In the dead of night on 25 February 2018, a 7.5 intensity earthquake struck Papua New Guinea’s Hela and Southern Highlands Provinces, wrecking roads, houses, hospitals, schools and churches …… and inflicting a reported 160 fatalities. This occurred amidst an environment of inter-tribal armed violence, the burning of mining facilities associated with the nearby liquefied natural gas project and roadside banditry by local “rascals”. In the midst of this chaos, the Catholic Dioc