Figure 1.-- The Scheut/CICM Nission here was at Patikian, a small Baguio village on the Saltan River in the Cordierra (mountains) of northern Luzon. This ostcard photograph was taken after the arrival of the Americans, probnly in the 1910s.

The Philippines after nearly four centuries of Spanish rule was a largely Catholic country. Tribal populations in isolated areas tended to remain largely animist. With the arrival of the Americans, misionary activity increased and not just Catholic, although Cathiloic activity also increased. Here we have a view of the Scheut mission at Patikian in the mountains of northern Luzon among the Baguio--this was a generic term for the tribal people in the mountains of northern Luzon. The Scheut is a term earlier used for the Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariaeb (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary--CICM) Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation established by Belgian Catholic priest, Theophiel Verbist (1862). It was founded at Scheut, Anderlecht, a suburb of Brusselswhich is why they were known as the Scheut Missionaries. They conducted international missionary works in China, Mongolia, the Philippines and in Congo Free State/Belgian Congo. They are also known in the United States as Missionhurst. The Scheut Scheut/CICM Nission here was at Patikian, a small Baguio village on the Saltan River in the Cordierra (mountains) of northern Luzon. The wonderful Balbalasang-Balbalan National Park with an impressive biodiversity is now located nearby.

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