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		<title>A Spiritual Backpack: Inspiration for the School Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>The St. Josemaria Institute “spiritual backpack” is a curated selection of resources for students, families and teachers to help maintain a happy spiritual life throughout the school year.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/a-spiritual-backpack/">A Spiritual Backpack: Inspiration for the School Year</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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		<title>A Spiritual Toolkit for Young Adults</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St. Josemaria Institute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vocation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ordinary Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[priesthood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working Profession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Adult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discernment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Single]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanctification]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="1014" height="487" src="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Website-Cover-Images-5.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Website-Cover-Images-5.png 1014w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Website-Cover-Images-5-768x369.png 768w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Website-Cover-Images-5-600x288.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px" /></p>
<p>The St. Josemaria Institute is pleased to share A Spiritual Toolkit for Young Adults with a selection of resources to inspire your daily life as a young Christian who desires to know and follow God's will in today's world.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/a-spiritual-toolkit-for-young-adults/">A Spiritual Toolkit for Young Adults</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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		<title>10 Characteristics of a Priest According to St. Josemaría Escrivá</title>
		<link>https://stjosemaria.org/10-characteristics-of-a-priest-according-to-st-josemaria-escriva/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina-Maria Balaj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2024 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vocation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Josemaria]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="1014" height="487" src="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/St-Josemaria-Mass-March-21-1964.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/St-Josemaria-Mass-March-21-1964.png 1014w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/St-Josemaria-Mass-March-21-1964-768x369.png 768w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/St-Josemaria-Mass-March-21-1964-600x288.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px" /></p>
<p>St. Josemaría is one of those saints who succeeded in changing the perspective of those who followed him in a very simple way: by fully living his vocation to sanctity as a priest and founder of Opus Dei.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/10-characteristics-of-a-priest-according-to-st-josemaria-escriva/">10 Characteristics of a Priest According to St. Josemaría Escrivá</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Portrait of a Saint</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alina-Maria Balaj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 19:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Opus Dei]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ordinary Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testimonies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="1014" height="487" src="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rosalia-Lopez-Article-2024-Balaj.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rosalia-Lopez-Article-2024-Balaj.png 1014w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rosalia-Lopez-Article-2024-Balaj-768x369.png 768w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Rosalia-Lopez-Article-2024-Balaj-600x288.png 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1014px) 100vw, 1014px" /></p>
<p>Every time we think about a person who has passed away, we try to deepen their image in our imagination. Often, the easiest way to remember someone is to find people who had at least some contact with them. This applies even when the person we are trying to reconstruct is a saint.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/the-portrait-of-a-saint/">The Portrait of a Saint</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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		<title>Passionately Loving the World &#124; A Homily by St. Josemaria Escriva</title>
		<link>https://stjosemaria.org/passionately-loving-the-world-3/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St. Josemaria Escriva]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="144" src="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pltw-2017-300x144.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pltw-2017-300x144.jpg 300w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pltw-2017-600x288.jpg 600w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pltw-2017-768x369.jpg 768w, https://stjosemaria.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pltw-2017.jpg 1014w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>
<p>You must realize now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve him in and from the ordinary, secular and civil activities of human life.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/passionately-loving-the-world-3/">Passionately Loving the World | A Homily by St. Josemaria Escriva</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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		<title>Marriage is a Vocation</title>
		<link>https://stjosemaria.org/marriage-is-a-vocation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St. Josemaria Institute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & Family]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vocation]]></category>
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<p>Marriage is a vocation; it is the vocation to which the vast majority of people are called. It has two clear purposes or, as the Catechism says, a &#8220;twofold end&#8230;: the good of the spouses themselves and the transmission of life&#8221; (n. 2363). It is a call both to faithful love and to fruitful love. [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://stjosemaria.org/marriage-is-a-vocation/">Marriage is a Vocation</a> appeared first on <a href="https://stjosemaria.org">St. Josemaria Institute</a>.</p>
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