SOARES DE MOREIRA Joaquim (Padre) - Brazil

Who would have thought that St. Michael Garicoits, like a seed sown in the fertile fields of Ibarre, would have passed through the heavens, continents and the oceans to bear fruit at the foot of the imposing Mantiqueira mountains of Brazil?

There must be a hidden wisdom in the heart of the mountains, a connection, willed by heaven, between the hills of Bétharram and Passa Quatro, a superior wisdom that brings order out of chaos, in the most difficult moments of human experience.

Saint Michel dreamed, transformed the dream, then laboured and made disciples ...(who would) attract, lead, give instruction, culture and civil values ... Transforming the youth into good men, spreading the Gospel in all places and among all peoples, walking with young people by following the footsteps of Christ ...

Divine Providence has sown the seed of Betharram at Passa Quatro for 80 years now. Several generations were shaped by the hands, the advice and spirituality of those priests who by their presence and their action gave life to the College of St. Miguel, by developing a formation based on knowledge and Christian love. This college and the Betharramite Fathers are the source of our sense of justice, our culture and our civil values. It is a heritage of our city.

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