Opus Dei

A book about extraordinary cures attributed to the intercession of Blessed Josemaria Escriva has been published recently by Scepter. The author is Msgr. Flavio Capucci, the Postulator of the Cause of Canonization of Josemaria Escriva.

The prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, ordained 37 men from 14 countries on September 1. Echevarría urged them to let their priestly lives "follow the footsteps" of Blessed Josemaría now that his canonization is approaching.

An article from the Zenit News Service about the University of Navarre, a corporate work of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Pamplona, Spain.

Each year a group of Irish students organizes a work camp to help needy people in St. Petersburg by refurbishing their dwellings. The work camp has also included students from Finland, the U.S., Lithuania, and Latvia. Joe Flanagan relates his memories of the camp.

Some sixty people from a wide range of professions participated in a symposium organized by Warrane College to mark the first centenary of the founder of Opus Dei, Blessed Josemaría Escrivá.

Loads of mud and little sleep were well worth the chance to be with the Pope, for a group of New York-area girls who went to World Youth Day this summer.

The Murray Hill Institute held its second annual conference entitled "Integrity and Ethics in the Workplace," from October 12-13, 2001. Held at a hotel a few miles from "Ground Zero," the conference, like Manhattan itself, was keenly attuned to the thousands who died on September 11, 2001.

Bishop Javier Echevarria, the Prelate of Opus Dei, sent a letter to the Vicar of Opus Dei for the United States, Rev. Arne A. Panula, about the tragic events today.

The doctors of the Consultation committee have unanimously concluded that the cure indeed was scientifically inexplicable. There has never been a documented case of a cure of radiodermatitis.

On June 29, about 800 persons gathered near Chicago for a Centennial Conference on “The Vision of Blessed Josemaría Escrivá for a Christian Life Lived to the Full.”