Report on the prospects of the South African mission by Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. and Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap., St. Mary’s, Cape Town for Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The report refers to a meeting with Bishop Bernard Cornelius O’Riley, Vicar Apostolic of the Cape of Good Hope, to discuss the areas (Athlone and Parow) which have been offered to the Irish Capuchins. A description of both districts and their populations is given. The financing of the proposed mission is also referred to. The report notes that ‘there is a well-disposed Catholic in Athlone, a Mr. Murphy, who came to the Cape during the Boer War, and settled here’. The report also affirms that ‘the people seem to want us badly in Athlone – there certainly is a hunger for a priest there’.
Report by Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior, on missionary work in the Cape Province, South Africa. The report asses the work of the Irish Capuchin friars in Parow parish (Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. and Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.); Matroosfontein (Fr. Marcellus O’Carroll OFM Cap.); Athlone (Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. 1900-1947); the Welcome Estate (Fr. Damascene McKenna OFM Cap., 1913-1967); Langa (Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.).
Report and minutes of meeting between Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior. The meeting was held at the Sancta Maria mission station, Lukulu, Northern Rhodesia. The minutes refer to various decrees, appointments and recommendations made in relation to missionary work in Barotseland, and in South Africa.
Report of the financial committee of the Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia. It is noted that the committee was formed in February 1965 ‘as a result of the discussion on diocesan finance at the Conference of the Superiors of Mission Stations. All realised that our commitments were much beyond our resources …’. Reference is made to funds for educational and medical services at various missions. With a covering letter from Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap.
Annual report of St. Joseph’s Leprosarium, a subsidiary unit of Mangango Mission Hospital situated in the Kaoma district, Zambia. Information is given in respect of treatment, information and advocacy work, finances, and other statistics. Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. is noted as one of the benefactors.
Report of a meeting of the Regular Superior (Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.) and Discreets at the Maramba Mission in Northern Rhodesia. The report includes a list of friars in the various Irish Capuchin missions in Barotseland.
Cutting from 'The Cape Argus', 2 July 1932, referring to the newly-built Redemptorist Retreat House at Heathfield in Cape Town, South Africa. A manuscript annotation reads: ‘Cost £4,000’.
Prospectus for the Capuchin formation and studies house in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The institute was open to Capuchin friars, Comboni fathers, Consolala fathers and Lazarist fathers.
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Architectural front and back elevations and sections of the proposed Catholic priests’ residence in Athlone parish, Cape Town. With drawings of the ground and first floor plans. The plan was prepared by G. Muller, Cape Town.
