Copy report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Definitor, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections for both respective mission territories: I. Personnel: ‘which gives a brief account of the Fathers on the mission’. II. Material Development: ‘which is intended to mark the external development of districts under our charge’. III. Financial Account: ‘which will indicate the expenses incurred and sources of income’. IV. Spiritual Development: ‘which will show spiritual growth of districts’. V. Regular Observance: ‘which will point out the means I have taken to ensure the religious and Franciscan spirit of our missionaries’. VI. Suggested Ordinances: ‘which will include ordinances which need to be made or emphasised by the Provincial Minister and General Definition’. A brief history of both the missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Livingstone and Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, is given in the report.
A report on Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province at Parow, Matroosfontein, Athlone, and Langa. Reference is made to the building and staffing of churches, friaries, schools, and halls at these locations.
Return of mission personnel in Northern Rhodesia (St. Therese) Livingstone; Sancta Maria (Lukulu, Mongu); St. Fidelis (Sichili); St. Joseph (Mankoya) and in Cape Town, Church of the Immaculate Conception (Parow parish); St. Mary of the Angels (Athlone parish).
Report by the Regular Superior on the verbal process at the canonical visitation of the parish of the Immaculate Conception, Parow, South Africa. Reference is made to the establishment of a separate fund for the erecting of a Friary in Parow.
A pastoral report on Parow Parish, Cape Province, South Africa, compiled by Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. (1929-2018). The report refers to the three areas within the parish: Tiervlei (Tyger Valley), Parow and Elsies River. The report notes that ‘in the parish, taken as a whole, the proportion of Coloured to White is 2 to 1. It can scarcely be classed a “White” Parish. We use the term “White” and “Coloured” with no intention of approving a situation. The Churches in Parow and Tiervlei are almost certainly the only Churches with mixed attendance in the area’.
Missionary Bulletin leaflet, No. 11 (Oct. 1979). The bulletin notes the Golden Jubilee of the arrival (4 Feb. 1929) of the Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and gives a brief history of landmarks in the South African mission
Newsletter compiled by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. containing information on the Capuchin Vice-Province in South Africa. Fr. Sean notes that ‘Izindaba’ is the Zulu word for news. Zulu is the language ‘spoken by the majority of the people in our southern part of Africa’.
Bulletin of the Capuchin Vice-Province of Southern Africa (July 1992, No. 1). The bulletin includes an introduction by Fr. Noel Winston OFM Cap., Vice-Provincial Minister, and a note on the celebration of Fr. Wilfred Aherne’s Golden Jubilee in Cape Town on 16 July 1992.
Booklet published to mark the diamond jubilee of the building of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Parow Parish, Cape Province, South Africa. The booklet contains an introduction by Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap., parish priest.
