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Route from St Peter’sSquare to Viale BrunoBuozzi

Information Point of Rome City Council

How to get there

By bus:• No. 53: from Piazza San Silvestro, getting off at Piazza Ungheria.• No. 982: from Ottavianometro stop, getting off at Piazza Don Minzoni• No. 910: from StazioneTermini, getting off at Via F. Siacci

By underground:• Line A: Flaminio station(30 minute walk). It is possible to catch bus No.982 nearby (Via Flaminia,opposite the Navy Ministry)• Line B: Policlinico Takethe tram No. 3 or No. 19,getting off at Via Aldrovan-di

By Tram:• No. 3 or No. 19: gettingoff at Via Aldrovandi

Rome

Our Ladyof Peace

prelatic church of Opus Dei

A place for prayerwhere the mortal remainsof St Josemaría Escrivá

and Bl Álvaro del Portillo rest.

Viale Bruno Buozzi, 7500197 RomaTelephone: 06-808961

Open from 8.30am to 8.25pm(from 2.00pm to 5.00pm entry is viaVia di Villa Sachetti, 36)

Masses: Daily at 8.30am,12.00noon (except in Holy Week),and 7.30pm (except in the monthsof July and August).

Confessions: in Italian, English,Spanish, French, German andPortuguese.

To arrange group visits of for apriest to celebrate Holy Mass, please telephone 06-808961.

Useful telephone numbers:City Council of Rome: 06-0606 (Information)Radio Taxi: 06-3570; 06-4994; 06-8822

© 2014 Communications Office of the Opus Dei Prelature in Rome

http://www.josemariaescriva.infohttp://www.opusdei.org

Our Lady of Peace

prelatic churchof Opus Dei

Viale Bruno Buozzi, 75

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THE CHURCHOn 31 December 1959 St Josemaríacelebrated the first Mass in Our Lady ofPeace. Since Opus Dei was established as

a personal prelature it hasbecome the prelatic church. StJosemaría’s devotion to OurLady is the reason for the namegiven to the church and for thepainting which presides over it.The Blessed Sacrament chapeland the confessionals are to befound in the crypt of the

professional and social duties, StJosemaría moved to Rome in 1946 led byhis great love for the Church and theuniversal nature of Opus Dei. From theEternal City he spread – across the fivecontinents – the message of the call of allChristian faithful to holiness. He died inRome on 26 June 1975. He wascanonised by Pope St John Paul II on 6October 2002.

The body of St Josemaría rests under thealtar of the Church of Our Lady of Peace.Millions of people all over the world turnto him to beseech God our Lord for all

kinds of favours. And there aremany who come to the prelaticchurch to keep praying forintentions or to give thanks for thefavours received through hisintercession.

St Josemaría was chosen by the Lord toproclaim the universal call to holinessand to indicate that everyday life, itscustomar y activities, are a pathtowards holiness.

It could be said that he was the saintof the ordinar y. He was reallyconvinced that, for whoever lives withan outlook of faith, everything offers anopportunity for a meeting with God,ever ything becomes a stimulus forprayer.

Pope St John Paul II

God loves all men, and he wants all tolove him – everyone, whatever theirsocial position, their work. Ordinary lifeis something of great value. All the waysof the earth can be opportunities to meetChrist, who calls us to identify ourselveswith him and carry out his divinemission – right where he finds us.

St Josemaría Escrivá

AN INTERCESOR BEFORE GODSt Josemaría Escrivá was bornin Barbastro (Spain) in 1902

and was ordained tothe priesthood in1925. On 2October 1928, bydivine inspiration,he founded OpusDei. This has openedup a new way ofsanctity in the midst ofthe world, through

ordinary life andthrough the ful-filment of family,

Blessed SacramentChapel

The baptismalfont where StJosemaría wasbaptised inBarbastro, islocated in theatrium of thischurch. Hismother, DoloresAlbás, and hissister Carmenwere alsobaptised at thisfont.

SaintJosemaríaEscrivá in Our Ladyof Peace

Wooden rosewhich StJosemaría foundin 1937 in Rialp(SpanishPyrenees). He alwaysconsidered it acaress from ourLady at a momentof greattribulation. It iskept at the back ofthe nave.

Our Lady ofPeace(reredos)

church. With untiring zeal St Josemaríapreached on the need to frequent thesacraments of Reconciliation and theEucharist, gifts of God to men, hischildren, and a source of peace andeverlasting joy.

Bl Álvaro del Portillo (1914-1994),bishop and the first successor of StJosemaría at the head of Opus Dei, isburied in the crypt. He was beatified inMadrid on 27 September 2014.

Holy Mary is the Queen of peace, andthus the Church invokes her. So whenyour soul or your family are troubled,or things go wrong at work, in society orbetween nations, cry out to her withoutceasing. Call to her by this title: “Reginapacis, ora pro nobis. Queen of peace,pray for us.” Have you at least tried itwhen you have lost your calm?...

You will be surprised at its immediateeffect.

St Josemaría Escrivá

St John Paul II and Bl Álvaro del Portilloon 18 May 1992

The Way of the Cross, Twelth Station:Christ on the Cross, ceramic.

6 October 2002Canonisation of the founder of Opus Dei