In the second half of 2007, 310 faithful of the Prelature and 14 members of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross passed away.

The suffrages stipulated by Saint Josemaría have been offered for these deceased. As we continue to pray for them, let us thank God for the example they left us through their fidelity in striving to transform their professional work and the ordinary circumstances of their lives into an occasion for loving God and serving the Church and all souls. Their love for God and neighbor constitutes the meaning and value of their lives, whether outstanding in the eyes of others, or whether quite ordinary, as was true in most cases.

In addition to the names of all who have died during this period, we have gathered a few biographical details about some of the deceased, which give an idea of the variety of circumstances and situations in which the faithful of Opus Dei live. For reasons of space, we are not including this data in the other cases, but we must not forget that we have a debt of gratitude towards all of them for the example of fidelity they have left us. These brief sketches will help us live the Communion of Saints better with those who have preceded us to heaven.

André Allaire was born on September 1, 1934 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. He was the first Supernumerary of Opus Dei in Canada. He lived in the Piedmont Student Residence when the Work’s apostolate was taking its first steps in the country. He asked to join Opus Dei on March 19, 1958. Married and the father of four children, he worked for more than thirty years as an orthopedic surgeon in Drummondville, Quebec. His prestige enabled him to ensure that the hospital where he worked cared for the sick in accord with Christian morality. He carried out an extensive apostolate among his patients (one of whom is now a priest of the Prelature), as well as with his colleagues and friends. He was also very active in civic affairs. In the 70’s, for example, he headed a committee that solicited the help of many public and private organisms to clean up the river that runs through Drummondville. He continued working until a few weeks before being hospitalized to undergo chemotherapy treatment for cancer. He was president of various foundations that assisted the apostolates of Opus Dei. He lived his vocation faithfully, and was an example to other Supernumeraries with his constant smile and great determination to fulfill his apostolic assignments. He died in Montreal on October 30, 2007.

Emilio Bonell was born in Valencia, Spain, on July 3, 1929. He asked for admission to Opus Dei when studying medicine and was ordained a priest on September 20, 1953. In 1961, at the request of St. Josemaría, he moved to Argentina where he served as Regional Vicar of Opus Dei until July of 1991. He carried out an intense priestly work, bringing thousands of people closer to God and encouraging them to deepen their Christian life. At the same time, he furthered the expansion of the stable apostolic work of Opus Dei to new cities and districts. He also encouraged the creation of many social development and educational institutions. He died on the night of Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in Buenos Aires.

Joaquín Casellas Roure was born in Arenys de Mar, Barcelona, Spain on March 19, 1925, and joined Opus Dei in 1949. In 1952 he received a prize for the best Licentiate of that year and some years later obtained the degree of Doctor of Industrial Engineering. While working in Valencia as an engineer for the national railway, he was director of the La Alameda student residence from 1952 to 1956. From 1962 to 1978 he was director of the School of Industrial Engineering at the University of Navarra, which had begun its operations in San Sebastian the year before he arrived. He was professor of Mechanics and later of Controls and Automatic Regulators. He published a number of books and carried out numerous research projects for industries in the province of Guipuzcoa. Upon his retirement in 1995, he expressed a desire to dedicate himself to the care of the sick and moved to Pamplona to carry out this service. He died on July 9, 2007. On the following day, the Prelate of Opus Dei celebrated the funeral Mass for his soul in the oratory of the Mendaur Student Residence.

Piedad de la Cierva Viudes was born in Murcia, Spain, on June 1, 1913. She studied chemistry at the University of Valencia. She was one of the first women scientists in Spain, and had research experience in both European and American universities. She met Opus Dei in 1945 through reading The Way and asked for admission as an Associate on Christmas Day in 1952. At that time there were only three women Associates in Madrid. With great simplicity, she united her professional prestige with a wide apostolate among women scientists and with the spouses of her colleagues. She died in Madrid on December 31, 2007.

Marta Cojolón Yacht was born on April 9, 1942 in Alotenango, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. A Numerary Assistant, she was the first person to join Opus Dei in Central America. Until the end of her life she was the “foundation” of the work of Opus Dei in the Isthmus countries, as St. Josemaría said during his trip to Guatemala in February of 1975. When informed of the gravity of her final sickness, she reacted with great supernatural outlook. She offered the intense pain for the Church and the Work without ever complaining, and worked until a day before her death, when she felt especially sick. That day she intensified her prayers to Don Álvaro to help her reach heaven. After being taken to a hospital, she received the comfort of the last sacraments. She surrendered her soul to God on Saturday, September 29, 2007, with the same simplicity and discretion with which she had lived her entire life.

