Early Years
What is the exact date of St. Josemaría’s priestly ordination?
March 28, 1925
By what code name was Josemaría sometimes referred to while in hiding?
Mariano
Who is the first female numerary of Opus Dei? (bonus: what year did she join?)
Lola Fisac (1937)
The first country outside Spain to which Opus Dei expanded?
Portugal
What was the name of the first residence for students run by the Work in Madrid?
DYA Academy (Derecho y Arquitectura)
In what parish did St. Josemaría celebrate his first Mass after ordination? (bonus:in front of which altar?)
Church of Our Lady of Pilar in Zaragoza (at the altar of Our Lady of the Holy Chapel)?
In 1937, St. Josemaría and others crossed the Pyrenees to escape to freedom. In what kind of shelter did they live temporarily during this journey?
A rudimentary log cabin called the “St. Raphael Cabin.”
Who was the first Canadian female associate and in what year did she join?
Annie Sioui, 1959
What year did Hawthorn School for Girls begin?
1989
Who was the Pope when Opus Dei received its first diocesan approval in 1941?
Who is Pope Pius XII
In which Madrid street was the first men’s student residence of Opus Dei located and what number (bonus: which year did it open)?
50 Ferraz Street (in 1933)?
During the Spanish Civil War, in what exact house did St. Josemaría hide the Blessed Sacrament for daily Mass?
In the Honduran Consulate, in a drawer converted into a tabernacle.
Who is our current Central Secretary and what did she study?
Maria Julia Prats
Industrial engineer, with a doctorate in Business Administration
In what year and city did the Work first arrive in Canada?
1957 (Montreal)
The current Father has 7 siblings. What number is he?
Youngest
What is the full (maiden) name of Our Father's mom?
Dolores Albás Blanc
When did St. Josemaria & his group cross the Pyrenees (exact dates)?
November 27 to December 2, 1937
Which woman (full name) of Opus Dei offered her suffering from tuberculosis in the 1930s and is considered an early intercessor for the Work?
María Ignacia García Escobar
In what year and city did the Work first arrive in the United States?
1949 (Chicago)
Who is our current Vicar general?
Fr. Javier del Castillo
What affectionate terms did Our Father used for his sister Carmen?
Carmen de mi alma
How many in Opus Dei crossed the Pyrenees together during the Spanish Civil War? (bonus: name them all)
8: Josemaria, José María González, 35 years old
Tomás Alvira, 31
Manuel Sainz, 29
Juan Jiménez, Miguel Fisac, 24
Pedro Casciaro, Paco Botella, 22
Who was the first female supernumerary?
Aurora Nieto Funcia
She was a strong woman, a teacher and mother of three, widowed at the age of 28. In 1945, she discovered her vocation in Opus Dei as a path of dedication and encounter with God.
Name three women arrived to Canada in 1959 to start Opus Dei,
Nisa Guzman, Laly Martin, Marie Carmen Garcia Grotta
How many regions do we currently have?
1. Australia and New Zealand
2. Brazil
3. Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela)
4. Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama)
5. Central Northern Europe (Austria, Germany, Hungary, ?Romania, Switzerland)
6. Central West Africa (Cameroon, Congo, Ivory Coast)
7. Chile
8. Colombia and Ecuador
9. East and South Asia (Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam)
10. East and Southern Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda)
11. France and Belgium
12. Italy
13. Mexico
14. Nigeria
15. North Central Europe (Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia)
16. Northwest Europe (Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden)
17. Peru
18. Philippines and Indonesia
19. Platine Region (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay)
20. Portugal
21. Spain (Kazakhstan, Lebanon, ?Jerusalem)
22. United States and Canada