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In 1958... 

Arrupe was appointed the first Jesuit provincial for Japan... 

a position he held until being elected Father General in 1965.

Prior to being elected Father General... 

Arrupe made a visit to Latin America... 

and, on one occasion, was celebrating the Eucharist in a suburban slum. 

He was deeply moved at the devotion and respect the people had for Christ... 

in the midst of their abject poverty. 

After the service, a man invited Arrupe to his hovel [krot,hutje]... 

where he told him that he was so grateful for his visit... 

and that he wanted to share the only gift he had... 

that of watching the setting sun together. 

Arrupe reflected, "He gave me his hand, as I was leaving, 

I thought: 'I have met very few hearts that are so kind.'"

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