Saxum
The Life of Alvaro del PortilloBy John F. Coverdale
Length7h 17m
About this audiobook
Saxum—the Latin word means rock—is the nickname that St. Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, bestowed on Alvaro del Portillo. Don Alvaro, as he came to be known, was for many years the founder’s closest associate as well as his successor and first Prelate of Opus Dei after it became a personal prelature—a foundational rock for this dynamic international Catholic group devoted to promoting sanctity in ordinary life.
Written in anticipation of Bishop del Portillo’s September 2014 beatification, the book is a fact-filled biography set against the background of historic events like the Spanish Civil War and Vatican Council II. It depicts a person of powerful integrity and conviction who set aside a promising engineering career to follow the vision embodied in Opus Dei. Don Alvaro emerges in these pages as a tower of strength, reliability, and good humor in the face of a host of threats and challenges that might well have defeated a lesser man.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 4.7 (142)
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GenreBiography and Memoir, Spirituality and Religion
Length7 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 2014
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening
2Note on Sources
3Introduction
4Chapter 1: Finding the Meaning of His Life
5Chapter 2: Early Life
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6Chapter 3: Political and Social Background
7Chapter 4: First Steps in Opus Dei
8Chapter 5: Fugitive and Prisoner
9Chapter 6: Refugee
10Chapter 7: Engineering Officer
11Chapter 8: Saxum
12Chapter 9: A Priest of Opus Dei
13Chapter 10: Winning Vatican Approval
14Chapter 11: Building Opus Dei in and from Rome
15Chapter 12: The Second Vatican Council
16Chapter 13: The Post-Conciliar Decade
17Chapter 14: Succeeding the Founder
18Chapter 15: A Man of Prayer and a Father
19Chapter 16: Serving Opus Dei and the Church
20Chapter 17: Reaching Out to Crowds
21Chapter 18: Friend of Gardeners and Popes
22Chapter 19: Finding a Safe Harbor
23Chapter 20: Beatification of the Founder
24Chapter 21: Final Days
25Epilogue
26Closing
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