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Coat of arms of Saint Josemaria Escrivá Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (born Jose María Mariano Escrivá y Albás ; 9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei , an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. [ 1 ]
The canonization of Josemaría Escrivá, a Spanish Catholic priest and the founder of Opus Dei, took place on October 6, 2002, by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. [ 1 ] . The canonization was controversial for several reasons, including a lack of Spanish judges, the fact that Opus Dei doctors were the ones who certified ...
Director Roland Joffé wanted to share Josemaria's story on film because he admired the way the saint's faith influenced his day-to-day life. "Josemaria’s idea was that you find sanctity; you find your religious experience not only in liturgical things or in the church, but in the very act of living in your daily life," Joffé reported to CBN ...
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer Albás (1902–1975), Priest of the Archdiocese of Madrid; Founder of Opus Dei (Huesca, Spain – Rome, Italy) . Declared "Venerable": April 9, 1990
Escriva takes decided position against the concept of having an interior spiritual life and a separate "not spiritual" professional, social, and family life. According to Opus Dei, Opus Dei's spirituality commits lay people to sanctify themselves in the same place where they were before they met Opus Dei and their place in the world is the ...
1917: According to Escriva, he received "inklings" of a "special call", after seeing "footprints in the snow," sign of the generosity of a monk who walked barefooted in winter; 1925: 28 March. St. Josemaría Escrivá is ordained as a priest. 1928: 2 October. Founding of Opus Dei. Having "no plans nor project" of his own, Escriva "saw Opus Dei."
Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is an institution of the Catholic Church that was founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá.Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members seek holiness in their everyday occupations and societies.
The shrine was designed by architect Heliodoro Dols [1] who supervised the construction with the assistance of the architects Santiago Sols and Ramon Mondejar.The main church contains several outstanding features in the alabaster altarpiece by Juan Mayné, and the Blessed Sacrament chapel with its bronze figure of the crucified Christ, by Pasquale Sciancalepore.