Evangelina Del Forno was one of the first women of Opus Dei in Argentina. She was born in San Nicolás on December 30, 1930. She studied Architecture at the National University of Rosario, the city where she met the Work. In August 1954 she made a retreat, and on October 24 of that year asked for admission as a Numerary. In 1957 she went to Rome to study at the Roman College of Holy Mary. The following year, she returned to her country and assisted in Opus Dei’s apostolic expansion through her work on the Regional Advisory. In 1968 she returned to Rome to collaborate in several architectural projects. In 1971, once more back in Argentina, she moved to Cordoba, where the apostolic work of Opus Dei was just beginning, and worked as an architect in that city. Later she moved to Buenos Aires, where she worked as a writer for a sports magazine (she had great interest in mountain sports) and helped out in many apostolic initiatives. From 1999 until her death she lived in Rosario. She was outstanding for her human qualities and facility in forming friendships. She accepted her final sickness with joy and patience, offering her suffering for the Church and for the apostolic work of Opus Dei in Russia. She had a deep devotion to St. Josemaría, whom she had known personally, and for the Servant of God Bishop Álvaro del Portillo. She died on July 9, 2007.

Elisabeth Kudla was born on July 14, 1953 in Bonn, Germany.
She met Opus Dei as a high school student and soon asked for admission to the Work. She studied Romance Philology in Bonn and in Cologne. In 1982 she attained her doctorate. She had musical talents and a facility for languages. While preparing for her doctorate, she dedicated herself to the domestic care of centers of Opus Dei, first in Cologne and later in Münster. In 1986, at the invitation of the Prelate of Opus Dei, she moved to Sweden to help begin apostolic work in the Nordic countries. Her love for these countries led her to acquire Swedish citizenship. After 1997, once more back in Bonn, she looked after activities of Christian formation in the Frankfurt and Mainz area, and later on in Trier. She had a deep devotion to the Eucharist. After more than a year of struggle with a very aggressive cancer, she died on August 10, 2007 in Trier and was buried in Cologne. She is the first German woman Numerary who has died.

Fernando Larraín Benavente was born in Chile on August 16, 1926. A Supernumerary of Opus Dei since 1987, he was married and had twelve children. An engineer by profession, he had a comfortable financial situation, but at a moment of crisis his business collapsed and his savings were greatly reduced. He was, nevertheless, always cheerful and optimistic. He was very attentive to his practices of piety and always put attendance at Mass in first place each day, also when his work required him to travel. He suffered from a facial cancer that led to the loss of an eye and very painful operations. He died on November 28, 2007, the day after being struck by a car while preparing to take part in a workshop at an Opus Dei center.

Pierre Lefresne was born in Redon (Ille-et-Vilaine, France) on September 21, 1943. A doctor of science with a diploma in pharmacy, he worked at the National Center for Scientific Research and studied philosophy and theology in Rome and at the University of Navarre. He met Opus Dei when he was beginning his professional life. Together with 31 other faithful of Opus Dei, he was ordained a priest by the Servant of God John Paul II on June 6, 1982. He served as Regional Vicar of Opus Dei for several years. Those who knew him remarked on the affability and good humor with which he received people and his total availability for the various tasks entrusted to him. He died on September 6, 2007, near Saint Laurent du Pont (on the massif de la Chartreuse, a few miles from Grenoble), as the result of a fall on a mountain path.

Domingo Marcos Poveda was born in La Velles (Salamanca, Spain) on October 5, 1947. After studying industrial pedagogy in Barcelona, where he asked for admission as an Associate on September 24, 1966, he worked in an electrical plant and gave professional formation at the Xaloc Secondary School. He was ordained a priest on September 15, 1994. Shortly thereafter the first symptoms appeared of a cancer from which he eventually died. For ten years he exercised his ministry with heroic sacrifice, overcoming with good humor and fortitude the weakness and pain caused by his infirmity and the painful treatments to which he had to submit. He strove to make the Eucharist the center of his life and showed a true passion for preaching. He died on October 28, 2007, after receiving the last sacraments while fully conscious.

