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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 ]
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 ...
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.
An ombudsman for foreign press in Spain; vice-president of OPCI Ibero-American press association; vice-president of APSCE, association for energy and telecommunications; past executive board member for Spain's oldest and largest foreign press body, the Club Internaciónal de Prensa; editor for Spero News and EnerPub. [25]
In 2010, he co-authored with Ernst Burkhart the book "Ordinary Life and Holiness in the Teaching of St. Josemaría"(Ed. Scepter, New York 2018) which is the largest and most systematic exposee on St. Josemaría Escrivá, who was defined by Pope John Paul II as the "saint of the ordinary" for having taught on sanctifying one's daily professional ...
Josemaría Escrivá had a Jesuit priest as a spiritual director (Fr. Sánchez) at the time that he founded Opus Dei (1928ff.). [22] As a result, he apparently based some of the practices of Opus Dei on the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, [23] such as: required manifestation of conscience to a superior, seeking prestigious people for membership, a military-style hierarchical authority ...
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1975 - 1980: After Escriva's death on June 26, 1975, the Postulation for the Cause of his beatification and canonization started receiving thousands of reports of favors granted through his intercession; the postulation also received testimonies about his holy life. These came from people all over the world.