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Tomas and his wife, Ivonne, became Marriage Coaches and Directors of The Alexander House-Spanish, as a result of a lot of prayer and discernment, after they came back together after an ugly divorce. They received help from Greg and Julie Alexander, founders of The Alexander House. A few months after their reconciliation, they asked God to show them where He needed them. They clearly saw that The Alexander House was where they had to be. They clearly realize that you are better equipped to help others, when you have experienced a marriage crisis yourself. They want to help couples rediscover their happiness and be fulfilled in their marriage. They are fully bilingual but mainly work with Spanish speaking couples. Other coaches focus their efforts on English speaking.

At the end of February 2021, a book entitled Plans of Cremades: a family friend of Saint Josemaría was published. His author, Fr. Javier Cremades, narrates the special relation between St. Josemaria and his family. His father, Juan Antonio Cremades, coincided with Saint Josemaría Escrivá in the classrooms of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zaragoza between 1925 and 1927.

This article by Andrea Robinson entitled: "Texas teens spend spring break helping with SWLA hurricane recovery" was published by KPLC from Lake Charles about the Service Project.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - A group of young people from Texas spent their spring break in Southwest Louisiana to help with hurricane recovery. Catholic Charities is just one agency partnering with Texas groups like the Westcott Study Center from Houston - a faith based organization that challenges young men to grow.

A few new ebooks from classical spiritual authors have been recently made available on the ebooks section of WhereYouAre: The Interior Castle and the autobiography of St. Theresa of Avila, The Love of Jesus Christ by St. Alphonsus of Liguori, Holy Abandonment by Vital Lehodey, and The Interior Life by Joseph Tissot among others. The complete list of recently added or updated books can be be found at https://where-you-are.net/books/recent.

A series of videos produced by Canavox featuring Ana Samuel addresses how to help your children navigate gender ideology. They are very much worth watching:

1. The High School Years
2. The Middle School Years
3. The Lower School Years

She also gave a talk for Texas Family Enrichment, which is a summary of the previous videos: Helping our Kidks Navigate Gender Ideology.

The Opus Dei webpage has published a recommended list of books for reading during Lent with a brief explanation for each one of them. The list with links to ebooks for some of the volumes has been added to the book section of this website. 

St. Josemaría Escrivá wrote in 1955: "In North America, a Shrine to the Mother of Fairest Love". Following that dream, a group of members and cooperators of Opus Dei based in California are planning to turn that suggestion into a reality. The promoters are actively searching for a piece of land that could host a Shrine dedicated to the Mother of the Fairest Love. They are also soliciting ideas and spiritual and financial support to bring such an ambitious project to a successful completion. For more information about this initiative visit their website: https://www.fairestloveshrine.org.

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Midtown Educational Foundation guides low-income urban youth in Chicago along pathways of success. Its proven enrichment programs embrace the dignity of the person by focusing on academic excellence, virtue development, individual attention, and parental engagement. MEF operates through its Metro Achievement Center for girls and Midtown Center for boys in grades 4 – 12. Programs focus on Hispanic and African American youth, offering after-school and summertime growth opportunities that help students of  average academic ability to achieve above-average results. Programs are rooted in Catholic moral and social teaching and embrace students regardless of their religious, racial, ethnic, or familial status. MEF received its original inspiration from Opus Dei, an institution of the Catholic Church, and continues today its partnership with Opus Dei.