Before the pope used the expression \u201cshepherd with the smell of a sheep,\u201d there were already many of them who only knew how to live close to their herd. One of them is Tiburcio Arn\u00e1iz, a Spanish Jesuit born in the 19th century who would share many things in common with Pope Francis. <\/p>\n
SR. LETICIA MONTERO Tiburcio Arn\u00e1iz will be beatified this year. He was a simple priest who founded the Missionaries of Rural Doctrines congregation in Spain in 1921.<\/p>\n His wish was to bring God's presence to the most needy, to whom he also wanted to introduce culture. Thus, he founded various schools in especially difficult places yet to receive help from anyone. <\/p>\n SR. LETICIA MONTERO He achieved it with the help of a group of lay women like Mar\u00eda Isabel Gonz\u00e1lez del Valle, a young girl from high society who didn't hesitate to live on the periphery. <\/p>\n SR. LETICIA MONTERO Today, these missionaries follow the example of their founder and provide religious and cultural formation. For example, they give conceptual classes for obtaining a driver's license and English or music classes. When one community no longer needs their help, the sisters will turn to the next group, following the example of Fr. Arn\u00e1iz, who died in 1926 already known for his holiness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 28, 2018. The Spanish Jesuit founded the congregation of the Missionaries of Rural Doctrines and will be beatified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":24135,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dX74IOENaDg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsuoratiburcioeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsuoratiburcioint.mp4","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49751"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGeneral Director, Rural Missionaries<\/strong>
\n\u201cPope Francis and Fr. Arn\u00e1iz would've understood each other well \u2013 so much so that even if various Jesuits were working in large communities, Fr. Arn\u00e1iz was the one who dedicated himself to the most marginalized, poorest areas, to the farthest farms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGeneral Director, Rural Missionaries<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe first time he went into those neighborhoods, he says they insulted him and threw a dead rat at him. The life of Fr. Arn\u00e1iz was no simpler than ours. The neighborhoods where he worked were those with anti-religious sentiments and socially complicated, but he was unmoved. He says, 'We have to get to them.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGeneral Director, Rural Missionaries<\/strong>
\n\u201cFr. Arn\u00e1iz said, 'When God wants something, He sends the people and the means,' and He sent an Asturian girl, Mar\u00eda Isabel Gonz\u00e1lez del Valle. I think this a time, before the beatification, to get to know the life of a Jesuit who worked hard for the most needy and disadvantaged, managing to involve many lay people in his ministry.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n