Saint Josemaría

Conference by Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei, on the centrality of the Eucharist in the life of the priest, at the academic ceremony on the 100th anniversary of Saint Josemaría’s priestly ordination (Zaragoza, 27 March 2025).

What events shaped young Josemaría’s life before 1928? How did he discover his priestly vocation? In this article, José Luis González Gullón takes us into the early years of St. Josemaría Escrivá’s priesthood, a key stage in his spiritual journey, when he had not yet founded Opus Dei but already intuited that God was asking something great of him.

The Catholic prayer app Hallow launches its Lent challenge on Wednesday. This year, it is inspired by the founder of Opus Dei's “The Way.” The global challenge will be guided by well-known figures from around the world.

A long-standing tradition in the Church is to prepare for the feast of Saint Joseph by dedicating the seven Sundays before 19 March to Saint Joseph, in memory of his seven sorrows and joys.

10 December is the feast of Our Lady of Loreto, established by Pope Francis. Saint Josemaría considered himself especially indebted to Our Lady of Loreto for a very serious need that he placed under Our Lady's mantle on 15 August 1951.

21 August is the feast of St. Pius X, the intercessor to whom St. Josemaria entrusted the Work's relation with the Holy See. In this excerpt, Miguel De Salis Amaral writes about St. Josemaria's lifelong devotion to this Pope.

26 June is the feast of St. Josemaria. Here are the liturgical texts for the Mass of the day.

A multimedia site with a variety of audiovisual and infographic resources that show how the charism of Opus Dei has been brought to life in different cultures, for the 50th anniversary of St. Josemaria's trip to several Latin American countries from May 1974 to February 1975.

Since 1951, on the Sunday after Christmas, in Opus Dei a special petition is made to the Holy Family of Nazareth for the families of the Prelature's faithful. Here is the story of the origin of this prayer.

To commemorate the centenary of St. Josemaría's ordination, a video on his priestly vocation was shown in Zaragoza and Rome. It includes fragments of get togethers in which he shared advice with priests, inspiring them to live a holy and fruitful ministry.

28 March 2025 marks the hundredth anniversary of St. Josemaría’s ordination to the priesthood. Liturgical and academic events have been organized in Zaragoza, Perdiguera, and Rome. We also share a commemorative card, available to download in several languages.

In this video, St. Josemaría encourages us to live for love every day: “Don’t be ashamed to be a poor, flawed vessel. We will fight all our lives to correct our flaws, right to the end... This is love.”

On 9 January, anniversary of St. Josemaria's birth, from 11:00 to 15:15 and 16:15 to 19:00 Rome time (UTC + 1), live images will be broadcast from the prelatic church of Our Lady of Peace in Rome, where his mortal remains repose.

Nine days of special preparation for the great feast of our Lady's Immaculate Conception, with some resources for growing in love for Mary Immaculate.

This week The Merry Beggars (Relevant Radio) is releasing a 5-part audio drama series on the life of Saint Josemaria.

The new channel of St. Josemaria on YouTube features short videos and summaries of his gatherings with families, friends, and members of Opus Dei.

Saint Josemaria is the first pilgrim to Fatima raised to the altars. The story of Fatima as it impacted his life, and also the life of Saint John Paul II.

Our Lady of the Pillar is one of the oldest Marian invocations. We celebrate her feast day on 12 October.

To commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s ordination to the priesthood, the city of Zaragoza hosted a series of events from 27 to 30 March. These included academic gatherings, liturgical celebrations, and festive family meetings. Similar events took place in Rome and Logroño, locations that played a significant role in the founder of Opus Dei’s life and childhood.

Read these counsels slowly. Pause to meditate on these thoughts. They are things that I whisper in your ear—confiding them—as a friend, as a brother, as a father. And they are being heard by God.”

We asked seven young people to read ‘The Way’ and to choose their favourite points. In this video, Veronica Maria, Michele, Angelica, Giulia, Angelina, Roberto, and Federico tell us why they chose the points they did.

In May of 1970, St. Josemaría announced his desire to cross the Atlantic to prostrate himself at the feet of Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast we celebrate on 12 December.

In 1931, Saint Josemaria wrote down what had happened on the morning of October 2nd, 1928, feast of the Holy Guardian Angels, when he first "saw" Opus Dei.

Homily of Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz on the feast of St. Josemaría, in the Basilica of Saint Eugene (Rome).

Among the bishops celebrating Masses for the feast of Saint Josemaria this year are Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles, Bishop Michael C. Barber, S.J., of Oakland, Bishop J. Mark Spalding, J.C.L., of Nashville, Bishop David P. Talley of Memphis, and Bishop James V. Johnston of Kansas City-St. Joseph.

An interview with Fr. John Henry Hanson, O. Praem., author of the recently published book "Coached by Josemaría Escrivá: Lessons in Discipleship."

On 6 October 2002, John Paul II canonized the founder of Opus Dei, who he called the "saint of ordinary life."