Oblates in Philippines:Immersion in the lives and struggles of the poor

Originally Published on Philippines Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate website

The Oblates of the Philippine Province minister to the Manobo-Dulangan tribe who dwell far beyond Sen. Ninoy Aquino municipality. Fr. Renan Aban, OMI is assigned as Indigenous Peoples Ministry Coordinator since 2009. The mission continues to provide scholarships from elementary to college through the Oblate Missionary Fund.  This school year, 60 children will be provided with dormitory privileges of free food and lodging aside from their educational scholarship.

Aside from the educational program, the Oblate missionary thrust centers on the Monobo-Dulangan tribal justice and self-governance. It ensures the retention of the tribe’s cultural heritage yet open to the enrichment of other cultures.

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Immersion in the lives and struggles of the poor,particularly the Manobo-Dulangan tribe is a vivid reality and mission call forthe Oblates.