Movie “There Be Dragons”; video of St Josemaría, responding to the question of a Jewish girl, which moved Roland Joffé to do the movie As mentioned in several media reports and articles, Roland Joffé agreed to directing the film “There Be Dragons” after seeing a video of Escrivá answering a question from a Jewish girl [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Founder of Opus Dei’
Hospice Care
January 28th, 2011
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Dr. Josefina “Jo” Magno – Hospice and Palliative Care The chapter “The Story of a Founder of the U.S. Hospice Movement” of the book “Women of Opus Dei” focuses on Dr. Josefina “Jo” Magno, an oncologist who established some of the first hospice programs in the United States and helped bring the hospice concept into the [...]
Rosary
October 7th, 2010
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Holy Rosary “The beginning of the way, at the end of which you will find yourself completely carried away with love for Jesus, is a trusting love for Mary,” says St Josemaría Escrivá in the book “Holy Rosary”. Here’s the entry on the Rosary from the Catholic Encyclopedia: “The Rosary”, says the Roman Breviary, ”is a certain [...]
St Josemaría Masses
June 17th, 2010
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Masses of St Josemaría around the world 2010 The feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 26. You’ll find details of Masses of Saint Josemaría which will be said on or around that date in different countries in josemariaescriva.info. If the Mass to be celebrated [...]
Doña Dolores
April 22nd, 2010
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The Grandmother April 22nd marks another anniversary of the death of Doña Dolores Albás, or simply ‘the Grandmother’, as we fondly call the mother of St Josemaría Escrivá. The Founder was raised in a truly Christian home. “I remember those happy days of my childhood,” Josemaría reminisced: “My mother, my father, my sisters and I [...]
