Ernesto Cofiño, a Guatemalan pediatrician, was in his mid-fifties when he joined Opus Dei. Ernesto worked tirelessly to remedy the problems of Guatamala’s marginalized  indigenous population. He carried out a wide ranging personal apostolate with people from all walks of life and played a key role in founding and developing several apostolic activities of Opus Dei.

Resources to learn more about Ernesto Cofiño:

• ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website for His Cause of Canonization⁠⁠⁠.


• McDonough, Thomas A. No Small Goals: The Life of Dr. Ernesto Cofiño—Guatemalan Physician, Humanitarian, Pioneer in Pediatric Medicine and Servant of God. New York: Scepter, 2019. (Scepter Publishers, Amazon)

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You can buy the book "Encounters: Finding God in All Walks of Life" from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Scepter Publishers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.