Inside the global Catholic movement of Opus Dei

For a century, Opus Dei has transmitted to the world a message of encounter with God in ordinary life. Its US headquarters is in New York City.

A first of its kind, this book is an extensive investigation of this institution and its founder, Josemaría Escrivá. All documentation that exists and is preserved about Opus Dei and its founder, as well as numerous oral testimonies, have been accessed in order to leave no rock unturned in this historical reveal of one of the Church’s most fascinating modern lay and clerical organization.

This is a Journey TV exclusive first look at Opus Dei after this archival, inner reveal by John Coverdale and Jose Luis Gonzalez Gullon.

John F. Coverdale received his B.A., magna cum laude, from the Lateran University. He received his M.A., magna cum laude, from the University of Navarre and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1971 to 1983, he taught History at Princeton and Northwestern Universities. In 1984, he received his J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and was an Editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. After law school, he clerked for Antonin Scalia, now Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was an attorney with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson, Washington, D.C., before coming to Seton Hall in 1993. He has published several books on Opus Dei as well as books and articles in the area of 19th and 20th Century Spanish history as well as in taxation, administrative law, catholic social thought, and just war theory.