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Francisco Gárate Aranguren, SJ (3 February 1857 - 9 September 1929) was a
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professed religious of the
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. Aranguren served as a nurse after receiving his qualification in 1877 and became noted for his encouragement and his tender care to the needs of students in his care. His funeral saw students place
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and
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es on his
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for his posthumous blessing. His reputation for personal holiness led to calls for his beatification cause to commence and
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beatified him on 6 October 1985 in
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.


Life

Francisco Gárate Aranguren was born on 3 February 1857 in the
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as the second of seven brothers to Francisco and Maria Aranguren. He was born not far from the birthplace of
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. At the age of fourteen he left his home for domestic work in a Catholic college that had just been opened in Orduña. In 1874 he decided to become a
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religious - though not an
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- and so he and two companions travelled on foot to Poyanne in
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to commence their
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."El Beato Francisco Gárate de Aranguren", Eusko Ikaskuntza
/ref> The group did this because the Spanish Jesuits were expelled in 1869 and had to open a branch in France. The novice made his religious vows on 2 February 1876 and left the town on 29 October 1877 to be a sacristan and
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in the La Guardia college at
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, where he spent the next ren years. It was his first assigned task since he finished his novitiate in which he had 200 male students in his care. He made his final vows on 15 August 1887 (the
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) and in late March 1888 was assigned to the Deusto college as a doorkeeper and sacristan. He remained in that post until his death. Two of his brothers followed his example and themselves became professed Jesuit brothers. Aranguren tended to ill students with great care and kindness while being attentive to their needs.
Admittedly, this hall of the university gave rather the image of a busy port: parents were talking with their children, men of all walks of life were discussing their affairs with Fathers or professors... Add to that the delivery men bringing goods or food, beggars in search of alms. It was preferably in this crowd that this excellent man welcomed each and everyone in particular with his kind smile, greeted those who were leaving, comforted the hearts of all either with a well-adapted word or with a conversation. peaceful and very courteous; so much so that I wondered what surprised me most."Extract from a letter from Cardinal Pierre Boetto sj, Archbishop of Genoa", The Jesuits
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He offered consolation and encouragement to students and was a wellspring of advice for all. ''I calmly do what I can, the rest is done by the Lord, who can do everything. With his help everything is light and smooth, because we serve a good master.'' He was also noted for his methods of simple living in terms of his room and his clothes and it even extended to the foods that he ate. His health started to fail on 8 September 1920 when he began to suffer sharp abdominal pains following
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. He agreed to remain in bed on the condition that he finish the remainder of his chores. He asked for the
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that evening but his discomfort was so bad that a nurse called the doctor who had to operate on his blocked
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. He had brief relief and despite the successful operation continued to decline. Aranguren died on 9 September 1929 at 7:00am after receiving the
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- it was the feast of the Jesuit Saint Peter Claver. Students made their
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and
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es touch his
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at his funeral for his posthumous blessing. He was reburied in August 1946 and relocated in 1964 to a chapel at the university.


Beatification

The beatification process opened in both
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and
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with an informative process spanning from 14 December 1939 to 29 July 1940 tasked with collating available documentation and witness testimonies attesting to his saintliness. His writings were collated separate from other documents so they could be studied in depth, and were approved by theologians on 13 February 1942. The
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, under
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, granted formal approval to the cause on 22 February 1950, which granted the late Jesuit with the posthumous title of
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. The C.O.R. granted ratification to the processes on 16 February 1962. On 11 February 1982 he was proclaimed
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after
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determined that the late Jesuit had lived a model Christian life of
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. The miracle required for beatification was investigated in the diocese of its origin and was ratified on 15 April 1983. The consulting medical board approved it on 4 October 1984 while theologians followed suit on 31 January 1985. The C.C.S. approved it on 26 March 1985 while passing it to the pope for his approval; this was granted on 9 May 1985. "From the reception desk of a house of studies, this Jesuit coadjutor brother made God's goodness present through the evangelizing power of his silent and humble service.""Francisco Garate", Dicastero delle Cause dei Santi
/ref> John Paul II beatified him on 6 October 1985.


See also

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References


External links


Hagiography Circle



"Technical Training for Coadjutor Brothers in Jesuit Legislation", ''Woodstock Letters'', Volume LXXXIX, Number 3, 1 July 1960
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