Background
Masso was born in Barcelona on 17 June 1932 and joined Opus Dei as a teenager.
Masso was born in Barcelona on 17 June 1932 and joined Opus Dei as a teenager.
Later, Fr John studied Canon Law at the University of Navarre and was ordained a priest in 1965.
Eventually, calls for the closure of Warrane College were rejected by the University of New South Wales. Fr John was made monsignor by the Archdiocese of Sydney. Upon his death, a requiem Mass was celebrated in Street Marys Cathedral by Cardinal George Pell included his predecessor as Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Clancy, the Bishop of Lismore, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett, the Bishop of Broken Bay, Bishop David Walker, Bishop David Cremin and Mons Masso"s newly appointed successor, Fr George Rossman.
The preacher at the Mass said that Fr John had no enemies.
In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald, French John was asked why, when such a command was basic to many Christian denominations and groupings, a special organisation was needed to promote the sanctity of everyday work.
Fr John replied, "Yes, you are right. But how many people do it?".
Fr John"s collaborators and friends have set up The Masso Foundation, to continue the work he tirelessly carried out during his life.
