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 built at his request, and was about to be inaugurated. His death marked the end of the foundational stage of Opus Dei and, in the words of his successor, the beginning of the “stage of continuity and fidelity”. Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo, then Secretary General of Opus Dei, acted as its head until the elective congress was held. (Excerpts from Immersed in God: Blessed Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, as seen by his successor Bishop Alvaro del Portillo)

• All the works of St Josemaría Escrivá available at escrivaworks.org;
• You may send images/photos/representations of Josemaría Escrivá that you may have to josemariaescriva.info (press “Write Us” on the upper right of the page).

A selection of images from the Holy Masses celebrated on the liturgical feast of St Josemaria:

Happy Feastday!

(1) Films on St Josemaría showing on EWTN around June 26th.

Some of these are:

“They call him Father in the 5 Continents”:

• Sun 06/20 2.00 am ET
• Wed 06/23 1.00 pm ET
• Sat 06/26 2.00 pm ET

“Passionately Loving the World…”:

• Mon 06/28 3.00 am ET and 6.30 pm ET

More listed here in josemariaescriva.info.

(2) Cute video “Why we love Dads” from ignitermedia.com:

Happy Father’s Day!!!

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 in your area is not listed, you may press “Write Us” to transmit details.

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Both on the official site above and in our Forum, we are told about the Mass to be said in Dubai.  Photos below are of the Mass celebrated in 2009 in Dubai.

We would like you, our readers, to send in stories and anecdotes related to these Masses as well as to St Josemaría in general. Thanks.

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