An external view of St. Anthony’s Church, Langa, Cape Town. Manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘St. Anthony’s, Langa, Table Mountain in background’.
Two external views of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town. Manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Our first Capuchin Church in Cape Town / St. Mary of the Angels’.
A view of building work on the Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Athlone parish, Cape Town, South Africa. The print is annotated on the reverse: ‘The unfinished school and chapel at Athlone, Cape Flats’.
An external view of St. Theresa’s Parish Church, Welcome Estate, Cape Town, South Africa. The image appears to have been taken from a printed Christmas card.
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’.
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.
Offprint of an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. on the history of the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’. The article was printed in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). Ink stamped on first page: ‘Vocations’ Office, Capuchin College, Rochestown, County Cork’.
An internal view of the Catholic Church at Tyger Valley, Cape Town. Manuscript annotation on the reverse reads ‘Church at Tyger Valley / Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.’.