Missionaries For New

Guinea

A PARTY of 12 missionaries, 11 of whom are Germans, and the other Dutch, sailed for New Guinea by the Montoro on January 6.

The Rev. Fathers Bender and Ober reiter, of the Congregation of Mission aries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, are bound for the Vicariate of Rabaul. Rev.

Dr. May and the Rev. Father Lebberts, of the Society of the Divine Word, will go to the Prefecture of Central New Guinea, Aitape district, and Rev.

Fathers Boehm, Herget, Fastenrath, Brothers Bonfllius, Symettus, Bono sius, Alcuin and Agnellus, of the Society of the Divine Word, to the Vicariate of East New Guinea, Ma dang, and Wiwlak districts.

With the exception of Fathers Ben der and Oberreiter and Brother Bon filius, all of whom have spent about 20 years on the New Guinea mission fields, the missionaries are making their first visit to the territory.