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Because Dora was once in Switzerland

I prayed to Dora that my husband would win an architecture contest in Switzerland. I knew that Dora had been to Switzerland before, and I had no doubt that she would help us.

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Montse’s love for sports and the outdoors

Montse Grases (1941-1959) was recently declared venerable by Pope Francis. She loved to swim, ride a bicycle, play tennis, and hike in the mountains. With a group of friends her own age, Montse spent her summer vacations in Seva, a small town in the foothills of a mountain range north of Barcelona.

Life and Stories

Cheerful detachment from possessions

Toni Zweifel, whose cause of canonization has been opened, grew up in a family that was quite well-off. He drove an expensive two-seater sports car that his father had given him for his eighteenth birthday....

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The Scanner

I want to share a favor I received through Dora del Hoyo: I needed to send some documents that I first needed to scan, and I could not get the scanner to work properly. I remembered that Dora had done me a favor once...

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Nuts and Bolts

I was cleaning the drain of a sink, and I was trying to tighten a bolt that would not fit back into place. I tried several times and nothing worked. But all that changed as soon as I said "DORA, NOW!"

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Fr. Joseph Muzquiz: "He works fast"

An interview with the postulator for Fr. Joseph Muzquiz' cause of canonization. Fr. Dave Cavanagh testifies to a growing and widespread devotion to Fr. Joseph's very effective intercession, and the granting of many favors, especially to young people.

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Not What You Expected: Dora del Hoyo

A brief video about Dora del Hoyo, whose process of canonization was opened on June 18, 2012. The video focuses on the virtues required for Dora's work as a homemaker, which she sanctified by putting love into the small details.

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Life of Montse Grases

A documentary about the life of Montse Grases, recently declared "venerable" by Pope Francis, who found in Opus Dei a path to make a gift to God of her joy, her youth, and the cancer that she bore with heroic example.

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Interview with Postulator for Montse Grases

Msgr. Jose Luis Gutierrez Gomez, Postulator for Montse Grases' Cause of Canonization, answers some questions in view of the recent Decree of the Holy See confirming her heroic practice of the virtues.

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A good fiancé

I went to Montse's intercession for my young niece.

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