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.
Cutting of an article from 'The Southern Cross', 16 Nov. 1938, lamenting the recent departure of Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. for California. The article reads: ‘Fr. Alban arrived in Cape Town some nine years ago and took over what was then a struggling, obscure little mission, know as St. Raphael’s, Athlone, Cape Flats, and now, on his departure, we find a handsome and commodious church … [and] a dignified and roomy presbytery’.
Cutting from the 'Cape Times' of a report on the drowning of Fr. Frederick McConvery OFM Cap. (d. 28 Nov. 1968). Fr. McConvery of Parow Church died whilst swimming at Hermanus in the company of Fr. Patrick Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Leo McAuliffe OFM Cap. and Br. Daniel Duffy OFM Cap.
Notebook containing a record of the baptisms at the Loanja mission, Bartoseland, Northern Rhodesia. The record (which includes entries of adult baptisms and references to 'articulo mortis' or 'at the moment of death') was compiled by Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980). The entries are listed under local (birth) name, tribe, village, Christian name, date of baptism, minister officiating, date, and in some instances date of death and place of burial. The end pages of the volume also contain miscellaneous notes re baptisms at the mission. With manuscript annotations (in Irish) by Fr. Padraig Ó Cuill OFM Cap. re Fr. Seraphin.
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.
Report on the Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic and Regular Superior. The report in divided into the following sections:
Initial Progress and History of the Mission First bush-stations Education Prefecture Further progress War Years, 1939-45 Mission Policy
Adjoining Territory
Statistical Information arranged under the following headings: a. Livingstone b. Lealui c. Mongu d. Population e. Tribes f. Local governing structures
Protestant Missionary Influence
Government Schools
Attitude of the Colonial and Local Governments
Numbers of Catholics
Expenses
Conversions
Seat of the Ecclesiastical Superior
Number of Mission Stations
Government Subsidies
Missionary Personnel
Prospects for Vocations
Catechists
Foundations of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
Clerical Seminaries
Catholic Schools
Confraternities and Sodalities The final section of the report is titled: ‘Mission difficulties summarised’ and outlines the prospects for the future success of missionary work in the Prefecture. An appendix contains a brief report on missionary work in the Eastern Caprivi Strip.
Report on the Livingstone Mission (Zambia) compiled by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. Fr. Theophilus referred to the consecration in February 1975 of Monsignor Adrian Mung’andu (c.1920-2007) as the first locally-born African Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone. The installation was a landmark as the Diocese ‘ceased to be entrusted to the Capuchin Order’. He also noted that ‘about 90% of the priests working in the Livingstone Diocese are Capuchins’. The report is divided into the following general sections: (1) Apostolate (a) Drink (b) Wrong marriages (2) Education – primary and post primary schools (3) Medical (4) Social work and development (5) Life of the friars (6) Vocations and Formation (7) Katima Mulilo Mission, Caprivi Strip (8) Still room and need for missionaries in Zambia Appendix A: Brief report on development by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. Development (a) Pastoral Appendix B: Extracts from report on 5th annual meeting of South-East African Capuchin Association (SEACA), held at Kasita-Mahenge, Tanzania, 9-11 June 1976. Compiled by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. Appendix C: Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone Appendix D: Personnel list
Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Regular Superior, for the Provincial Chapter. The report is arranged into the following sections:
A spirit of openness
Office in common
Decreasing numbers of missionaries
Provincial Visitation
Preparation for the Chapter
The First Mission Chapter
Withdrawal from some stations
The House of Formation
Pastoral Council
The death of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
