Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. He was canonized by
Escrivá in 1966
Mother of Fair Love, a gift of Josemaría Escrivá to the University of Navarra: John Paul II stated: "Love for our Lady is a constant characteristic of the life of Josemaría Escrivá."
Bronze portrait of Escrivá in Cahir, Ireland, commemorating a visit he made in 1959
The Palmarian Catholic Church, officially registered as the Palmarian Christian Church and also known as the Palmarian Church, is a Christian church with an episcopal see in El Palmar de Troya, Andalu
Josemaría Escrivá
…Ordinary Life Born Jose María Mariano Escribá Albás 9 January 1902 Barbastro, Spain Died 26 June 1975 (aged 73) Rome, Italy Venerated in Catholic Church, Palmarian Church Beatified 17 May 1992, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Canonized 6 October 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope…
The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar, which the Palmarian Church considers the present headquarters of the Holy See of the Catholic Church
The Virgin Mary as she would have appeared as Our Lady of La Salette in 1846. This initiated a series of apocalyptic Marian apparitions, warning modern man of a coming great chastisement.
The Virgin Mary in the mantle of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Her alleged appearance at Palmar de Troya from 1968 onwards formed the basis of the Palmarians.
Santa Faz by Alonso López de Herrera. Based on alleged apparitions in 1969, devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus Christ would become a prominent aspect of the Palmarians.