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Mill Hill Missionaries (3)
The second batch of MHM fathers left Liverpool, England on November 9, 1907 and reached Arevalo, Iloilo on January 3, 1908. this was the biggest batch (nine of them) of these brave Fathers. The succeeding ones arrived in twos or threes, or even individually.
The second batch
This second batch were the following with their assignments:
Fr. Thomas O'Brien to San Pedro, Antique in 1908.
Fr. Alfred Joseph Fink to Arevalo in 1908.
Fr. Everardus van de Kamp to Sebaste, Antique in 1908; later, he was assigned as the first MHM priest both to Pandan, Antique (1909) and to Leon, Iloilo (1910).
Fr. Joseph Daly to Valderama, Antique (1908).
Fr. Alexander Ebus who was sickly and died on April 1908 and hence had no assignment.
Fr. John Oswald Key to Patnongon, Antique succeeding Fr. Foller in 1908; Fr. Key became the first MHM priest of San Jose de Buenavista - capital town of Antique in 1911.
Fr. Phillip Pieck to Hamtik succeeding Fr. Cleven in 1908; Fr. Pieck became the first MHM priest of Lawigan in 1938.
Fr. Adrian Rijk to San Miguel, Iloilo and later transferred to Maasin, Iloilo where he founded the Society of Santa Cecilia composed well trained brass band and church choir members which celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1973, and
Fr. Mathias Hubertus Boonen to Culasi and Tibiao jointly, in 1910.