Mrs. Kidwell
6th Religion
27 October 2014
Blessed Otto Neururer
Blessed Otto Neurerer, my saint, was born in Austria on March 25th 1882, in a family of peasants and had a very difficult life. His father died when he was still young and he saw his mother having to care for the 12 children and the farm; this caused her to have sad times. He studied to be a priest and in 1907, by the age of 25, was ordained in Bressanone, he was a Religion teacher in many places in Innsbruck. He became the pastor of Gotzens in 1932 and joined the Christian Social Movement; this caused problem with his higher superiors who had more conservative views; this affected him but never his love for priesthood.
In 1983 the Nazis occupied Tirol ( northern