News about Dora's Cause

On June 18, 2012, the Prelate of Opus Dei opened in Rome the Canonization Cause of Dora del Hoyo.

Since her death, more than three hundred people (the majority, women who carried out the same professional work) have expressed in written testimonies their gratitude for the Christian example of Dora’s life. There are also already many written favors attributed to her intercession.

The opening of any cause of canonization is a response to the spontaneous devotion arising from the living faith of the people of God, the authenticity of which is tested by the Church’s investigative process.

With the requirements foreseen by canon law having been fulfilled, the Prelate of Opus Dei, Bishop Javier Echevarría, decided to begin the investigative process on her life and virtues, setting up a Tribunal.

During the ceremony, the Prelate said: “I am more and more convinced of the fundamental role this woman has had and will have in the life of the Church and society. God called Dora del Hoyo to work in tasks similar to those carried out by our Lady in the home at Nazareth.”

“The Christian example and fidelity of this woman,” he continued, “will help strengthen the ideal of a spirit of service and spread in our society the importance of the family, a true domestic church, which she incarnated in her daily generous and cheerful work.”

The primary significance of every cause of canonization is to further the good of the Church and the faithful. This cause will contribute to better understanding the life of self-giving to God that Dora del Hoyo lived in her daily joyful service in domestic work