St. Josrmaria arrives in Perdiguera for his first appointment as Auxiliary regent (temporary administrator).
The parish was in a village about 15 miles from Zaragoza. It was rather out of the way and in an area with poor roads. Its pastor, the only priest in the village, had been away for some time due to a serious illness.
This appointment was a heavy blow for the new priest, who had not expected an assignment away from his family, nor one announced so suddenly, since it was taken for granted in clerical circles that newly ordained priests would be sent to parishes where they could get pastoral experience under the eye of other priests-and Saragossa had no shortage of priests.[2] But Father Josemaría obeyed promptly and without complaining, and on the very next day, Tuesday, March 31, he set out for his new post, in a mule-drawn carriage.
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