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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Statue of Saint Josemaría in Saint Peter’s Basilica

On August 30 a statue of Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of Opus Dei, was placed on the outside of Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome. The 5-metre marble statue stands in a niche on the outside of the left transept of the Basilica, also known as [...]
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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, travelling from the north to the south of the country in a journey lasting nearly [...]
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Statue of Saint Josemaría in Saint Helena’s Catholic Church, New Jersey

When Rene Gochuico from Edison, New Jersey arrived home from attending Saint Josemaría’s canonization, he talked to his pastor about the possibility of putting a statue of the new Saint in the parish church, Saint Helena’s. The pastor, Msgr Armando Perini, liked the idea, and [...]
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Devotion to Saint Josemaría in San Felice d’Ocre, Italy

“It makes me proud to know that the district for which I am responsible holds not only a spiritual presence but a physical presence of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei”, said Dr Nanda Palesse, Mayor of Ocre, L’Aquila, Italy, during a ceremony held [...]
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