Opus Dei

After praying the Angelus with the faithful present at Castelgandolfo on Sunday, July 13, John Paul II spoke of the future of Europe.

Bishop Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei, discusses the twenty-five years of John Paul II’s pontificate, the Christian roots of Europe and the prospects for peace in Holy Land. An interview with Paolo Cavallo.

Two professors and a bishop were the focus of attention during a seminar on Saturday 14 June at Netherhall House, the student residence in Hampstead inspired by St Josemaría Escrivá. The title of the seminar was “St Josemaría – the Saint of ordinary life”, and it was held to commemorate the first feast of the new saint on 26 June 2003.

From many points of view the most important – or at least the most decisive – day of our lives is, paradoxically, the day we die. It is the end of our life in this world and the beginning of our eternal life.

A talk given by Professor Alan McClelland, former Director of Institute of Education and Professor of Educational Studies at Hull University, at a conference in commemoration of the first feast day of St Josemaría Escrivá.

Excerpts from his address at a seminar on St Josemaría Escrivá, saint of ordinary life Netherhall House, 14 June 2003

A talk given at a conference in London by Professor John F. Coverdale of Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, NJ, USA.

It makes me proud to know that the district for which I am responsible holds not only a spiritual presence but a physical presence of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei

Project Harambee announced its grant awards on June 23, including a program of social reintegration for former child-soldiers in Sierra Leone, a new library for a Ugandan school, and a farm for families taking in Rwandan orphans. Its press release follows.

A web page dedicated to St. Josemaría will be on-line on June 26. The site’s launching is timed to coincide with the first celebration of the feast day of Opus Dei’s founder.