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of the country, Pastells spent the next eleven years, 1876-87, in Mindanao.Stationed principally in Bislig and Caraga of the province of Surigao, he setout on numerous trips and expeditions to distant outlying areas. The years inMindanao proved not only his missionary zeal but also his organizationalskills and ability to govern. For seven of those years, he held the position oflocal Superior of the residence in Bislig from 1878 to 1884 and then of thecommunity in Tagaloan in 1887.15Finally, he was recalled to Manila to be acting Superior of the PhilippineMission beginning November 1887, and was subsequently formallyappointed Superior by the Jesuit General on July 5 of the following year.'6 InJuly 1892, toward the end of Pastells' tenn of office, Rizal was arrested inManila and subsequently shipped to Mindanao for exile. Pastells tookpersonal interest in his case. No one seemed in a more favorable position tolend Rizal a helping hand: he enjoyed Rizal's friendship, confidence andesteem, and as Superior of the Philippine Mission he had Jesuit resources athis disposal and commanded influence in government circles, in particularwith Governor-General Despujol, reputedly a friend of the Jesuits. It has beensuggested that the choice of Dapitan, a Jesuit mission territory, might havebeen arranged by Pastells." This view finds support in some remarks of Rizalin the correspondence.. . . I shall never forget your good heart, for you have remembered me just whenI felt most downfallen. In adversity we know who our friends are.1°. . . you are one of the few persons who, far from forgetting me in my adversity,have offered a helping hand with so much kindness."The Governor-General was in fact willing to allow Rizal to live in theJesuit house in Dapitan. But Pastels imposed the following conditions:(1) that he execute a public retractation of his religious errors and issuestatements signifying pm-Spanish sentiments, (2) that he make the SpiritualExercises of St. Ignatius and approach the Sacrament of Penance for a generalconfession of his whole life past, and (3) that he conduct himself in a mannerbecoming a good Christian and loyal Spanish subject.2° Rizal would notagree to these terms, and so lived with Ricardo Camicero, Captain of theInfantry and Politico-Military Commander of Dapitan.Pastells likewise relieved Father Sanchez, Rizal's favorite professor, ofhis teaching assignment at the Ateneo, although the school year had alreadybegun, and assigned him to Dapitan. Sanchez arrived in August in Dapitan,carrying the letter for Obach and the books of Sardi for Rizal. The objective,220