No longer preparing to be a teacher, he was put in charge of the clothes closet, cleaning of the church, cooking, and other manual work.
Marciano José was working in Mieres in 1934 when he volunteered to take the place of a brother who hesitated to go to Turon because of political and social tensions there.
At the time, religious education was suppressed, which forced the Brothers of La Salle to change their clothes and pose as peasants.
[2] When it was discovered that religion classes were still being taught at the school, on 5 October 1934, the mayor ordered the entire community to be imprisoned, including the Passionist priest Innocencio of Mary Immaculate who was with them.
Marciano did not accept his release by clarifying that he was also a member of the school which led him to suffer torture and harassment along with all his classmates.