Pedro Luis de Miguel Fernández was born in 1956 in Vitoria, Spain, and there joined Opus Dei at a young age. When he finished his studies in history, he dedicated himself primarily to assisting the apostolic work of Opus Dei. For seven years, he served as Secretary of the Council of the Delegation of Pamplona. He gave classes at the School of Communications at the University of Navarra and for three years directed the magazine Nuestro Tiempo. He also published literary criticism and wrote a number of books. An apostolic person with great supernatural vision, he lived more recently in Bilbao, where he worked in specialized publishing. In November 2006 he was diagnosed with a stomach caner. Knowing the gravity of his sickness from the first moment, he accepted it with a supernatural spirit. Pedro was very much cheered by the visits he received from the Prelate of the Work. After his death on August 12, 2007, the Prelate celebrated his funeral Mass in the oratory of Irabia student residence.

Fumiko Nakamachiwas born on December 11, 1934. As a youth she was baptized with the name of Maria Teresia, and from then on sought the path that God wanted for her in life. In 1961 she began to work in domestic service in a center of Opus Dei. There she discovered the value of that occupation, which she made her professional work. She requested admission to Opus Dei as a Supernumerary on January 2, 1963. Without calling attention to herself, she was an example of generosity for many people. At the beginning of 2007, a grave illness was diagnosed. Abandoning herself into God’s hands, she offered all her suffering for the Church, for the Prelate of Opus Dei, and for her family. She died on October 1, 2007.

Celsa Rodríguez Cerreda was born on June 19, 1927 in Orense, Spain. A graduate in pharmacy, she joined the Prelature in 1953. In 1958, at the invitation of St. Josemaría, she moved to France, where she formed part of the group that began apostolic work with women there. She also took part in the first steps of Opus Dei in Belgium. For years she dedicated herself to tasks of Christian formation in Paris, Grenoble, Lyons, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Toulouse and Rennes. She had great apostolic zeal and a talent for creating a family atmosphere wherever she went. She was noted for her Marian piety and her eagerness to transmit the spirit of Opus Dei faithfully. In 2006 she became aware that she had lung cancer. She accepted this illness with supernatural outlook and died on July 19, 2007 in Grenoble.

Ramón Taboada del Río was born on December 18, 1922 in Valladolid, Spain. He asked for admission to Opus Dei in 1940. In 1944 and 1945 he lived with St. Josemaría in the Madrid residence of Diego de León. He was ordained a priest on July 1, 1951. St. Josemaría and Don Álvaro del Portillo both attended the first retreat that he preached. He carried out his pastoral work in Spain until1962, when he moved to Paraguay, to begin the apostolic activity of the Work there. He was one of the first professors at the Catholic University of Paraguay, and was also a judge on the Interdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal. Until the day of his death on October 17, 2007, he passed on to everyone the enthusiasm of his dedication, as well as the joy of his good spirit and his great self-sacrifice in fulfilling his priestly duties. Hundreds of people attended his funeral, including several bishops.

Alberto Taboada del Rio was born in Madrid on March 2, 1919 and died in Pamplona on December 24, 2007. He asked for admission to Opus Dei in Valladolid as a law student in 1940, a few days after having a conversation with St. Josemaría that he vividly recalled all his life. That priest, he said, had such a capacity to convince with his words and his holy life, that he felt he could go with him to the ends of the earth, unconditionally. In the 1943-44 school year, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Valladolid, and in 1946-47 in that of Madrid, where, at the same time, he began his doctoral studies. In 1947 he moved to Italy. He was ordained a priest in 1954, and a year later received his doctorate in Canon Law. Always docile to the indications and suggestions of St. Josemaría, he went from one city to another throughout Italy beginning or developing the apostolic work. In the final ten years of his life, he bore the burden of cancer and severe diabetes with supernatural outlook and a sense of humor.

Ricardo Vargas Acosta was born in Bogotá on June 27, 1930. He dedicated himself professionally to industrial livestock raising and was one of the promoters of the Los Cerros High School, a corporative apostolic work of Opus Dei, and of various family farm schools. He accepted with a supernatural outlook the kidnapping of a son and a daughter (the latter lasting about two years). He also bore with Christian serenity the various brain operations that he had to undergo because of a tumor that could never be completely eliminated. Both his colleagues and employees esteemed him highly. He died in Bogotá on December 9, 2007.

