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Coat of arms of Saint Josemaria Escrivá Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest. He founded Opus Dei , an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the teaching that everyone is called to holiness by God and to discover sanctity in their ordinary lives. [1]
Online source for the works of Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei: The Way, Furrow, The Forge, Friends of God, Christ is Passing By, Holy Rosary, The Way of the Cross, etc.
The life of St. Josemaria Escriva, priest and founder of Opus Dei, was a life of faith, a life holy and full of God—a life dedicated to doing God’s will and bringing to the world the message God entrusted to him: “Sanctity is not for a privileged few. The Lord calls all of us.
On 27 November 1924 his father, José Escrivá, died suddenly and unexpectedly. On 28 March 1925, Josemaría was ordained a priest by Bishop Díaz Gómara in the church of the Seminary of St Charles in Saragossa.
Josemaría Escrivá, priest and founder of Opus Dei, spread the universal call to holiness. He preached: "Your ordinary contact with God takes place where your fellow men, your yearnings, your work and your affections are.
Mar 2, 2006 · A brief biography of the founder of Opus Dei. Josemaría Escrivá was born in Barbastro, Spain on January 9, 1902. He was ordained on March 28, 1925. He studied civil law along with his ecclesiastical studies, and in 1927, he moved to Madrid to obtain a doctorate in law.
The St. Josemaria Institute was founded in 2006 to promote the life and teachings of St. Josemaria Escriva, a Spanish priest who founded Opus Dei and developed a spirituality through which people can form personal friendships with God through their everyday lives in the midst of the world.
