Opus Dei

Pope John Paul's Message for the 18th World Youth Day, to be celebrated in dioceses throughout the world on Palm Sunday 2003, was published today. The Pope noted that the theme he chose, "Behold your Mother!" is linked to the Year of the Rosary which he proclaimed on October 16, 2002.

From January 9, 2002 to January 9, 2003, various events took place to commemorate the centennial year of St. Josemaría’s birth. A summary of the events of the year follows.

A symposium in Chicago on June 28 brought together a group of theologians, philosophers, and other scholars to discuss aspects of the Founder of Opus Dei’s teaching.

An account given by Russian poet Aleksandr Ivanovich Zorin, an Orthodox Christian who discovered in “The Way” the secret for finding God “here, sitting in front of my desk.”

Lenten pastoral letter of Bishop Javier Echevarría to the members and cooperators of Opus Dei.

Interview with Bishop Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei: “Peace in communities and between peoples can come about only from peace in consciences.”

Romana, the official journal of the prelature of Opus Dei, has launched a new website: www.romana.org.

We reprint an article that appeared in the Atlantic Catholic by Fr. Patrick O'Neill, who was ordained last year for the diocese of Antigonish in Nova Scotia

The Jacarandá Center, which includes a school and four other social programs, is a project in Guayaquil, the main port of Ecuador. This social initiative was inspired by the life and teachings of St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei.

Under the title “Passionately Loving the World -- the Teaching of St. Josemaria Escriva”, speakers from Canada, the United States, and Spain marked the end of the centennial St. Josemaria’s birth and his canonization on October 6, 2002 by a conference held at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto on January 10 and 11.