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Josemaría Escrivá
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2002.
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Born 9 January 1902 · Died 26 June 1975 · Q186807
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 4 entries
National Catholic Register: 50 Years On: St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei, and the Universal Call to Holiness
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Diario Correo: Universidad de Piura celebra festividad del santo Josemaría Escrivá
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mdz online: “Camino”, de San Josemaría Escrivá, best seller de Amazon gracias al desafío de la app Hallow
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aciprensa: “Camino” de San Josemaría Escrivá vuelve a ser un éxito de ventas en Estados Unidos
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2024· 1 entry
Simon and Schuster published the book Opus by Gareth Gore, which was sharply critical of Escrivá and the organization he founded
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2023· 1 entry
blogs.diariodenavarra.es: 'Camino', de Josemaría Escrivá, cuarto libro en lengua castellana más traducido a otros idiomas
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2022· 3 entries
aciprensa: Sacan cuadro de San Josemaría Escrivá de la Catedral de Lima en la víspera de su fiesta
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Diario Correo: Recuerdan Solemnidad de San Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, fundador de la Universidad de Piura
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National Catholic Register: St. Josemaría Escrivá Is the Saint of the Ordinary
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2021· 1 entry
National Catholic Register: St. Josemaría Escrivá Founded Opus Dei to Help People Become Holy Through Life’s Daily Tasks
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2013· 1 entry
ABC: Siete entrevistas a Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
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2010· 1 entry
ArchDaily: San Josemaría Escrivá Church / Javier Sordo Madaleno Bringas
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2005· 1 entry
"The first impression one gets from watching Escrivá 'live'", "is his effervescence, his keen sense of humor
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2002· 3 entries
ABC: Juan Pablo II canoniza a Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer
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The Irish Times: Josemaria Escriva realised holiness was for everyone
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Also generated considerable comment and contention
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2001· 1 entry
To the head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, an important position in the Roman Curia usually occupied by a cardinal
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1992· 1 entry
After Escrivá's beatification
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1988· 2 entries
Von Balthasar was named as a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, but he died before he could be elevated to that position at the next consistory
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Before his investiture), dismissed Escrivá's principal work, The Way, as "a little Spanish manual for advanced Boy Scouts" and argued that it was quite insufficient to sustain a major religious movement
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1984· 1 entry
But he did not renew his criticism of Opus Dei as an organization
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1983· 1 entry
The procedures were simplified in order to present "models who lived in a world like ours
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1982· 1 entry
By Pope John Paul II, of Opus Dei as a personal prelature, subject only to its own prelate and to the Pope
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1981· 1 entry
Stated in an interview for Newsweek that Escrivá was so distraught by the reforms introduced by the Second Vatican Council that he and his deputy, Álvaro del Portillo, "went to Greece in 1967 to see if [they] could bring
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1979· 1 entry
Von Balthasar distanced himself from a newspaper attack on Opus Dei which had cited his earlier accusations of integrism
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1976· 1 entry
Of a rare disease, lipomatosis, suffered by Sister Concepción Boullón Rubio, whose family had prayed to Escrivá to help her
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1975· 12 entries
Died 1975-06-26.
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“Powiedz swojemu ciału: Wolę mieć w tobie niewolnika, niż być twoim niewolnikiem.”
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“Nawrócenie jest sprawą jednej chwili. Uświęcenie – dziełem całego życia.”
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“„Wielka” świętość polega na codziennym wykonywaniu „drobnych obowiązków.”
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“Wytrwaj w modlitwie. – Wytrwaj, choćby twój wysiłek wydawał się daremny. – Modlitwa jest zawsze owocna.”
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“Diabeł nigdy nie stanie twarzą w twarz.”
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“Kościół śpiewa, gdyż sama mowa nie wystarczałaby dla modlitwy.”
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“Milczenia nigdy nie będziesz żałował; nadmiaru mowy – często.”
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“Powoli. – Uważaj, co mówisz, kto to mówi i do kogo. – Bo to szybkie klepanie bez zastanowienia się, to pusty hałas, łomotanie w blachę. Więc powiem ci za św. Teresą, iż choćbyś najdłużej poruszał wargami, nie uważam tego za modlitwę.”
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“Kłamstwo posiada wiele aspektów: niedopowiedzenie, półprawda, oczernianie… Ale zawsze jest bronią tchórzy.”
