as "Little Brothers", to help him lay the foundation for the Catholic Church in Ialibu. Another MSC priest, Fr. Louis Van Campenhoudt, 66 years of age, joined his confreres in 1955 and settled in Mendi allowing Fr. Rinn to move permanently to Ialibu. The missionaries were greatly encouraged by the welcome they received from the people of Mendi, Tari and Ialibu. The work of evangelization began. At the same time landowners provided plots of land for the missionaries to build their homes, make a garden, set up a school and construct the church. People brought food and firewood and there was no lack of curious and friendly youths to help dig the drains, build the houses and clear the bush. Fr. Alexis' Swissstyle two-storey bush houses, constructed without a single steel nail (he drilled holes and fastened the framework timbers with wooden pegs) were the wonder of both Mendi and Tari. Such houses had never been seen before. The Capuchins Arrive Finally, on November 23, 1955, the fIrst of the Capuchin missionaries, Fr. Otmar Gallagher OFM Cap., arrived in Tari to join Fr. Alexis. Fr. Otmar, with his deep, strong voice, outwardly stern nature and kind heart, was the leader of the new Capuchin missionaries. He had previous mission experience in Puerto Rico. Two days later Fr. Berard Tomassetti OFM Cap. arrived. Fr. Berard was a tall, thin scholarly looking man, an engineer who had served in the American navy during the Pacific war. The friars called him "Chief'. An untiring evangelist, Fr. Berard later would also survey roads, build bridges and set up hydro-electric plants. Then followed Fr. Stanley Miltenberger OFM Cap., another priest with missionary experience in Puerto Rico. He trained as a pilot in preparation for coming to the Mendi mission. A week later the youngest of the Capuchin group, Br. Mark Bollinger OFM Cap. set foot on Huli land. Br. Mark, carpenter and mechanic, jack-of-all-trades, was known for his good humour. Happy or sad, angry, worried, calm, tired, anxious or relaxed, his reaction was almost always the same, a little laugh and a joking word. Fr. Henry Kusnerik OFM Cap. came on the next flight to Tari. He was the oldest of the group, a dedicated priest doing mission work in Australia, a perfectionist who worried about many things. Fr. Paul Farkas OFM Cap., who had taken ill on arrival by ship in Samarai and nearly