A full diocesan observance of Forty Hours devotion was a daunting prospect, given the anti-Catholic sentiment in the U.S. at the time.
Two Opus Dei “numeraries” who died last year while trying to rescue a drowning friend will each receive the Carnegie Medal posthumously.
The United Nations said more than 2,200 rescuers and 140 search dogs from 27 countries were working to locate trapped survivors.
