Egide Beaudin, OMI to fortify the evangelization of Christian settlers in the locality who were mostly coming from Visayas and Luzon.

Beaudin made frequent contacts with the faithfuls where he was able to learn the Cebuano language.

Beaudin got help from the people to construct a worship place dedicated to the Child Jesus to whom most Cebuano settlers adored from their hometown of Cebu.

When the Second World War broke in 1941, the mission parish of Santo Niño was closed as turmoil reached Mindanao by invading Japanese forces.

After the war, the OMI priests went back to Midsayap to pursue the missioning to its people.

American oblates took over the management of their mission stations including schools.

Francis McSorley, OMI (who was later appointed as bishop-prelate of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo which covers the whole provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi).

Donald Mundy, OMI commissioned a young Filipino oblate priest, Rev.