New EWTN Series on St. Josemaría and Opus Dei

Beginning August 30, EWTN will air a 13-part series of half-hour interviews about St. Josemaría and Opus Dei. Co-hosts are Damon Owens and John Coverdale.

August 24, 2009

Beginning Sunday, August 30, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) will broadcast a 13-part series about Opus Dei and its founder, Saint Josemaría Escrivá.

Co-hosts, John Coverdale and Damon Owens

Each segment will consist of a half-hour interview. One segment will be broadcast each week and will be shown in the United States and Canada three times during that week: Sunday at 5 p.m., Tuesday at 3:30 a.m., and Friday at 10:30 p.m.

EWTN’s description of the series reads as follows: “Saint Josemaría Escrivá ardently desired to open people to God’s presence in every aspect of their lives, not just Sunday Mass. In this exciting new series Damon Owen and John Coverdale explore the life, mission, and apostolate (Opus Dei) of this great modern saint.”

Damon Owens, from New Jersey, is the host-interviewer for the series. He has appeared in various other EWTN programs. His co-host is John Coverdale, author of Uncommon Faith, a book about the early history of Opus Dei. Coverdale worked in Rome from 1961 to 1968 with Saint Josemaría.

Among the other guests in the series are Newark Archbishop John J. Myers, who discusses the role of Opus Dei in the Church; Olga Marlin, who helped start Opus Dei in Kenya; and Terry Hurson, a New York City police officer, who explains how Opus Dei’s spirit has helped him in his work.

The series was filmed in South Orange, New Jersey.

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