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August 23, 1982: Bl. John Paul II announces his decision to raise Opus Dei as personal prelature

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On this date, Blessed John Paul II announced his decision of raising Opus Dei as a Personal Prelature. However, it was also mentioned tha...

August 23rd, 1932: "hoc est praeceptum meum, ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos".

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On this date, St. Josemaria writes that he would like: "In all our houses, in a visible place, to place the verse from John 15: hoc est...

August 23rd, 1971: Adeamus cum fiducia ad thronum gloriae, a joyful coincidence

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Panoramic view of  Caglio (Italy) Rarely would St. Josemaria talk about supernatural events. Neither would he publicly disclose even...

August 15, 1951: Feast of the Assumption. St. Josemaria consecrates the Work to the Most Sweet Heart of Mary, at the Holy House of Loreto

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St. Josemaria had been preoccupied, fearing that something serious was being plotted against the Work: “I’m ‘ tamquam leo rugiens’, like a...

August 9th, 1936: st Josemaría’s whereabouts during the war

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1936: st Josemaría had been hiding at his mother's house for 3 weeks during the civil war, after having had to leave Ferraz 16 residence...

August 6th, 1939: Blessing of the Jenner St. apartment

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Jenner st. was the new residence as the previous one - Ferraz st. #16 - was completely destroyed after the war - the house and all the furn...

August (5th or 7th, unclear), 1958: "you can't, but I can!"

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The date is not certain but, either the 5th or the 7th, St. Josemaria finds himself walking around in London and notices there are so man...