Cutting from the Irish Press reporting on the departure of Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. for Northern Rhodesia.
A clipping of an article titled ‘Africa comes to Cork’ in the Cork Examiner referring to an exhibition of hand-carved wooden objects, ritual dance masks and other artefacts from Zambia in Cork City Hall. The exhibition was organised by Fr. Conleth McConville OFM Cap. to raise money to support the work of the eighty Capuchin missionaries in Zambia.
Cutting from the 'Evening Herald' of a photographic print of a barge built by Br. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. and Br. Daniel O’Brien OFM Cap. for use on the Zambezi River.
Cutting from the 'North Cork News' of an article on the friendship between the Irish Jesuit, Fr. Robert Thompson SJ (d. 1995), and the former President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda.
Letter from Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. (1898-1983) to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the progress of building work in Northern Rhodesia. He writes: ‘These buildings of course will be of native constructions, up to the time that the Fathers will have enough bricks made to build good buildings’.
Award Ceremony for Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap. hosted by President Kenneth Kaunda at the State House in Lusaka. The Most Rev. Adrian Mung’andu, Bishop of Livingstone, is also in attendance.