The other faithful of the Prelature who died during this half year are:

Manuel Abad León November 8, 2007
Frances Ackerman Ackerman August 21, 2007
Felicitas Acosta Acosta December 29, 2007
Olga Adrianzén de Valderrama December 28, 2007
Margarita Aguirre Amondarain July 29, 2007
Marcelino Alamar Belloch July 17, 2007
María Nieves Alonso Gallego July 17, 2007
Juan Alzuguren Garmendia August 7, 2007
Ramón Andreu Gasol August 18, 2007
Carmen Arana Vergillos July 19, 2007
Carmen Aranda Galán August 3, 2007
Visitación Ardanaz Imizcoz December 5, 2007
Margarita Arévalo Barriere December 26, 2007
Esthela Arévalo de Lozano December 21, 2007
Enrique Aristoy Peris July 5, 2007
María Josefa Arrechea Goyeneche August 5, 2007
Victoria Arteta de Chiriboga December 8, 2007
María Cristina Asenjo Mardones de Ibieta December 12, 2007
Pedro Antonio Azpeitia Muruamendiaraz August 13, 2007

Ignacio Badiola Querejeta December 19, 2007
Antonio Balsalobre Ruiz October 16, 2007
Sacramento del Barco Díaz-Albo July 13, 2007
Wenceslao Barios González October 7, 2007
Eugenia Margarita Bedoya Vargas September 12, 2007
Manuel Beltrán Jiménez July 5, 2007
Ángel César Beltrán Sanz October 19, 2007
Francisco Benavides Roldán December 26, 2007
María José Bergareche Taberna July 18, 2007
Jesús Bernal Salmerón July 30, 2007
María Dolores Beteré Cabeza December 1, 2007
Eladio Bézard de la Rosa December 12, 2007
Concepción Blanco Alonso November 26, 2007
Anastasio Blanco Febrero November 7, 2007
Melchora Bodes Rubio November 17, 2007
Dolores Boix Mota September 23, 2007
Ramón Bosch Altés November 2, 2007
Antonio Bravo Ruiz July 8, 2007
Graciela Brendel de Emmelhainz August 4, 2007
Fernando Bun Abad September 6, 2007
Magdalena Bungert September 10, 2007
Manuel Buxens Thos October 7, 2007

Emilio Cabezón Sabando August 16, 2007
Zélia Viegas Cabral September 22, 2007
Francisco Cabrera Giménez July 19, 2007
Carlos Alberto Calandrino June 24, 2007
Juan Callejón Ruiz December 15, 2007
María Luisa Campos Martínez November 10, 2007
Beatriz Cantera Villar September 23, 2007
Carmen Cantero Cumplido December 19, 2007
Pilar Carcavilla Pueyo October 24, 2007
Vicente Cardona Sabater December 5, 2007
José Castejón Martínez October 27, 2007
José Ramón Castelló Requena December 23, 2007
José Enrique Castilla Estrems September 23, 2007
Simona Castillo de Sánchez November 20, 2007
Isabel Castillo Montero December 22, 2007
Teresa Cavalleri in Biscardo November 30, 2007
Ramón Cesaní González December 23, 2007
Blanca Chamochín Arechavala November 20, 2007
Ana Chiclana Lucena August 5, 2007
María Inés Chinchilla Laguna November 4, 2007
María Dolores Clavijo Ponce de León December 25, 2007
José Javier Clúa Domínguez December 27, 2007
Aura Cecilia Contreras de Carvajal December 29, 2007
Antonio Corrons Boixadera August 7, 2007
Antonio Crespillo Ropero August 11, 2007
María del Carmen Crespo Ginovés October 30, 2007
José Julio Criado González October 26, 2007

Juan Manuel de la Huerta López November 2, 2007
Rafael de Murcia García October 30, 2007
Luis M. de Rosas October 28, 2007
Francisco del Valle Sánchez November 19, 2007
Maurizio D’Erme July 14, 2007
Elssen Díaz de Lombó November 16, 2007
Juan Carlos Díaz Serra December 21, 2007
María Jesús Díez Cuesta December 25, 2007
Agustín C. Dizon October 19, 2007
Lluís Domingo Masmitjà December 22, 2007
Patricia Dungate in Bonanno August 31, 2007
Floralba Duque de Toro December 21, 2007

