Opus Dei

The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross has given honorary doctorates to Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi (Theology) and to Professors Javier Hervada (Canon Law) and John M. Rist (Philosophy).

Photos from the canonization of Josemaría Escrivá. Accompanying the pictures are participant reactions and homily excerpts from some of the Thanksgiving Masses celebrated after the canonization in Rome.

A homily given by Michael Neary, Archbishop of Tuam, Ireland, at a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escrivá at the Cathedral of the Assumption, Tuam.

The Cardinal's opening words at a Mass of Thanksgiving for the Canonisation of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, at the parish church of St Thérèse, Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to attend your patron saint's canonization? Ten-month-old Mary Jo from Vancouver, named after recently canonized Saint Josemaria, did just that.

An article from L'Osservatore Romano by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

An account of the canonization Mass, the Mass of thanksgiving, the audience with the Pope, and the appearance by Romanian Orthodox Patriarch Teoctist.

An article from the November/December 2002 issue of Lay Witness magazine.

An article published in L'Osservatore Romano on the occasion of the canonization of St. Josemaría. The author is the executive director of Centro Tepeyac, a crisis pregnancy center for Latino women. She lives near Washington, D.C., with her husband and 12 children.