Copy decree of Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., General Minister, for the establishment of the Capuchin Vice-Province of Southern Africa. The decree reads: ‘In response to the missionary call of Pope Pius XI and the invitation of the Apostolic Vicar of Cape Town, the Irish Capuchin Province of Saint Francis and Patrick extended its Capuchin Franciscan witness to South Africa, arriving in Cape Town on 20 October 1929. After overcoming many initial difficulties and having established a clear understanding of the commitment required of the Province in this missionary endeavour, the new plant began to take root and to grow’. The Vice-Provincial Minister was named as Fr. Sylvius McCarthy OFM Cap. (1931-2011).
Photostat copy of a report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia) and Cape Town (South Africa) missions ‘as was revealed to me in the course of the Canonical Visitation’. The report was published in 'Analecta Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum', 73, no. 12 (Dec. 1957), pp 274-84.
Letter from Sr. Maria Angela, a Capuchin Poor Clare, to Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, seeking copies of the 'Ordo' for the Divine Office. She wrote: ‘Now we are in need since the war began. We have no more connection with our Home Convent and received no more orders from there like we received all the years’. Reference is made in the letter to the kindness shown to the sisters by Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.
Circular from the Apostolic Delegate, Pretoria (the Most Rev. Martin Lucas SVD), to Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior, outlining the relevant canon regulations and formalities involved in the alienation of ecclesiastical goods including property.
No scale given Fragmentary map of Cape Government Railways / The Royal Mail Route to the Orange River Colony, Transvaal, and Rhodesia. The map was printed by McCorquodale Ltd., Map Engravers, London. The map shows the principal railways in British possessions in Southern Africa including the Cape Colony, the Orange River Colony, Natal, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) to the borders of Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). The territory is bordered to the north by ‘Portuguese possessions’ (Mozambique). A list of places mentioned on the map is included. Several ink-stamps of the ‘Vicariate, Eastern District, Cape of Good Hope’ are extant on the map.
Photographic print of the congregation of Holy Trinity Church, Elsies River, Cape Town, South Africa. The print is extant on card with a printed annotation giving the names of the congregation. The group includes Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.
Missionary bulletin of the Capuchin friars of Cape Province, South Africa (May, 1977, No. 3). Includes a brief history of the Irish Capuchin mission in South Africa, a report on the first chapter meeting of the Capuchins working in the Cape Flats, and a list of personnel and houses.
Booklet published to mark the diamond jubilee of the building of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. The booklet includes brief notes re the history of the Irish Capuchin presence in Athlone, copy photographic prints, and a list of parish priests from 1933 to 1993.
A copy of an ‘experimental newsletter’ published by the Capuchin Vice-Province of Southern Africa. The publication includes news of the friars’ travels, forthcoming Franciscan events, the EACC Formation House and the publication of an EACC Journal, Capuchin statistics in Africa, the sale of a field in Athlone parish, the deeds for properties held by the Capuchins in South Africa, medical insurance for the friars, and SMA news.