Ana Victoria Elgart de Izcúe November 25, 2007
Pilar España Gutiérrez August 3, 2007
Isabel Español Iglesias December 2, 2007

Ángeles Falguera Algueró October 30, 2007
María Ángeles Fernández Cervera December 23, 2007
Francisco Fernández Moreno October 8, 2007
Mercedes Fernández-Ávila October 22, 2007
Alfonso Fernández-Vázquez Úbeda October 7, 2007
Zamira Adão da Fonseca August 29, 2007
Joana Font Francés October 6, 2007
Dominick E. Fortunato December 4, 2007
Alberto Francisco Goñi December 3, 2007
Rafael Franco Martínez December 23, 2007
Víctor Frattarola Nicoli August 25, 2007
Rebeca Frech Nusstas September 13, 2007
Francisca Frías y Frías September 8, 2007
Manuel Fueyo Álvarez September 5, 2007

Basilio Galindo Baños November 12, 2007
Fausto Gallego Godoy July 3, 2007
Eloísa García Pineda July 5, 2007
Montserrat García Valldecabres August 20, 2007
Carolina García-Salas de Ruiz August 13, 2007
Amalia García-Verdugo Garrido October 26, 2007
Pablo Gatón Gómez October 29, 2007
Suzanne Gentillini November 5, 2007
Graciano Giménez Mandado October 11, 2007
Teresa Gómez de Uribe August 4, 2007
Juan Gómez Hernández July 15, 2007
José Luis Gómez Rico August 5, 2007
Vicentina Gómez-Quintero Ruiz December 21, 2007
María de la Caridad González del Prado August 14, 2007
Arturo González Llorente October 31, 2007
Rosa Guerra de Sarmiento August 4, 2007
Andrés Guerrero García December 5, 2007
Encarnación Guiote Barenal November 24, 2007
Armida Gutiérrez de Cárdenas October 24, 2007
Jorge Gutiérrez Grageda December 9, 2007
Manuel Gutiérrez Gutiérrez October 30, 2007

Mercedes Heredia de Castro December 7, 2007
Jorge Heberto Hernández Méndez September 6, 2007
Guillermo Hernández Sánchez October 25, 2007
Josefa Hernández Tendero July 20, 2007
María Luisa Huidobro Iglesias October 4, 2007

Sonia Ibargüen de León September 23, 2007
Luis Infantes Fernández September 6, 2007
Lorenzo Iniesta Collaut-Valera December 1, 2007
Julio Insaurralde Mosna November 7, 2007
Rosario Insausti Ulibarri October 19, 2007
Miguel Irízar Izaguirre December 5, 2007
María Begoña Iturbe Zunzunegui November 7, 2007
María Camino Izco Baquedano August 20, 2007

Maria Helena Andretta Jardim August 31, 2007
María Teresa Jaureguibeitia Alcaín July 30, 2007
Ana María Jiménez Ayala October 10, 2007
José Aquilino Jiménez Jiménez June 29, 2007
José Ignacio Jordán Fernández October 26, 2007

Catherine Kerr October 16, 2007
Myrtle Gerard Krepela July 12, 2007

Isidoro Labrador del Arco August 18, 2007
Ascensión Laguardia Peleato October 22, 2007
María Concepción de la Lama Cereceda July 14, 2007
José Lanzagorta Rozada August 28, 2007
Victoriano Latorre Negueruela December 15, 2007
Manuel Ricardo Lechuga Paños September 29, 2007
Elisabeth Lehmkuhl November 12, 2007
María Rosa León Aubanell December 14, 2007
Sofía León de Fernández July 10, 2007
Juan Limorte Fornos August 23, 2007
Eliana Lizama de Barrenechea December 2, 2007
Claudio Lleyda Latorre August 12, 2007
Inés Llona de Johnson December 20, 2007
Pilar Llop Ariño July 14, 2007
Roberto Lobo van Gelderen December 19, 2007
Griselda Lopategui Perdigón October 13, 2007
José Antonio López December 13, 2007
Purificación López Rodríguez May 28, 2007

