April 28th, 1934: First gathering with women in Opus Dei

On this date, St. Josemaria got together for the first time some women in the work - they were not even half a dozen - in a room of the Convent of Santa Isabel. (In following Saturdays, they used a room of “The Student’s House”, ceded by D. Pedro Poveda). Sometimes he gathered them at Ferraz - without the residents being there - and gave them a meditation and Benediction (this continued until April 1935). 

Unfortunately, around that time, st. Josemaria's commitments and finally the start of the war, did not allow for proper follow up and they scattered. St. Josemaria gad to start over again after the war. More detail in this post:
 http://turningthewaterwheel.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/women-section.html