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Parow, Cape Flats District

Views of Parow parish, Flats District, Cape Town, South Africa. The prints are annotated on the reverse:
‘This is Parow in the Cape Flats. We could build a church and convent in the foreground. … The orphanage is in the distance’.
‘Parow / the ground in front is Vicariate-owned. Building on left is church. The other buildings are the orphanage’.
‘Three of the coloured orphans at the little Oratory, Parow’.
‘Fr. Kelly’s Church in the heart of the Flats. Typical flat country with occasional roads thro it. But he has very few residents in such a place. He is very old now and I expect we shall be asked to take it later. He has his own house and four mission churches attached – all built by his own parishioners’ hands’.

Our Pact: Newsletters of the Damietta Peace Initiative

Copies of ‘Our Pact: Newsletters of the Damietta Peace Initiative’ from June 2010 (Vol. 3, No. 6) to Aug. 2010 (Vol. 3, No. 7). The latter issue refers to the death of Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap., the founder of the Damietta Initiative.

Oral History Recollections of Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap.

Copy of Br. Andrew O’Shea’s oral account of his missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). With a copy cover letter (and reply) from Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. to Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap, describing what they affirm is Br. Andrew’s 'Fioretti'. Br. Andrew served as a missionary in Africa from 1943-86. The script is given the following headings:
• Father Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Brother Xavier Cox OFM Cap. going on a journey.
• As a farmer sees it and as a city lad sees it.
• Somili and the Mubishopo – that is Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap.
• Monsignor and the Maramba Girls Lapa (compound).
• Monsignor and the Sisters’ washing.
• Father Raymond Dillane’s Silver Jubilee.
• Father Raymond Dillane OFM Cap.
• Father Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. and Linda Friary.
• The visit of the Fatima Statue of Our Lady to Mongu.
• The Holy Ghost and the oil stocks.
• My friend Kadom (by Father Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.).
• Tripe or fishtails.
• Kadom and the radio.
• The grand finale of Kadom.
• Snippets from mission life.
• Father Albert O’Mahony OFM Cap.
• Father James O’Mahony OFM Cap.
• Father Aquinas Carroll OFM Cap.
• African Holy Cross Sisters.
• Sister Rudolf.
• Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap.
• Brother Xavier Cox OFM Cap.
• Sister Martin.
• Father Albert O’Mahony OFM Cap. on his first walking tour.
• Archbishop Matthews.
• Cardinal Spellman.
• A man from the agriculture department visits Lukulu.
• Father Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap. and Brother Andrew go fishing.
• Father Luke Browne’s attempt to cross the Zambezi in a jeep.
• Mission Buildings.
• Father Flannan Buckley OFM Cap. and the jam pots.
• Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap.
• Monsignor’s typewriter and the donkeys.
• Father Macanise, the donkeys and their scotch cart.
• Father Brian Browne OFM Cap. and his method of winter heating.
• Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and the Divine Office.
• Spenser flies his plane.
• Father Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap.
• Father Livinus Keane OFM Cap.
• Brother Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Another cook called Peter, and the marmalade.
• Brother Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. and the bricks.
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and cars.
• The Thames trucks.

O’Shea, Andrew, 1907-1986, Capuchin brother

Notes on the history of Barotseland and the Lozi People

Two copybooks containing notes by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. on the history of Barotseland and the Lozi, the cultural group of peoples inhabiting the western province of Zambia. The notes refer to the impact of European colonization, to the work of religious missionaries in the area, and to the Zambian independence movement.

Northern Rhodesian Missionary Photographs

Photographic prints of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia. The prints are extant on loose cards taken from a photographic album (CA AMI/2/10/1/2). Most of the prints have been annotated:
Capuchin friars at the Maramba mission station.
Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at the Livingstone Capuchin Friary.
Confirmations at the Maramba mission station.
Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap.
Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940.
‘Fathers, Sisters and girl boarders, Easter 1941’.
The mission car in 1941.
A trek to a mission station in 1937.
‘Hoisting a roof on a mission hut’.
A local cook with his wife at an Irish Capuchin mission station.
The building of the first Capuchin mission church in 1938.
The interior of a mission church in 1939.
Local game shot outside the mission grounds.
Preparations for an eight-week trek through the bush.
The Capuchin community in Sichili in 1937 (Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. and Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.).
A local teacher and altar servers.
The building of the father’s dwelling at a mission station.
Scenes on the way to Sesheke (including the local chief’s hut).
The Parish Church and Capuchin Friary in Livingstone.

