Opus Dei

Linda Corbi, Coordinator of Project Harambee 2002, discusses the first results of the canonization year initiative to promote educational projects in Africa: the money collected, the grant applications received, and the new webpage with project updates (www.harambee2002.org).

Pope John Paul II has spent 5 days in Croatia. On June 8, he celebrated Mass before 100,000 people in Rijeka.

Bishop Javier Echevarría, the prelate of Opus Dei, will ordain 26 men to the priesthood on May 31 in Rome. A brief account and an interview with Shohei Kimura of Japan follow.

May the faithful “discover the holy and merciful face of the Redeemer” through you, said Bishop Echevarría to the new priests at the ordination ceremony in the Basilica of San Eugenio in Rome on May 31.

Papal Nuncio for Canada dedicates New Chapel in Ottawa residence. Msgr. Luigi Ventura, the representative of the Holy Father in Canada celebrated Mass in Valrideau student residence for young women. Here is an article about the newly expanded residence that appeared in Image Newspaper in Sandy Hill Ottawa.

Roman university says "the work carried out by the Pontiff throughout his entire pontificate is universally recognized through his affirmation of the law and his defense of human rights."

An abridged version of an article appearing in the Spring 2003 issue of “Chef Educator Today.”

"I continue to believe in you," said the Pope to more than 700,000 young people in a meeting on May 3 in Madrid. "You are the hope of the Church, no less than of society."

Archbishop Antonio Cañizares of Granada, Spain, and Bishop Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei, recently blessed a new chapel dedicated to St. Josemaría in the church of San Ildefonso in Granada.

This morning John Paul II exhorted university students, in Rome for the international UNIV Congress, to live with optimism, joy and peace, being understanding towards all.