MArch 30th, 1925 - St. Josemaria's first Mass. Like today, that year, was also on the Monday of Passion Week!

On Monday of Passion week -March 30th, same as this year of 2015- St. Josemaria celebrated his first Mass in the Chapel of the Pillar in Zaragoza. It was not a solemn Mass but a low Mass because it was on the Monday of Passion Week, with purple vestments, and was for the repose of the soul of his father. The Mass was in the Holy Chapel of Our Lady of the Pillar in Saragossa, at 10:30 in the morning.

Some holy cards of Our Lady were sent out with the following announcement on the back:

The Priest

Jose Maria Escrivá y Albas

will celebrate his first Mass

in the Holy Chapel of Our Lady of the Pillar in Saragossa

 on March 30, 1925, at 10:30 in the morning,

for the repose of the soul of his father,

 Don Jose Escrivá Corzan,

 who went to his rest with the Lord

 on November 27, 1924.   

A.M.D.G. 

Invitation and memento