Northern Rhodesian Missionary Album

Photographic album (titled ‘The Cambrian Album’) containing black and white prints of the early Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia. Some of the prints were later annotated by Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. The album includes:
• Two views of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone.
• Postcard print of the consecration of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic, 25 Nov. 1936.
• Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. with local Christians. (Fr. Agathangelus was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. at Mulobezi. (Fr. Timothy was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1935-9, Fr. Fintan from 1933-9, and Fr. Christopher from 1933-44).
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. outside a tent; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi River; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on horseback.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. inspecting a van with rifles perched against wheel; A view of a barge crossing a river in Northern Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. with a fishing rod.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. hunting wild game in Northern Rhodesia (including leopards and zebras).
• Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. with a large group of worshippers outside St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. was resident in Northern Rhodesia from 1936-49.
• Livingstone Church and adjoining school; Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of a river; a view of Victoria Falls.
• Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the veranda of Livingstone Friary; local Christians with a religious sister at a pageant.
• The installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic (25 Nov. 1936). The photograph includes: Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and the Most Rev. Aston Chichester SJ, Archbishop of Salisbury, Rhodesia.
• Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. at Sawmills School.
• Photographs of early missionary churches and buildings.

Nelson Mandela’s Visit to St. Mary of the Angels Church, Athlone, Cape Town

Photographic prints showing the visit of Nelson Mandela to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 September 1993. Mandela was accompanied by Allan Boesak. Some of the photographs are annotated on the reverse by the donors: James P. Rigney and Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap. The photographs were printed in 'The Cape Argus' newspaper. The file also includes:
• A description of the circumstances surrounding Mandela’s visit to Athlone Parish Church by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004).
• An annotated copy of the sermon preached on the occasion by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. A copy of Mandela’s brief address after communion referring to the support offered by the local congregation during the apartheid era
• The welcome address given by Huxley Joshua, a prominent member of the ANC in the locality.
• Documents (including a copy newspaper cutting from 'The Southern Cross', 26 Sept. 1993) referring to the controversy over Mandela’s taking of communion during the Mass.

Most Rev. Adrian Mung’andu, Bishop of Livingstone

Photographic prints of a visit by the Most Rev. Adrian Mung’andu, Bishop of Livingstone, to a Capuchin mission in Zambia. The images show the bishop celebrating Mass, blessing a building and meeting locally-born religious sisters and the local community.

Missionary Photographs of Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap.

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. relating to his missionary work in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Michael with local children at Langa, Cape Town, South Africa on 23 Nov. 1966.
Fr. Michael celebrating mass at a temporary church in the bushland around Kashembe on 3 Apr. 1970.
Fr. Michael at Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
Fr. Michael with local children in Livingstone in 1967.
Fr. Michael with Litunga Mwanawina, Paramount Chief, in Limulunga in Mar. 1968. The group also includes Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap., Fr. Connor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) and two Christian Brothers.
The blessing of the church at Namboata on 24 Sept. 1972.
Fr. Michael with Fr. Jim Cleary OFM Cap. at Santa Ines Mission in California on 23 Aug. 1987.

Missionary Photographs of Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap.

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. relating to his missionary work in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Jude with Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. in Cape Town on 22 Nov. 1966.
The exterior of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone, in 1966.
Fr. Jude with Holy Cross Sisters at a retreat in Malengwa, Mongu, in 1968.
Fr. Jude at the ordination of Fr. Damien Loughrey OFM Cap., missionary friar, in Dublin in 1986.
The interior and exterior of Mangango Mission Hospital.
The Most Rev. Raymond Mpezele, Bishop of Livingstone, at the Convent of the Poor Clares in Lusaka in c.2000.
Fr. Peter Rodgers OFM Cap. with Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. and other friars in Zambia in 2002.
Br. Rod Pieretti OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna and Fr. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. at a celebration in St. Conrad’s Friary, Lusaka, marking seventy-five years of the Capuchins in Zambia in 2006.
Fr. John Corriveau OFM Cap., Minister General, with Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Augustine Mainza OFM Cap. and Fr. Daniel Gomez OFM Cap. at Padre Pio House in Lusaka in 2006.
Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. attending a meeting of East African Capuchin Conference (EACC) in Pretoria, South Africa, in 2006. The group includes friars from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.

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