New York’s First Annual Escrivá Lecture
A standing room only crowd turned out on January 14, 2003, for a lecture by Rev. George Rutler entitled, “Reflections on the canonization of the Founder of Opus Dei.”
Russia present at St. Josemaría’s canonization
An account given by Russian poet Aleksandr Ivanovich Zorin, an Orthodox Christian who discovered in “The Way” the secret for finding God “here, sitting in front of my desk.”
Peace is born in the hearts of men and women
Lenten pastoral letter of Bishop Javier Echevarría to the members and cooperators of Opus Dei.
“Violence is never suitable, neither to conquer nor to convince”
Interview with Bishop Javier Echevarría, prelate of Opus Dei: “Peace in communities and between peoples can come about only from peace in consciences.”
Romana now available on the Internet
Romana, the official journal of the prelature of Opus Dei, has launched a new website: www.romana.org.
Saint Josemaria Escriva, priest and founder of Opus Dei: Universal call to holiness in the midst of ordinary life
We reprint an article that appeared in the Atlantic Catholic by Fr. Patrick O'Neill, who was ordained last year for the diocese of Antigonish in Nova Scotia
Jacarandá Community Development Center
The Jacarandá Center, which includes a school and four other social programs, is a project in Guayaquil, the main port of Ecuador. This social initiative was inspired by the life and teachings of St. Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei.
Toronto conference celebrates closing of Centennial of St. Josemaria’s birth
Under the title “Passionately Loving the World -- the Teaching of St. Josemaria Escriva”, speakers from Canada, the United States, and Spain marked the end of the centennial St. Josemaria’s birth and his canonization on October 6, 2002 by a conference held at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto on January 10 and 11.
St. Josemaría Escrivá: ‘The saint of the ordinary’
An article on St. Josemaría from the Denver Catholic Register follows. A Mass of Thanksgiving for the canonization of the new saint drew 350 to the Denver Cathedral last month.
Toronto Bishop Grecco Presides over Closing of the Centennial Year
Over 300 people attended the Mass which took place at St. Joseph the Worker Parish in Thornhill to give thanks to God for the canonization of St. Josemaria. Closing the years celebrations, Msgr. Grecco, auxiliary bishop of Toronto, now recalled the Lord's command to "put out into the deep".