César Alonso de las Heras

Besides a deep evangelist labor, he developed a long and everlasting pedagogical work, especially in the teaching of Spanish language and literature.

He also gave conferences spreading the work of authors as Paul Claudel, García Lorca, André Gide, Jean-Paul Sartre, Gabriel Miró, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Samuel Beckett, among others.

In 1994, the Paraguayan government awarded him with the "Cruz de Comendador del Mérito Nacional" and the same year received the title of Honoris Causa Doctor from the National University of Asunción.

He investigated about the Ypacaraí Lake, its legends and history; about Domingo Martínez de Irala and about little known facts of the Jesuit Missions in the Paraguay.

His work are the poem books "María de Nazaret" (Mary of Nazareth), "Que cercano tu recuerdo" (Your memory so close), "Silencio" (Silence), "Rosario y Vía Crucis", "Antología" (Anthology), "Navidad-Variaciones" (Christmas-Variations) and "Más que tú lo he deseado" (I've desired it more than you); the dramatic mystery "San Blas" and the theater play "Jalones de Gloria" about the first 50 years of the San José School, He also wrote "History of the San José School" in 2 books, one of which first appeared in 1997.