Chris Tiu & There Be Dragons

Chris Tiu, a professional basketball player from Philippines, watched the movie “There be dragons”, about the early life of St. Josemaria Escriva and wrote a post in his blog with his impressions: "For the first time, I am blogging about a movie. Not because I have [...]
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How to slay your dragon

While fire-breathing, tailed and winged creatures are more fiction than fact, in a way we can say that dragons do exist in our midst. Worse, we find them inside us. Who can deny the dragon of resentment that wells up inside leading to anger and snowballing [...]
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Saint Josemaria inspired agnostic to film ‘There be Dragons'

By Hernani Pizarro Geronimo, publised in Manila Standard Today There be Dragons, by acclaimed Academy Award director Roland Jofe (Killing Fields and The Mission) on the life of Opus Dei (God’s Work) founder, Saint Josemaria Escriva, set to hit commercial theaters on Nov. 9 is [...]
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The Redeeming Value of Forgiveness

By DR. Bernardo M. Villegas published in Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation MANILA, Philippines — Movie goers of the sixties and seventies in the last century were captivated by the big-screen, spectacular photography of the late director David Lean. My own generation relished such blockbusters as The Bridge [...]
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Hints and traces of There Be Dragons

Now in the rounds of premiere showings—in Cebu, it will be on October 16 at the Ayala Theatre—the movie depicts the story of St. Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei, with some fiction to highlight and encapsulate the Christian message that while nothing much can [...]
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Encountering Dragons

MANILA, Philippines — "There Be Dragons” were words written on ancient maps on territories unknown to the cartographers. They were warning of possible dangers. A very apt title for a Hollywood film that will soon be shown in several theaters in Manila and in other [...]
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From the Philippines: Saint of the ordinary

Last Saturday, June 26, was the feast of St. Josemaria Escriva, otherwise known as the saint of the ordinary. He also established Opus Dei, which, contrary to many misconceptions, is neither a cult nor a secret mafia, nor an association of strange people (as depicted [...]
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Masses of St Josemaria around the world 2010

The feast of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, is celebrated in the Catholic Church on June 26. The following are details of Masses of Saint Josemaria which will be said on or around that date in different countries. Confessions will be heard before [...]
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