Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás, born Jose María Escribá Albás, (9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. [1] .

May 15, 2001 · Blessed Josemaria Escriva, the founder of Opus Dei, opened a new path of holiness in the Catholic Church, teaching that men and women can achieve holiness by performing their work and daily duties with a Christian spirit.

Oct 6, 2002 · JOSEMARÍA ESCRIVÁ DE BALAGUER CANONIZATION 6 October 2002 . Biography of Blessed JoseMaría [English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish]From the ...

On December 20, 2001, Pope John Paul II approved the decree issued by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on a miraculous cure attributed to the intercession of Blessed Josemaria Escriva. The miracle was the cure of Dr. Manuel Nevado from cancerous chronic radiodermatitis, an incurable disease, which took place in November 1992.

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.

Jan 5, 2025 · St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (born January 9, 1902, Barbastro, Spain—died June 26, 1975, Rome, Italy; canonized October 6, 2002; feast day June 26) was a Spanish prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, founder in 1928 of Opus Dei, a Catholic organization of laypeople and priests claiming to strive to live Christian lives in their chosen ...

Escrivá was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 6 October 2002 in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. During the canonization, there were 42 cardinals and 470 bishops from around the world, general superiors of many orders and religious congregations, and representatives of various Catholic groups.

Monsignor Escriva's death in Rome came suddenly on June 26, 1975, when he was 73. Large numbers of bishops and ordinary faithful petitioned the Vatican to begin the process for his beatification and canonization. On May 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II declared him Blessed before a huge crowd in St. Peter's Square. He was canonized on October 6, 2002.

On May 17, 1992, Pope John Paul II beatified Josemaría Escrivá. He proclaimed him a saint ten years later, on October 6, 2002, in St. Peter’s Square, in Rome, before a great multitude.

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.