A miraculous downpour

The village of El Espinal, Peru, in the Motupe district, Lambayeque region, was experiencing a severe drought which threatened to destroy the local economy and the livelihood of the inhabitants, who live by growing crops and raising livestock. The people of El Espinal have very little [...]
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St. Josemaría Escrivá in Kerala (India)

The sixth anniversary of the canonization of St. Josemaría Escrivá was celebrated in a special way in Kottayam, in the state of Kerala in the south of India. On the 6th of October, 2008, a statue of the saint was placed for the veneration [...]
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Picture of St Josemaria in Vilnius (Lithuania)

A solemn Mass was celebrated in Vilnius on October 6, 2008 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Opus Dei. The Mass was offered by Cardinal Audrys Juozas Bačkis, Archbishop of Vilnius, in the Church of All Saints in the Lithuanian capital. Before the [...]
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Image of St Josemaria in Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, DECA Homes, Marilao, Bulacan, Philippines

On the 7th of July 2007, a Mass in honor of St. Josemaria was held in the newly constructed chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe inside the DECA Homes subdivision in Marilao Bulacan, an hour’s drive from the capital of the Philippines. DECA Homes is [...]
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Statue of St Josemaria Escriva installed in Delhi Cathedral

On the feast day of St. Josemaría Escrivá, 26th of June, a new statue of the saint was blessed and installed in the Cathedral of Delhi, the capital of India, by the Archbishop Vincent Concessao, the main celebrant of the evening Mass in honor of [...]
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St Josemaría on the campus of La Sabana University, Colombia

A statue of St Josemaría was put up at the beginning of 2007 in a square called “Plazoleta de los Arcos” in the University of La Sabana, Colombia. The original sculpture in plaster, 1.8 metres high, was modeled in the Angelis workshops and the final bronze [...]
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Archbishop of Cologne Blesses Chapel of St Josemaría

Ruthard von Frankenberg In St Pantaleon’s Church in Cologne, Cardinal Joachim Meisner has blessed a new chapel dedicated to St Josemaría Escrivá. “St Josemaría passed on a taste for God,” said the Cardinal. “It is good to bless an altar in his honour here in St Pantaleon’s, [...]
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A 5-meter, 32-ton Saint, on DVD

A new statue adorns the outside of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome: one of St Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei. The statue of the smiling saint with his arms open in welcome, accompanied by two angels, was put in place on August 30, 2005 [...]
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St Josemaria and St Thomas More at the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden

In spite of torrential downpours, which caused major traffic jams and diversions, a large crowd gathered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden, Nicoll Road, London, for the Mass of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the faithful of London on June [...]
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Pope blesses statue of Saint Josemaría at Saint Peter’s Basilica

Rome, September 14, 2005. This morning the Holy Father blessed a statue of Saint Josemaría, the founder of Opus Dei, which was placed in a niche on the outside of the Vatican Basilica on August 30. The statue stands in an area allotted to statues [...]
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