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The members of Opus Dei numbered some 60,000 in 80 countries
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Described The Way as "in many aspects nothing more than a mediocre imitation of the Exercises of St
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1970· 1 entry
And later wrote of "the refreshing serenity which emanated from him and warmed the whole conversation", and "the unbelievable rhythm" with which his thought flowed, and finally "his amazing capacity" for getting into "im
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1968· 2 entries
Requested and received from the Spanish Ministry of Justice the rehabilitation in his favor of the aristocratic title of Marquess of Peralta
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Santiago had requested for himself the rehabilitation of a different title of nobility, the barony of San Felipe, which was not granted
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1967· 1 entry
Or 1968, during the intermission to a World War II movie, Escrivá had said to him, "Vlad, Hitler couldn't have been such a bad person
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1966· 3 entries
Awarded Hijo Adoptivo de Barcelona (1966).
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Was done in order to analyze the convenience of organizing Opus Dei in that country, and that Escrivá even brought back icons as presents for Pope Paul VI and Angelo Dell'Acqua (then the substitute to the Vatican Secreta
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While serving as a notary for the Holy Office, which implies that the judge in question was De Magistris
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1965· 1 entry
That The Way was ultimately a book of "Ignatian asceticism", but "unbelievably trivialized"
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Beneficence (1964).
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1963· 2 entries
Swiss Catholic theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote a scathing critique of Escrivá's spirituality, characterizing Escrivá's approach to religion as a form of "integrism", stating "despite the affirmations of the membe
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And later expressing doubts in private about the salvation of the Pope's soul
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1960· 3 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III (1960).
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Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Zaragoza (1960).
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Awarded Hijo Adoptivo de Pamplona (1960).
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1957· 1 entry
Escrivá gleefully exclaimed "They have made us ministers
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1956· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1956).
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1955· 2 entries
Received a doctorate in theology from the Lateran University
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Received a doctorate of theology from the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort (1954).
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1953· 1 entry
Founded the Collegium Romanum Sanctae Mariae (Roman College of Saint Mary) to serve the women's section (these institutions are now joined into the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise (1951).
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1950· 1 entry
Escrivá was appointed an Honorary Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XII, which allowed him to use the title of Monsignor
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1948· 1 entry
Escrivá founded the Collegium Romanum Sanctae Crucis (Roman College of the Holy Cross), Opus Dei's educational center for men, in Rome
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1947· 2 entries
Awarded Hijo Predilecto de Barbastro (1947).
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And on Monday, 16 June 1950, he obtained approval of Opus Dei as an institution of pontifical right
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1945· 1 entry
And later in 1950 (when he and his followers had lobbied for his appointment as bishop of Vitoria)
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1943· 1 entry
Career landmark: president of the priestly society of the Holy Cross (1943–1975).
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1941· 1 entry
All of the male members of Opus Dei, who then numbered about fifty, offered to join the "Blue Division", a group of Spaniard volunteers who joined the German forces in their fight against the Soviet Army, along the Easte
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1939· 2 entries
Had the dateline Año de la Victoria ("Year of the Victory"), referring to Franco's military triumph over the Republican forces in the civil war, as well as a prologue by a pro-Franco bishop, Xavier Lauzurica, which ended
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With Franco's victory, Escrivá was able to resume his studies in Madrid and complete a doctorate in law, for which he submitted a thesis on the historical jurisdiction of the abbess of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
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1936· 1 entry
Escrivá fled from Madrid, via Andorra and France, to the city of Burgos, which at the time served as the headquarters of the rebel Nationalist forces under General Francisco Franco
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1928· 1 entry
And Pius XII gave it final approval in 1950
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1927· 1 entry
To pursue a doctorate in civil law at the Central University
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1925· 2 entries
Career landmark: priestly ordination in the Roman rite.
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Studied at Seminary of San Francisco de Paula (1918–1925).
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1922· 1 entry
Also studied law at the University of Zaragoza, receiving the corresponding licenciate degree in 1927
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1915· 1 entry
To the city of Logroño, in the northern province of La Rioja, where he worked as a clerk in a clothing store
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1902· 1 entry
Born 1902-01-09.
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1884· 1 entry
Had married a Belgian countess, Jehanne de Clérembault, died without children in 1930
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1883· 1 entry
By Pope Leo XIII and King Alfonso XII in favor of a man to whom Escrivá had no male-line family association: the Costa Rican diplomat Manuel María de Peralta y Alfaro (1847–1930)
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