St Josemaria and the University On this link you’d find a selection of texts from the discourses and public appearances in which the founder of Opus Dei spoke concerning the value of university education. This work was produced by the University of Navarre on the occasion of the beatification of its Founder and first Grand [...]
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Our Lady of the Pillar
October 11th, 2010
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October 12 – Our Lady of the Pillar On the St Josemaria iPhone App, if you shift the language setting to Spanish, you’d find an article entitled “La Virgen del Pilar” (no English equivalent is found). The piece is at once a loving, filial homage to Our Lady –a treatise on the Marian privileges: her [...]
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 [...]
Canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei.
October 7th, 2010
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Today, October 6, we celebrated a new anniversary of the Canonisation of Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer. There were several hundred thousand people present in Saint Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Below I copy part of a Wikipedia article that I found useful for my reflections on this feast day. For details about the Canonisation see: [...]
Feast of St Josemaría
June 26th, 2010
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June 26, Feast of St Josemaría Here’s the account of St Josemaría’s death: On June 26, 1975, Msgr. Josemaría died suddenly in Rome. The previous month he had made his last visit to Spain, where he received the gold medal of his native town, Barbastro, and visited the nearby shrine of Torreciudad, which had been [...]
