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A history of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history traces the history of the mission in a chronological format from 1930 to 1981. Particular attention is given to the arrival of missionary friars, the work of clerical and lay mission personnel, relations with local communities, the construction of mission stations, schools and hospitals in Barotseland (later the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia) and to various mission appointments and transfers. Fr. Luke arrived in Northern Rhodesia in 1948 and the text includes many of his personal recollections of the mission. The file also includes a copybook containing text in Irish by Fr. Luke recounting his initial experiences as a missionary from 1948-50.

Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap. at the grave of Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. (d. 12 Sept. 1947) in Livingstone.

Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. and Zambian friars at the grave of Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap. (d. 9 Mar. 1990) in Livingstone.

Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) and Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. in Sihole.

The grave of Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) in St. Martin’s Church in Kaoma, Zambia.

Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. and Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, at the grave of Dr. John Roche (d. 25 Sept. 1964) in Livingstone.

The grave of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. in Lukulu.

The exterior of the Church in Sesheke, Zambia (built by Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. in 1967).

Cutting from the 'Cork Examiner', 20 Oct. 1938, reporting on the opening of a bazaar in Father Mathew Hall, Cork, to aid the work of the Capuchin African missions.

Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in South Africa. It is noted that ‘much of the Fathers’ time is taken up with convert work, pre-nuptial courses and teaching Christian Doctrine to children attending the public schools’. Statistical information (population, racial composition, and number of priests) is given in respect of the friars’ work in Parow, Athlone, the Welcome Estate, Belgravia and Langa. It is affirmed that the ‘bulk of the non-white people, i.e. the poorest of this diocese, is attended by the Capuchin Fathers’.