A scene from St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer’s trip to Jaltepec, Mexico, in June 1970. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei/Flickr
Madrid, Spain, Mar 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
OnMarch28,thecentennialofthepriestlyordinationofSt.JosemaríaEscrivá,thefounderofOpusDei,willbecelebratedwithliturgicalandacademiceventsinZaragoza,Spain,andinRome.
TheSpanishsaintwasordainedapriestinZaragozainthechapelofthecurrentSt.CharlesBorromeoseminary.
EscriváenteredtheseminaryinSeptember1920,transferringfromtheseminaryinLogroño.InadditiontostudyingtheologyatthePontificalUniversityofZaragoza,healsostudiedlawatthestateuniversity.
ThenewlyordainedpriestcelebratedhisfirstMassonMarch30,1925,theMondayofHolyWeek,inthechapelofOurLadyofthePillarCathedral.ThenewpriestofferedtheMassforthereposeofthesoulofhisfather,JoséEscrivá,whohaddiedinNovember1924.
VariousactivitieshavebeenplannedinZaragozatomarktheanniversary.OnMarch27,anacademiceventwillbeheldwiththeparticipationofthearchbishopofZaragoza,CarlosEscriban
