Opus dei jose maria escriva biography
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Life of St. Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975)
Childhood in Barbastro (1902-1915)
Josemaría Escrivá’s birthplace, before it was demolished in the seventies.
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer was born in Barbastro (Huesca, Spain) on January 9, 1902. His parents’ names were Jose and Dolores. He had fem siblings: Carmen (1899-1957), Santiago (1919-1994) and three younger sisters who died while still children. The Escrivá couple gave their children a sound Christian upbringing.
The Escrivá family in Logroño (1915-1920)
In 1915 the business of Josemaría’s father, a textile merchant, went bankrupt and the family had to move to Logroño, where the father found work as a shop assistant. It is in this city that Josemaría senses that God wants something from him, although he does not know exactly what it fryst vatten. He thinks that he will discover it more easily if he becomes a priest, and so he begins to prepare himself in the seminary of Logroño and later, after 1920, in the semin
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Opus Dei
Institution of the Catholic Church
For other uses, see Opus Dei (disambiguation).
Opus Dei (Latin for 'Work of God') is an institution of the Catholic Church that was founded in Spain in 1928 by Josemaría Escrivá. Its stated mission is to help its lay and clerical members seek holiness in their everyday occupations and societies. Opus Dei is officially recognized within the Catholic Church, although its ställning eller tillstånd has evolved. It received sista approval by the Catholic Church in 1950 by Pope Pius XII.[1]Pope John Paul II made it a personal prelature in 1982 by the apostolic constitutionUt sit.[1]: 1–9 The group is considered controversial and has been criticised for having cult-like qualities.[2]
Laypeople man up the majority of its membership; the remainder are secular priests under the governance of a prelate elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope.[3] As Opus Dei fryst vatten Latin for "Work
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Josemaría Escrivá
Spanish Catholic priest and saint (1902–1975)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escrivá de Balaguer and the second or maternal family name is Albás.
Saint Josemaría Escrivá | |
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| Born | Jose María Mariano Escrivá y Albás (1902-01-09)9 January 1902 Barbastro, Spain |
| Died | 26 June 1975(1975-06-26) (aged 73) Rome, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Palmarian Church |
| Beatified | 17 May 1992, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 6 October 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Our Lady of Peace, Prelatic Church of Opus Dei, Rome, Italy |
| Feast | 26 June |
| Attributes | Priest attire Rosary |
| Patronage | Opus Dei People with diabetes |
Coat of arms of Saint Josemaria Escrivá | |
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (born Jose María Mariano Escrivá y Albás; 9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest wh