The exterior of Malengwa Friary. The original caption reads: ‘The first friars were Fr. Macnaise, Fr. Timothy Phelim and Br. Fergus. The building was thatched at first’.
The consecration of Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. as Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 Sept. 1950. A manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print reads 'The Papal Nuncio and Dr. William MacNeely, Bishop of Raphoe / Fathers Andrew and Brendan'.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap. and a religious sister (Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood) at Sesheke in Zambia.
The exterior of the Capuchin Friary at Sihole, Zambia. The original caption notes that Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. walked through the district of Kalabo in 1942 to find a site. Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. were later assigned there.
A group of Capuchin friars at a retreat at Our Lady’s Friary, Livingstone, Zambia. The group includes Fr. Robert Noonan OFM Cap., Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap.