Despite the hostile climatic conditions, they were improved by the fact that the government had opened some wells in Shaykh'Uthman (an oasis 10 miles from the city of Aden), the activity of Msgr.
His first concern was the school through which - he wrote - "missionaries can obtain in Aden that respect and attention that bring people closer to the truths of the faith, primarily when other means cannot be used.
"[4] He, therefore, increased the male attendance at St Anthony's Boys' School at Steamer Point, directed by three Marist Brothers, who were esteemed for the seriousness of teaching and discipline.
However, his greatest desire was to resume his activity outside Aden: he was confident that much could still be done, despite a common belief to the contrary, based on the widespread opinion that the Vicariate should only take care of Catholics, most of them who came from India.
[2] The conviction that it was necessary to get out of Aden did not leave him: he realized, therefore, that there were good hopes of reopening a church in Hodeida and to open a mission in Zahege, a sultanate under English domination[2] who confirmed the existence of some Christian tribes in the interior of Arabia[2] which had lost their independence and which was impossible to reach.
Tirinnanzi, made a historic step by visiting Bahrain in 1939 when he heard of the presence of Catholics on the island nation, In an audience with the ruler H.H.
As the world was on the brink of another worldwide conflict in 1939, The occupying British forces in Yemen were not pleased with an Italian in their colony; Msgr.