Don Alvaro 1914-1994 The Beatification of Alvaro del Portillo Madrid, September 27, 2014
Nov 29, 2014
Don Alvaro 1914-1994 The Beatification of Alvaro del Portillo Madrid, September 27, 2014
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Alvaro del Portillo priest and father
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Content
his life Madrid 1914 - Rome 1994
the person engineer, priest, prelate of Opus Dei
his beatification Madrid, September 27
organized travel flights Friday 26 to Monday 29 September
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Alvaro del Portillo was born in
1914 in Madrid (Spain). His
mother was Mexican, his father
Spanish. He studied civil
engineering, philosophy and
theology.
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
injured by a monkey wrench
during catechism for children
in a suburb of Madrid (1934)
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
He was one of the first members of Opus Dei and was a
direct collaborator of St .Josemaria. It was him who
stimulated Don Alvaro to become priest in 1944.
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
In the Netherlands (Brabant) 1958: St. Josemaria together with Don Alvaro
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
a visit to the Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk, Amsterdam, 1958
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During Don Alvaro's years in
Rome (1946-1994), the
Holy See entrusted a
number of tasks to him, and
he carried these out with
great dedication. He
participated at the Vatican
Council, among others as
secretary of the
Commission of clerus and
laymen (Presbyterorum Ordinis). Vatican 5-3-1960:
St John XXIII, St. Josemaria, Don Alvaro
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Vatican 5-3-1976: Paul VI and Don Alvaro
On September 15, 1975,
Don Alvaro was elected as
St. Josemaría’s first
successor. When Opus Dei
was established as a
personal prelature on
November 28, 1982, Pope
John Paul II appointed him
Prelate of Opus Dei.
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Torreciudad, July 1977
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Amsterdam, 1970-1980
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
In Kenia 7-4-1989
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ordained bishop by St. John Paul II, 6-1-1991
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with St. John Paul II, 18-5-1992
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The last h. Mass 22-3-1994, in the Church of the Cenacle, Jerusalem
Early in the morning of
March 23, 1994, God called
his good and faithful
servant to Himself.
He just came back of a
pilgrimage to the Holy
Land. The day before he
celebrated his last holy
Mass in the Church of the
Cenacle.
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St John Paul II in the Prelatic Church, Rome, 23-3-1994
After his dead, the same day, St John Paul II visited him at the
Prelatic Church.
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Miracle through Bishop Alvaro's intercession: recovery of
Jose Ignacio. The Holy See has attributed to the intercession of
Bishop Alvaro the recovery of the newborn Jose Ignacio Ureta
Wilson after a cardiac arrest lasting longer than half an hour.
José Ignacio with his parents 2013
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March 12, 2014 Through his Secretary of State, Pope Francis urges those taking part in the conference on Alvaro del Portillo to imitate his "humble, cheerful, hidden and silent life, a life determined to give testimony to the perennial newness of the Gospel." His Holiness exhorts you to imitate his humble, cheerful, hidden and silent life, but a life that was also determined to give testimony to the perennial newness of the Gospel, by announcing the universal call to holiness and the furthering through one’s daily work of the salvation of all mankind. Cardinal Pietro Parolin .
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The Almudena Cathedral
Beatification of
Don Alvaro del Portillo
in Madrid
3-days flight, September, 26 to 28
4-days flight, September, 26 to 29
Don Alvaro 1914-1994
Program Friday, September 26: departure of
flights from Schiphol airport. Saturday, September 27: Beatification
Mass, presided over by Cardinal Angelo Amato at the Valdebebas Park.
Sunday, September 28, Thanksgiving
Mass presided over by Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, at the Valdebebas Park;
departure of first flight. Monday, September 29, Departure of
the other 6 flights.
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travel arrangements include
flight with KLM incl. all charges transport within Madrid, airport to
hotel, hotel to Valdebebas Park, etc.
Stay at a three star hotel with breakfast in a double room
public transport
not included
consumptions, lunch and diners accommodation of young people travel and cancellation insurance free gift for local organizer
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Hotel rooms In a 3 star hotel; for stay in a single room, there is an additional fee. Youth Flight MA1403 is for youth (boys) and flight MA1406 for youth (girls). Both groups will have accommodation in schools. More information about the beatification: www.alvaro14.org about Opus Dei: www.opusdei.org Contact regarding travel arrangements: VNB other aspects: Stichting De Oude Gracht, [email protected]
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Travel code
heenreis terugreis verblijf tariff charge single room
MA1401 26-9-14 13:40 16:15 29-9-14 12:50 15:25 hotel Aravaca € 489,- € 150,-
MA1402 26-9-14 20:50 23:25 29-9-14 17:10 19:50 hotel Aravaca € 489,- € 150,-
MA1403 26-9-14 20:50 23:25 29-9-14 17:10 19:50 school € 295,-
MA1404 26-9-14 9:30 12:05 29-9-14 20:15 22:45 hotel Eurostars € 489,- € 150,-
MA1405 26-9-14 9:30 12:05 28-9-14 17:10 19:50 hotel Eurostars € 439,- € 100,-
MA1406 26-9-14 9:30 12:05 28-9-14 17:10 19:50 school € 295,-
MA1407 26-9-14 6:55 9:30 29-9-14 20:15 22:45 hotel Eurostars € 489,- € 150,-
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