{"id":28632,"date":"2022-09-30T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carfundacion.roymo.info\/?p=28632"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:17:56","slug":"formacion-sacerdotes-nieves-benefactora-carf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/formacion-sacerdotes-nieves-benefactora-carf\/","title":{"rendered":"Nieves, benefactress: \u00abIt is important to invest in the formation of priests\u00bb.\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\"The idea of contributing financially to the formation of a priest came to me after my father's death. Perpetuating his legacy by using part of what I received in inheritance for something good for others seemed to me to be an excellent option. And I am sure that my father, from heaven, will also like this. As a tribute to him, it is called the \"Jos\u00e9 Soria Scholarship\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investing in the formation of priests in these times is, if possible, more important than ever. The world needs God. It needs to know of God's infinite love for every man. Men need good advice that will lead them to Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"sacerdotes-sabios-y-santos\"><em><strong>Wise and holy priests&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>They need to be forgiven by Him when they take wrong steps in life. And for this, good priests, those who are wise and holy, are indispensable. To be able to do my bit by supporting with a scholarship the formation of a priest who lacked the financial means to do so, was what encouraged me to make the donation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got to know the work of the CARF Foundation through my friendship with people from the <a href=\"https:\/\/opusdei.org\/es-es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opus Dei<\/a> and, although I do not belong to this personal Prelature of the Church, I know firsthand the very good theological and spiritual formation they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-e1740733552710.jpg\" alt=\"formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-sacerdotes\" class=\"wp-image-201866\" style=\"width:699px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-e1740733552710.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-e1740733552710-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-e1740733552710-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/formacion-excelente-fundacion-carf-e1740733552710-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"el-mundo-necesita-a-dios-por-eso-invertir-en-la-formacion-de-sacerdotes-en-estos-tiempos-es-si-cabe-mas-importante-que-nunca\"><em>\"The world needs God. That is why investing in the formation of priests in these times is, if anything, more important than ever.\"<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Deogratias Method Nyamwihula belongs to the diocese of Mwanza in Tanzania. He arrived in Rome in 2015 and has played for Sedes Sapientiae, a seminarian soccer team among the most formidable in the Clericus Cup. The Clericus Cup is the World Cup for priests and seminarians. \"I have always played soccer in my country. Without shoes, on very hard ground. I had so many friends thanks to soccer. A match is like calling a friend for lunch,\" he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"le-he-considerado-un-hijo-desde-el-primer-momento\"><strong><em>\"I have considered him a son from the very first moment.\"&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When I contacted CARF, they told me about Deogratias from Tanzania, who studied at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to contribute to his formation, because the great spiritual work that I have no doubt he will do, would remain in a continent as needy as Africa. Although it took me some time to get to know him personally, I have considered him as my son from the very first moment and I pray every day that he will be a good priest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to encourage all readers who have the financial means to make donations (personally or through your company) to train people with <a href=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/gabon-necesita-pastores-formados-comunicacion-institucional\/\">priestly vocation<\/a> from countries with scarce economic resources. The good that a good priest does is like the stone dropped into the lake whose ripple spreads and reaches far and wide. God does not allow himself to be outdone in generosity, so there is no doubt that we come out ahead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\"God does not allow himself to be outdone in generosity so, no doubt, we come out ahead.\"&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WITNESSES | Priest Stories\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AI3Ibzei3_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Deogratias Method Nyamwihula was born on July 4, 1990 and belongs to the diocese of Mwanza in Tanzania. He studied at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in order to be able to serve pastorally in his diocese and help in the evangelization of Tanzania. He is the third of six brothers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The call of God's love&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Deogratias Method Nyamwihula belongs to the diocese of Mwanza in Tanzania. He is trained at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome in order to be able to serve pastorally in his diocese and help in the evangelization of Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deogratias grew up in a very Christian family.  His first name \"predestined him to the priesthood,\" he says. Another of his brothers is named Melchior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs I grew up, it became a love story and I had this priestly vocation. When I was 17, I felt the call of God's love to the priesthood and I began to prepare myself to understand what God wanted for my life,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About soccer, another of his great passions, he says: \u201cThe goal is not to win, but to create friendships. And if we are all here, it is by faith. That is the victory: to win in Christian virtues\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table of Contents<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#sacerdotes-sabios-y-santos\">Wise and holy priests\u00a0<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#el-mundo-necesita-a-dios-por-eso-invertir-en-la-formacion-de-sacerdotes-en-estos-tiempos-es-si-cabe-mas-importante-que-nunca\">\"The world needs God. That is why investing in the formation of priests in these times is, if anything, more important than ever.\"<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#le-he-considerado-un-hijo-desde-el-primer-momento\">\"I have considered him a son from the very first moment.\"\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the formation of priests, Nieves, a benefactress of the CARF Foundation, has covered all the expenses of the Tanzanian seminarian Deogratias Method Nyamwihula, who was ordained a priest on July 18 in her country. He writes of his experience to encourage many others to contribute a scholarship to vocations around the world: \"The priest is necessary in our lives,\" he says.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":193981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[172,120,121],"class_list":["post-28632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-historias","tag-congregaciones-religiosas","tag-sacerdote","tag-seminarista"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28632"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228969,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28632\/revisions\/228969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fundacioncarf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}