A Beratarra who wanted to be Pope
I like most of the paper newspaper, including a quick look at the corners. I recently saw in two newspapers Josu Goikoa, and in the two a writing in his memory. The firm of Lander Santamaria in Diario de Noticias had the following title: “Josu Goia, one of Bera who wanted to be Pope.” (Josu Goia, a neighbor of Bera who wanted to be a pope).
According to Elizondo's reporter, Goia, as a child, awakened his vocation to be a pope. When he met the bishop of Bera Argaya in the village, he thought it was not so much, and decided to rise higher, dreaming of the highest a man of sotana can reach. For this, of course, we had to start at the seminar in Pamplona. During his period as a priest, in addition to theology and philosophy, he learned to play piano, txistu and guitar.
Forgetting his passion for being the head of the church in Rome, he decided to return to Bera in twenty-two years. From then on, he worked in endless sauces that can be summarized in the concept of herrigintza in his country of origin.
Forgetting his passion for being the head of the church in Rome, he decided to return to Bera in twenty-two years. Since then, he has worked in a multitude of sauces that can be summed up in the concept of herrigintza: choir director, txistulari, dancer, church organist, founder of the music school, impeller of the ikastola and the night school, Olentzero and animator of the carnivals, volunteer firefighter, mayor, councillor, parliamentarian… He has also left a civil sculpture in the streets of the people’s streets.
Reading Santamaría’s letter, I remembered other men and women who have stood out in community work in our peoples. Three years ago I walked from town to town, making interviews to write the book of the 50th anniversary of the ikastolas of Navarra. The truth is that the pagotxa was commissioned by the Federation of Ikastolas. And it's because of that, here and there, I met many interesting stories and so many other engaged men and women: passionate Euskaltzales, enthusiasts of auzolan, dreamers, of those that wind tears apart. Following the implementation of the ikastolas, many of them took part in the first democratic municipalities, as was the case with Bera.
It seems to me that the merit of this kind of citizen must be upheld and we must underline what we have all gained from it. Because in addition to living in the village, these men and women who live in the village give us a lot, because they are as generous as they are saved, that they do many kinds of jobs, usually in exchange for a kiss. Among them was one who refused to be a pope to devote all his efforts to the people: the recently deceased Josu Goia de Bera.
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