Opus Dei

Dora del Hoyo, whose cause of canonization has been opened, recalls her first memories of Saint Josemaria, in this interview done in 2000, four years before her death at the age of 90.

For the feast day of Saint Josemaria on June 26, we offer an article by Cardinal Albino Luciani (later Pope John Paul I), published in "Il Gazzettino" (Venice), July 25, 1978, one month before he was elected Pope.

Some of the bishops celebrating Masses for the feast of Saint Josemaria in the United States this year are Archbishops Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles and William E. Lori of Baltimore, and Bishops Robert J. Cunningham of Syracuse, New York, James V. Johnston, Jr., of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, Thomas John Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, and Salvatore R. Matano of Rochester, New York.

Audio recording in English of Saint Josemaria's homily "On the Feast of Corpus Christi," given on May 28, 1964 and published in "Christ is Passing By."

Saint Josemaria was ordained a priest on March 28, 1925. In this brief video he talks about his calling to the priesthood.

I met Dora in 1995, when domestic work was far from my life and even farther from my mind. Dora and I happened to coincide on two occasions in particular in a period of about two months time. This however was enough for me to realize how she was, how she lived, for whom and why she had spent her days giving of herself to the full. There was no need for long explanations to grasp the meaning of her existence. Dora knew the meaning of her life and the path to achieve it to the full.

"My husband was baptized Catholic, but had never received any of the other sacraments. None of our four children nor I had ever been baptized."

For Saint Josemaria's birthday on January 9, we offer some excerpts from an article published by "Real Clear Religion" entitled "The Tweetable Saint."

Saint Josemaria encouraged us, with his childlike piety and daring, to put ourselves into the scene of the Gospel, in order to draw closer to our Lord.

While commenting on the custom of praying the rosary, Saint Josemaria recalls his friendship with Sister Lucia, one of the three visionaries of Fatima. "When I was in Portugal I went to see a friend of mine whom I love very much... It was Sor Lucia. It was great hearing her talk about the Rosary."