The OMI Indigenous Peoples (IP) ministry in the Philippine province is a vast and important ministry of the OMI congregation catering and working with the different tribal groups in the country, namely; the Tedurays in Maguindanao, the Dulangan-Manobo in Sultan Kudarat and the Sama of Sulu and Tawi-tawi. In Langgal, Senator Ninoy Aquino, Sultan Kudarat, Fr. Danilo “Danny” Pacate, OMI is assigned as IP director among the Dulangan-Manobo. This tribal group is among the poorest in the province of Sultan Kudarat. While many of these people are still nomads, tiling forested lands from one area to another, foraging food from the deep forests, some of them are already settled in communities in different areas together with other Christian settlers, mostly in the deep mountains of Sultan Kudarat. Fr. Pacate is from Kisante, Makilala, North Cotabato. He entered the seminary as a young professional. He used to worked with PLDT company for many years before deciding to join the congregation