Cardinal Edward Egan of New York and Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles will be among the bishops around the country celebrating Masses on June 26 to commemorate the feast of Opus Dei’s founder, Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

Other U.S. Masses honoring the saint are being celebrated on or near his feast day by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee; Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, of the Archdiocese of Military Services, in Washington; Coadjutor Bishop Daniel N. DiNardo of Houston; Bishop Allen Vigneron of Oakland; Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach; Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Mass.; and Auxiliary Bishops Thomas J. Paprocki of Chicago; Felipe Estevez of Miami; and Jose H. Gomez of Denver.

There will also be Masses at parishes in Boston; Dallas; Pittsburgh; St. Louis; Minneapolis-St. Paul; Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; Portland, Maine; and Cape Cod, Mass.

Dates and times of some of the Masses are listed at the bottom of this article.

EWTN programming

EWTN will be running a number of programs on Saint Josemaría and Opus Dei for the occasion:

DOES IT WORK?

6/21/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

THE GREATNESS OF ORDINARY LIFE

6/22/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

A MATTER OF FAITH

6/23/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

THE SAINT OF ORDINARY LIFE

6/24/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.; 6/29/04 4:30 a.m.

JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA, GLIMPSES OF HIS PREACHING

6/25/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

GOD'S FOOTPRINT

6/25/04 4:30 p.m.; 6/26/04 9:30 a.m.

A GIFT OF GOD

6/26/04 2:00 a.m.; 6/27/04 7:00 p.m.; 6/29/04 1:00 p.m.

SOWERS OF PEACE AND JOY

6/26 4:00 a.m.

WHEREVER YOU ARE

6/26/04 1:30 p.m.

THEY CALL HIM FATHER IN FIVE CONTINENTS

6/26/04 2:00 p.m.

BLESSED JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA

6/28/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

HARAMBEE: A GIFT FOR AFRICA

6/30/04 4:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Pope's comments

Pope John Paul II referred to Saint Josemaría’s canonization in a book published last month in Italy. In the new book, “Get up, Let Us Go!”, the Pope wrote: “In October, 2002, I had the joy of inscribing in the canon of saints Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei, an exemplary priest and an apostle of the laity for modern times.”

Mass dates and times

-Boston, Cathedral of the Holy Cross, June 26, 11 a.m.

-Cape Cod, Corpus Christi, East Sandwich, June 22, 7 p.m.

-Chicago, St. Mary of the Angels, June 26, 10 a.m.

-Delray Beach, FL, St. Vincent Ferrar, June 25, 7:30 p.m.

-Denver, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, June 26, 10 a.m.

-Houston, Sacred Heart Co-Cathedral, June 26, 10 a.m.

-Los Angeles, Cathedral of our Lady of the Angels, June 26, 10 a.m.

-Manchester, NH, St. Pius X, June 25, 7:30 p.m.

-Miami, St. Brendan, June 26, 10:30 a.m.

-Milwaukee, St. Mary’s, Elm Grove, June 26, 10 a.m.

-New York, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, June 26, 10 a.m.

-Oakland, St. Isidore’s, Danville, June 26, 10:30 a.m.

-Pittsburgh, Sacred Heart, June 26, 10:30 a.m.

-Portland, ME, Church of the North American Martyrs, Falmouth Foreside, June 30, 6:00 p.m.

-Providence, Church of Saint Sebastian, June 26, 10 a.m.

-St. Louis, St. Clement of Rome, June 26, 2004, 10:30 a.m.

-St. Paul, MN, St. Therese Church, June 30, 2004, 7:30 p.m.

-Washington, National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, June 25, 7:30 p.m.

-Worcester, MA, St. Paul’s Cathedral, June 25, 7:30 p.m.

For priests: The English text of the Mass prayers can be found at www.josemariaescriva.info.