Opus Dei

Photos from the canonization of Josemaría Escrivá. Accompanying the pictures are participant reactions and homily excerpts from some of the Thanksgiving Masses celebrated after the canonization in Rome.

A homily given by Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, at a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escrivá at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam.

All roads do lead to Rome, says writer Maria Olaguera in an article published in the B.C. Catholic recounting her experience during the canonization of St. Josemaria, and in this case Rome was a city of friends

Scarcity, poverty and misery were what a group of students from Montevideo found when they started teaching catechism in the Casavalle quarter in 1995. From this experience they developed the idea of a social project to alleviate the difficulties. Two years later land and premises were obtained, and thus was born Los Pinos Educational Center.

Getting to the canonization of Saint Josemaria by plane and wheelchair from Alberta proved to be a real challenge for a Calgary man and his wife. But with the new saint's intercession and a liitle help from their friends, it turned into a canonization adventure.

Saint Josemaria described himself as a university man with a passionate interest in all aspects of higher education. At the same time, he brought humour to his vision of the University professor, seeing the latter as bearing a certain resemblance to the humble donkey. In a talk given at a symposium on "The Christian Challenge of Daily Life", a professor of English Literature from the University of Ottawa develops the analogy based on his personal experience during his teaching career. (Original title of ...

The Cardinal's opening words at a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, at the parish church of St Thérèse, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend your patron saint's canonization? Ten-month-old Mary Jo from Vancouver, named after recently canonized Saint Josemaria, did just that.

An article from L'Osservatore Romano by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.