Generosa Maceiras Bugallo de Durán September 12, 2007
Arnaldo Bastos Magalhães October 24, 2007
María Pilar Mairal de Duca July 18, 2007
Mariano Mallor Espinosa July 7, 2007
María Pilar Mancho Gómez November 20, 2007
Dorothy Manning November 21, 2007
Pompilio Marabini Díaz October 7, 2007
Diego Martín Caballero December 1, 2007
José Antonio Martín Espinal October 9, 2007
Miguel Martín Ibáñez December 16, 2007
Carmen Martín Rodríguez October 12, 2007
María Gregoria Martínez Marco September 2, 2007
Mercé Masó Llunes July 3, 2007
María Josefa Matutes Martínez July 9, 2007
Stephen Alan McConnell November 5, 2007
Barry Francis McGinley Jones September 29, 2007
Jorge Alberto Méndez Abaracón July 25, 2007
Lucía Mendieta de Loaiza December 4, 2007
María Mendoza Echegaray August 5, 2007
Herminia Menéndez Préndez August 9, 2007
Presentación Miralbés Bedera November 21, 2007
Luis Mompó y Delgado de Molina July 4, 2007
María Teresa Moncada Moneu December 19, 2007
Antonia Monedero Humbrias August 6, 2007
Julieta Montaño de Picazo October 21, 2007
Ramona Montemayor Chapa November 21, 2007
Emilia Montero Iglesias October 25, 2007
José Luis Moreno Rojas-Sarrailler November 17, 2007
María Dolores Morillo Camacho September 8, 2007
Caridad Mortes Estrenes December 23, 2007
Pedro Moure Rey July 29, 2007
Margarita Muñoz Cano October 27, 2007
María Socorro Muñoz Martínez August 21, 2007

Lucía María del Carmen Natale de Traverso December 2, 2007
Marina Navarro de Satizabal July 14, 2007
Consuelo Navarro Ramírez de Venegas December 1, 2007
Manuela Neyra Arias December 23, 2007
Antonio Núñez Coronil August 12, 2007

Luis Fernando Ocaña Porras December 3, 2007
Eduardo Olgado Giménez October 25, 2007
Juan Oliver Ordinas September 23, 2007
María Josefa Ollé Vallvé October 7, 2007
Francisco Ordóñez Díaz August 16, 2007
Juan Manuel Orti López October 12, 2007
Camilo Tirso Osuna Sánchez September 4, 2007

Miguel Palazón Carrasco August 13, 2007
Carmen Palma Burgos October 8, 2007
Ángela Emilia Paredes de Asturias September 15, 2007
Fernando Paredes Fernández August 17, 2007
José María Pastor Giner November 23, 2007
Cristina Pedrajas Pérez December 20, 2007
Carmen Peláez Ituarte December 19, 2007
Pilar Pequeño Pequeño August 6, 2007
Pedro Pérez Aguirre December 4, 2007
Carmen Pérez Giménez November 19, 2007
María Jesús Pérez Gómez August 30, 2007
Ricard Pérez Moreno July 13, 2007
Pilar Pérez Peredo October 11, 2007
Emma Peytral de Hammeken October 13, 2007
Jesús G. Pimentel November 25, 2007
Laura Gerarda Pimentel de Gómez August 19, 2007
María José Pinto Lima December 12, 2007
Araceli Porcel de Ventura December 22, 2007

Dolores Quintana Quintana August 24, 2007

Cayo Ramos Otero August 24, 2007
Rafael Ramos Serrano October 21, 2007
Josefina Rangel de Cruz July 11, 2007
Pilar Redondo Redondo December 21, 2007
Marisol Rhode Mendoza August 17, 2007
Enrique Riera Castellano October 2, 2007
Calixto Rivilla Anaya August 17, 2007
Marcelina Rocandio Teresano December 1, 2007
Pedro Rodríguez Sahagún July 12, 2007
Antonio Román Corrales September 12, 2007
Carmen Romera Vera December 21, 2007
José María Romero Rosa August 6, 2007
María Luisa Rosas de Mares November 20, 2007
Serena Rossi Monti in Bianchi September 15, 2007
Joaquim Rovira Fors October 26, 2007
Ana María Rubio Larrañaga August 14, 2007
José Rufí Andrés December 15, 2007
María Dolores Ruiz Arcocha July , 2007
Beatriz Ruiz Gaytán de San Vicente August 19, 2007
Jaime Rumeu Ballester July 29, 2007
Francisco Ruvira Senent December 10, 2007

