Canonization: hearing is believing

Shortly before October 6, 2002, a young Italian film-maker decided to take his camera and make an “audio-visual pilgrimage” to the canonization of St Josemaría. The film-maker, Manuél de Teffè, has recently published a new version of his musical video entitled Canonizacion. The following is an [...]
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Updates to October 6, 2002

For the fourth anniversary of St Josemaría’s canonization, we hear from people who were there in Rome for the ceremony, or saw it on television, and who tell their experiences. From the U.S. My wife and I have 10 children and have both been supernumerary members of [...]
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Celebration for Africa on Madison Avenue

Harambee, a charitable foundation established on the occasion of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, held a fundraising event in Manhattan on May 15. Opus Dei members and others helped organize a fundraising event for HarambeeUSA on May 15. More than 200 people attended [...]
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Second Harambee 2002 International Award: Communicating Africa

Harambee 2002 was founded on the occasion of Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s canonization. Its aim is to support educational and social projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The Second Harambee 2002 International Prize for Audiovisual Communication “Communicating Africa” is dedicated to documentaries and television reports. The scope [...]
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Harambee 2002 funds 18 development projects in Africa

Harambee 2002 is a solidarity project which was started on October 6 2002, around the canonization of Josemaría Escrivá, Founder of Opus Dei, with donations from those attending the canonization ceremony and many others. Harambee 2002 sponsors educational projects in and about Africa – development [...]
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Harambee Africa International

Harambee – All Together for Africa – is a solidarity initiative that originated around the canonization of St Josemaria Escriva. Harambee promotes educational programmes in Africa and about Africa – developmental projects on the sub-Saharan region and awareness-building activities elsewhere designed to encourage a positive [...]
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Canonization of Saint Josemaria

On October 6, 2002, Pope John Paul II canonized the founder of Opus Dei in St Peter’s Square, Rome, in the presence of more than 300,000 people from all round the world. Days of Prayer and Thanksgiving When Saint Josemaría first arrived in Rome on [...]
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Three Russians among the thousands at St Josemaria’s canonization

The square in front of Saint Peter’s Basilica holds 300,000 people. Today there will be more than 400,000. Half of them will be young men and women in their twenties. The canonization of Josemaria Escriva has brought people from around the world to Rome. Volunteers [...]
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Opus Dei Prelate’s greeting to John Paul II, October 7 2002

At the end of the Thanksgiving Mass for the canonization of the Josemaria Escriva, the Holy Father John Paul II met with the participants of the canonization. The following is the greeting given by the Prelate of Opus Dei, Msgr. Javier Echevarría to the Holy [...]
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Declarations on the Upcoming Canonization

- Card. Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna (Vienna Cathedral, January 9, 2002) “God has given man the power to shape reality. Blessed Josemaria took this fundamental message to task: work, understood not only as a means of self-fulfillment, but also of sanctity”. - [...]
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