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About Us
 Brief History
On May 13, 1886, the first 11 Capuchins arrived at Manila from Spain
aboard the vessel “Isla de Panay”. The real destination of these
first missionaries was not the Philippines by the Pacific Islands of
the Carolines and Palaos. Owing to the peculiar Church-State
relationship in Spain, the Spanish government requested for
missionaries to the islands of Carolines and Palaos to preserve them
from German expansion.
The Capuchins came to the Philippines just when other missionaries
were leaving because of the gathering socio-political storm that
culminated in the Philippine revolution. The first missionaries
stayed with the Franciscans at the convent adjacent to the Church of
the V.O.T. (Venerable Orden Tercera). After
 staying fro some time
with the Franciscans, 6 of them continued their journey to their
destination: the Carolines and the Palaos. The other five remained
in the Philippines.
In 1887 when Fr. Llevaneras came for a canonical visit to Manila,
the Carolines and Palaos, he became convinced of the necessity of
establishing a permanent central office or a “procura house” based
in Manila in order to attend to the needs of the missionaries
scattered among these islands.
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