Saint Josemaría Escrivá
Saint Josemaría was born in Barbastro (Huesca). He began his priestly programs of studyin Logroño. He was ordained in Zaragoza. He moved to Madrid to study law at doctorate. From 2 October 1928 he began to spread the message of Opus Dei in that Spanish city.
St Josemaría spent the first months of the Civil War in Republican Madrid. He managed to move to the other war zone at the end of 1937. He lived in Burgos until the end of the war in March 1939. From then on, he promoted the developmentand the expansion of Opus Dei in Madrid and other Spanish cities.
Saint Josemaría travelled to Rome to obtain juridical approval for Opus Dei. In Rome he established his permanent residency program, from 1949, in the central headquarters of Opus Dei called Villa Tevere. There, together with him, several thousands of Opus Dei members were formed and spread Opus Dei internationally. After the Second Vatican Council he travelled around Spain and Portugal and several Latin American countries spreading the message of the universal call to holiness.
A good summaryof St. Josemaría's message was his constant invitation that "the interior life, that is, the life of relationship with God, and the family, professional and social life, made up of small earthly realities" should not be separated, but should constitute a single "holy and God-filled" existence. This is what John Paul II recalled on October 6, 2002, during the Mass for the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei. St Josemaría's personality, his message and his priestly activity were inseparably united in him.
Works of St. Josemaría
bibliographyabout Saint Josemaría
Nuria Torrell Ibañez
San Josemaría: opening the divine ways of the earth, Madrid, Palabra, 2013.
Bruno Mastroianni
San Josemaría Escrivá: una biografia per immagini del fondatore dell'Opus Dei, Torino, Lindau, 2011.
William Keenan
Rolf Thomas
Josemaria Escrivá begegnen, Augsburg, Sankt Ulrich Verlag, 2010.
Giovanni Minoli
Opus Dei, Milano, Rizzoli, 2008.
Massimo Bettetini
Josemaria Escrivá: fondatore dell'Opus Dei, Padova, Messaggero, 2008.
Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg
John F. Coverdale
Uncommon faith: the early years of Opus Dei, 1928-1943, Princeton, Scepter, 2002.
Eugueny Pazukhin
Zizn and Trudy blazennovo khosemaria Escrivá, Osnovatelia Opus Dei, Helsinki, Okeanos Oy, 2000.
Andrés Vázquez de Prada
The Founder of Opus Dei, Volume I: "Señor, que vea", Madrid, Rialp, 1997.
Andrés Vázquez de Prada
The Founder of Opus Dei, Volume II: "Dios y audacia", Madrid, Rialp, 2002.
Andrés Vázquez de Prada
The Founder of Opus Dei, Volume III: "Los caminos divinos de la tierra", Madrid, Rialp, 2003.
Pilar Urbano
Claudio Sorgi
The Father. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Casale Monferrato, Piemme, 1992.
José Miguel Cejas Arroyo
Life of Blessed Josemaría, Madrid, Rialp, 1992.
Ana Sastre Gallego
Tiempo de caminar, Madrid, Rialp, 1991.
Erik Kennet Palsson
Vagen till Opus Dei: Om grundarem och verket, Helsingborg, Catholica, 1989.
Hugo de Azevedo
Peter Berglar
Opus Dei. Leben und Werk des Gründers Josemaría Escrivá, Salzburg, Ottto Muller, 1983.
François Gondrand
Au pas de Dieu. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, fondateur de l'Opus Dei, Paris, France-Empire, 1982.
Salvador Bernal Fernández
Apuntes sobre la vida del Fundador del Opus Dei, Madrid, Rialp, 1976.
6 ottobre 2002: la canonizzazione di Josemaría Escrivá fondatore dell'Opus Dei, Milano, Ares, 2002.
Crónica de la beatificación, Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Madrid, Rialp, 1992.
Beatification of Josemaría Escrivá, May 17, 1992: chronicle and homilies, Madrid, Palabra, 1992.
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, pathwayde la causa de canonización, Madrid, Palabra, 1991.
Javier Echevarría Rodríguez
reportof Blessed Josemaría Escrivá, Madrid, Rialp, 2000.
Francisco Ponz Piedrafita
My meetingwith the Founder of Opus Dei. Madrid, 1939-1944, Pamplona, Eunsa, 2000.
José María Casciaro Ramírez
Vale la pena: tres años cerca del fundador del Opus Dei, 1939-1942, Madrid, Rialp, 1997.
José Orlandis Rovira
Mis recuerdos: primeros tiempos del Opus Dei en Roma, Madrid, Rialp, 1995.
Pedro Casciaro Ramírez
AA.VV.
AA.VV.
Así le vieron. Testimonios sobre Mons. Escrivá de Balaguer, Madrid, Rialp, 1992.
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano
Intervista sul Fondatore dell'Opus Dei, Milano, Ares, 1992, 1st ed.
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano
Federico Delclaux
Santa María en los escritos de San Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Madrid, Rialp, 2004.
AA.VV.
AA.VV.
La personalidad del Beato Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Pamplona, Eunsa, 1994.
AA.VV.
AA.VV.
Josemaría Escrivá and the University, Pamplona, Eunsa, 1993.
AA.VV.
Homenaje a Mons. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Pamplona: Eunsa, 1986.
Álvaro del Portillo y Diez de Sollano, Francisco Ponz Piedrafita and Gonzalo Herranz Rodríguez
In reportde Mons. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, Pamplona, Eunsa, 1976.