Opus Dei

Bishop Javier Echevarría visited Zagreb, Croatia, for three days at the end of August. A little over a year ago the first center of Opus Dei opened there.

Following is the complete text of the Prelate’s homily at the XV Marian Family Day on September 4 at Torreciudad.

The Sydney Catholic Weekly reports on a homily by Cardinal Edward Cassidy drawing attention to Saint Josemaría’s special gifts

“The knowledge that I’m a much-loved daughter of God, my “divine filiation”, and that everything that happens to me is either willed or permitted by God, gives me a wonderful feeling of security, a great peace.” Testimony of Virginia McGough, homemaker in Cheshire, Great Britain, married with five children between 5 and 13.

On September 3, thousands of young people listened to a recorded message from the Pope at a conference of Catholic Action in Loreto, Italy. Besides emphasizing the role young people must play in building a new Europe, the Holy Father declared that “a civilization of love cannot be established by separating the Gospel from culture.”

The Marian Shrine at Torreciudad in the Spanish Pyrenees became a family shrine on September 4 when a multitude of people from many cities in that country and several neighboring ones gathered there. The Prelate of Opus Dei presided at Mass. His entire homily can be found in an adjoining column.

Thousands of people joined Bishop Echevarría on September 4 at the Marian shrine of Torreciudad in the Spanish Pyrenees. He spoke to them about the family as a divine gift.

The text of Bishop Javier Echevarría’s remarks, drawn from his book, The Christian’s Journey through Life:

For St. Josemaría, one form of charity is “making life more agreeable for others.” A way to do that might be painting someone’s house if he can’t do it himself. This is what the Alazores University Association is doing in Málaga, Spain.

On his eighth visit to France, John Paul II has gone to Lourdes to inaugurate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of the Immaculate Conception.