In 2008, Fr. Fausto Tentorio took over as coordinator of the Tribal Filipino Program of the Archdiocese of Kidapawan from Fr. Peter Geremia, who was assigned as parish priest in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat. Tentorio also served as board member of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines, a progressive congregation forming education support communities in remote areas not normally reached by government services.“His support was focused on giving education and health services, especially for the Lumad and the deprived sectors,” Capuyan said. For example, she said, Tentorio helped set up daycare centers in remote areas in Arakan, in Kitaotao town in Bukidnon province, and in some parts of Compostela Valley.
Capuyan said these daycare centers used the indigenous people’s curriculum, inculcating the Lumad culture and tradition, and sometimes even using the Lumad language in the classroom. She said there were 47 such daycare centers in Arakan alone, and 23 in the hinterlands of Kitaotao and Compostela Valley, and even in Davao Oriental province."
Pope hails Fr. Pops: A brave, fervent believer | Inquirer Global Nation: "Pope Benedict XVI expressed his condolences on Wednesday for the killing of Fr. Fausto Tentorio in Arakan, North Cotabato province, and praised the Italian missionary for his bravery and good work.The message to Pinto will be in Thursday’s edition of the Vatican’s official daily, Osservatore Romano. Tentorio was “a good priest, a fervent believer who for many years served the people of the Philippines in a courageous and indefatigable way,” the Pope said in a message to Giuseppe Pinto, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio in Manila.
Tentorio, 59, was shot inside his church compound in Arakan on Monday. He had served for the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Mindanao since 1978.
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