Masses of Saint Josemaria around the world: USA, Nigeria and Philippines

This great saint accepted and obeyed the word of God and launched out into the deep… Tags: June 26

The Feast of Saint Josemaría around the world: Stockholm

The Papal Nuncio for Scandinavia presided at the concelebrated Mass of Saint Josemaría at 6.30 in the evening on 22 June. Tags: June 26

Mass in Vietnam

In the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon), a Mass was celebrated in honour of Saint Josemaria Tags: June 26

Thailand: 14 baptisms, confirmations and weddings

In north-west Thailand, on the border with Myanmar, in the mountains where the Karen tribes live, there is now a chapel dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Josemaría. Tags: Baptism, Charity, Solidarity, Church of St Josemaria

Habemus Papam!

At 6:43 Rome time, after the appearance of the “fumata bianca” or white smoke, the Cardinal protodeacon, Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, gave the announcement to the people from the “loggia” or balcony of benediction at the front of the Vatican Basilica with these words: Annuntio [...] Tags: Church, Prayer, Pope, Unity

Pope John Paul II dies

Vatican City, April 2 (Vatican Information Service). This evening, the director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Joaquin Navarro-Valls, sent the following declaration to journalists: “The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m. in his private apartment. All the procedures outlined in [...] Tags: Pope John Paul II, Death

Pallerols commemorates the Rose of Rialp

About 200 people took part in the Holy Mass celebrated in the church at Pallerols on 21 November 2004 to commemorate the day when Saint Josemaría Escrivá found a rose at Rialp. The Association of Friends of the Pallerols-Andorra Way organised a celebration for the second [...] Tags: Spanish Civil War, Crossing the Pyrenees

Twentieth anniversary of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross

A commemoration ceremony was held on January 10 to mark the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the “Roman Academic Center of the Holy Cross” by the decree Dei Servus, in 1985. The Hoffner Room at the University of the Holy Cross, where the ceremony [...] Tags: Priesthood, University

A travelling statue of Saint Josemaría for Paraguay

A statue blessed by Pope John Paul II on 6 October 2002 at the end of the canonization ceremony of Saint Josemaría has been taken through the whole of Paraguay Tags: Devotion, Pictures and statues of St Josemaria Escriva

Street named after Saint Josemaría in Lucca, Italy

The first street in Tuscany to be named after Saint Josemaría was inaugurated on 6 October. Tags: places dedicated to St Josemaria

University of Toronto Congress about Saint Josemaría

Inspired by Saint Josemaría’s message, a number of different people who are working to improve the human and spiritual conditions of the poor met for the second year running for a conference called “Sowers of Peace and Joy” Tags: Joy, Citizenship, Peace, Solidarity

New book: Favors of Saint Josemaría Escrivá

A newly published book relates many favors granted through the intercession of Saint Josemaría Escrivá. Following his previous book Cures through the Intercession of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Msgr. Flavio Capucci, in Favors of Saint Josemaría Escrivá now presents a collection of first-person accounts, often by [...] Tags: books