 On 29 October 1904, seven sisters from Vietnam arrived to establish the first Saint Paul's school in the Philippines in Dumaguete, Negros Oriental.The Bishop from New York also fought hard to regain the properties of the Catholic Church in his Diocese and, at one time, going to the extent of forcing the Municipal President of the town of Dumangas to hand over the keys of the old Spanish Church sequestered by the local government for use of the Aglipayans.The news that Bishop Rooker would celebrate Mass in the church the next Sunday generated some rumors of the Aglipayan threat to drive a herd of carabaos into the church during the service.