): 9 languages; 350,000 copies.

Christ is Passing By (1973): 13 languages; 450,000 copies.

Friends of God (1977): 13 languages; 400,000 copies.

The Way of the Cross (1981): 18 languages; 400,000 copies.

In Love with the Church (1986): 8 languages; 40,000 copies.

Furrow (1986): 18 languages; 450,000 copies.

The Forge (1987): 12 languages; 400,000 copies.