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.
A group of Capuchin friars at an airstrip in Mongu in Western Zambia. The group includes the Cork-born friars, standing, third from the right, Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008), and, standing at left, Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006). The Wicklow-born Fr. Crispin Brennan OFM Cap. (1917-2009) is seated, second on the right. The caption to the print identifies the aircraft in the background as a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver operated by Zambia Airways.