Maximina Sagüillo de Ponga September 5, 2007
Mirta Sara Sainz de Matessi October 26, 2007
Concepción Salazar García October 27, 2007
Santiago Salord Comella December 26, 2007
Aurora Sánchez Bella July 3, 2007
Emilia Sánchez de Puerta Fernández November 18, 2007
Encarnación Sánchez Escudero July 30, 2007
Josefa Sánchez Pulgar August 5, 2007
Juan Sánchez Sánchez December 21, 2007
Carlos Sánchez-Runde Sánchez December 5, 2007
Manuel Sancibrián Fernández de Valderrama August 18, 2007
Gloria Santos Gómez December 12, 2007
Feliciana Sastre Arribas July 24, 2007
Dolores Saubot Fernández November 23, 2007
Herman J. Schlesselmann October 1, 2007
Pedro Serrano de Águeda September 6, 2007
Julia Serrano Remón October 16, 2007
Yukie Shimoda November 7, 2007
Carmen Simancas Mateo August 4, 2007
Maria Sluková August 15, 2007
George W. Smith December 30, 2007
Jesús Solana Avendaño December 18, 2007
José María Soler Martínez August 2, 2007
Raquel Solsona Fresquet December 17, 2007
Concepción Sordo Madaleno de Cano August 7, 2007
Concepción Soria Fábregas November 5, 2007
Dietmar Stehlik August 8, 2007
María Estrella Surtida Vivar September 13, 2007

Teresa Toledo de Visscher December 14, 2007
Jacinta Loida Tongol Enríquez September 17, 2007
Vicente Tormo Alfonso December 21, 2007
María Luisa Torres de Dodero October 17, 2007
Irene Treviño de Fontana October 20, 2007
Antonio Trueba Gómez July 13, 2007
José Antonio Trujillo Arribas August 27, 2007
Ángel Uruñuela Martínez-Salinas November 30, 2007

María Teresa Vallejo Muguruza October 27, 2007
Joan Valls Balsach December 27, 2007
María del Carmen Valverde Maldonado August 16, 2007
María Vega Martínez-Neira Fernández December 9, 2007
Guillermo Velaochaga Miranda February 6, 2007
Fuencisla Velasco de Frutos September 13, 2007
Julia Vera de Salcedo August 9, 2007
Bernardo Vidal y Vidal November 30, 2007
Remedios Vila Burch October 7, 2007
Antonio Vilaseca i Carné December 28, 2007
Isabel Villar Villa December 23, 2007
Carmen Vizcaya de Gaehd October 20, 2007

David Walsh November 3, 2007

Doling L. Yee December 2, 2007

Ángel Zabalza Itoiz November 21, 2007
Soledad Zamora de Figueres August 2, 2007
Ernesto Zulueta Brena December 20, 2007

The members of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross who died during this half year are:

Sergio Correa was born in Santiago, Chile, on February 8, 1915 and died on December 24, 2007. He was ordained a priest in 1939 after studying at the seminary for the diocese of Santiago. From 1985 on he belonged to the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross. His priestly zeal led him to celebrate Holy Mass with great care, to foster many vocations to the seminary, and to show concern for the well-being of his brothers in the priesthood. He founded an institution dedicated to the care of the elderly which grew to forty homes throughout the country, some of them dedicated to priests. He died surrounded by the affection of many priests and seminarians—as long as his health permitted, he made frequent visit to the seminary—and lay faithful, men and women, whom he zealously served throughout his life spurred by his great zeal for souls. The Cardinal Archbishop of Santiago, with other bishops and priests, celebrated his funeral Mass in a church crowded with faithful.

The other members of the Priestly Society of the Holy Cross who died during this half year are:

Antonio Barba Campos August 14, 2007
Nicolás Garrido Piñeiro July 17, 2007
Juan Víctor Holgado Cintas September 16, 2007
Jaime José Iglesias Lugrís September 5, 2007
Teodoro López Rodríguez July 21, 2007
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