March 23rd, 1995
Death of Don Pedro Casciaro. Always and until then, he kept with him the rosary beads and the crucifix that St. Josemaria gave him when he joined Opus Dei.
Father Casciaro -"Don Pedro", as he would have been called- was born in Murcia on 16/4/1915. He joined the Work on November 20th, 1935, he was studying architecture. He was in the group that crossed the Pyrenees with St. Josemaria during the Spanish Civil war, and after that during his stay in Burgos.
St. Josemaria, standing, centre. 4th from the left, don Pedro Casciaro. The group that crossed the Pyrenees on their arrival in Andorra |
Don Pedro had doctorates in Maths and Canon Law. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1946. He started the apostolic work in Mexico In January 1949. Afterwards, he worked as delegate of Opus Dei for the Holy See from Oct. 1958 to May 1966, and as member of the governing council of Opus Dei in Italy.
In the early 70's he returned to Mexico, and died in Mexico city on March 23rd, 1995. The next day his remains were taken to the Church of Santa Veracruz (Mexico). There were uninterrupted Masses offered as suffrage for his soul, and the Church was overflowing with people from all of Mexico and all social classes, reflecting the broad spectrum of the apostolic work of Opus Dei in Mexico.
Among his writings, perhaps the most widely known is the book "Dream and your dreams will fall short".
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