Alvaro del Portillo was born in 1914 in Madrid, Spain. He was one of the first members of Opus Dei and a direct collaborator of St. Josemaria Escriva. He succeeded St. Josemaria as head of Opus Dei in 1975. Del Portillo was beatified in Madrid on September 27, 2014. The document provides details on his life and roles in Opus Dei, and announces organized travel from Amsterdam to attend his beatification in Madrid from September 26-29, 2014.

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The Beatification
of Alvaro del Portillo
Madrid, September 27, 2014

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Alvaro
del Portillo
priest and father

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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

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Alvaro del Portillo was born in
1914 in Madrid (Spain). His
mother was Mexican, his father
Spanish. He studied civil
engineering, philosophy and
theology.

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injured by a monkey wrench
during catechism for children
in a suburb of Madrid (1934)

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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.

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In the Netherlands (Brabant) 1958: St. Josemaria together with Don Alvaro

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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

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Amsterdam, 1970-1980

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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

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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,
janluijken52@gmail.com

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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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