A history of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history traces the history of the mission in a chronological format from 1930 to 1981. Particular attention is given to the arrival of missionary friars, the work of clerical and lay mission personnel, relations with local communities, the construction of mission stations, schools and hospitals in Barotseland (later the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia) and to various mission appointments and transfers. Fr. Luke arrived in Northern Rhodesia in 1948 and the text includes many of his personal recollections of the mission. The file also includes a copybook containing text in Irish by Fr. Luke recounting his initial experiences as a missionary from 1948-50.
A letter from Michael de la Bédoyère, ‘The New Catholic Herald’, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. referring to the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
A review by Maud Gonne MacBride of 1942 and 1943 editions of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. The review contains numerous references to the national question and the issue of partition. MacBride adds ‘Evidently a man peace, Father Senan knows what he wants and as an editor has his own original ways of doing things’.
Letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. praising ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1943). He suggests that the ‘concentration on the North is bound to have an effect’.
Letter from Carl Gilbert Hardebeck to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. thanking him and Fr. Gerald McCann for all their help and praising the content of ‘The Capuchin Annual’.
An image of Alderman Alfie Byrne (1882-1956), Lord Mayor of Dublin, with Waterford pilgrims at the Lourdes Grotto at the Church of Mary Immaculate on Tyrconnell Road in Inchicore in Dublin.
