Feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá (2004)
On June 26, bishops in different cities around the country will celebrate Masses to mark the feast day of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei. Also, EWTN programming and other news on Saint Josemaría.
Don Alvaro, witness of fidelity
The inaugural session of the tribunal of the prelature of Opus Dei which will conduct the informative stage of the cause of canonization of Msgr. Alvaro del Portillo took place on March 20. The ceremony was held in the Hoffner Hall of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome, with some four hundred persons attending.
“He taught me to pray as a close friend of Jesus Christ.”
The following comments are from Bobo Lee Yuen chun, an insurance agent in Hong Kong. Her husband Brian is a property manager.
Bishop Echevarría Ordains 37 New Priests
The Prelate of Opus Dei ordained 37 priests from 16 countries on May 22 in Rome. In his homily, Bishop Echevarría said: “We have big hopes for them, as the world is so much in need of Christ’s love. By sowing peace and joy, we Christians are carriers of the ‘sweet fragrance of Christ’ so long as we remain closely united to Our Lord with unshakeable confidence in his goodness and power.”
“Education is the most powerful way to overcome poverty.”
Isabel Gameros of Cañete, Peru writes in the Spanish magazine, "Mundo Cristiano", April 24, 2004. She and her husband, José Charún, have 13 children and work on a ranch.
Amsterdam to See Its First Eucharistic Procession Since 1578
Zenit reports on Amsterdam's first Corpus Christi procession since 1578.
Accompanied by the prayers of many Australians and New Zealanders
An interview with Peter Fitzsimons, an Australian who is one of the deacons who received the priestly ordination at a ceremony in the Roman basilica of Saint Eugenio on 22 May 2004.
I resolved to smile more
Interview with Roger Bissonnette, car mechanic and school bus driver, Besner & Bissonnette Inc. He is married with two adult children.
“St. Josemaría helped me see my work as service”
“I phoned a friend to tell him I had discovered a treasure which I wanted to share with him.” Testimony of Patrick Utomi, a lecturer in business studies and a consultant in Lagos, Nigeria.
Jose María Casciaro: “It’s worthwhile”
Father Jose María Casciaro, Associate Professor of Semitic Philology at the University of Madrid, died in Pamplona on March 8. He had lived in Madrid with the founder of Opus Dei during a considerable part of the years between 1939 and 1942. His recollections of those years crystallized in a book published in 1998, whose title “It’s worthwhile” is even more relevant today.