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Statistical information compiled by the Regular Superior in respect of the Irish Capuchin mission in Cape Town, South Africa. These were seemingly official returns compiled for archival retention. Includes information in respect of personnel, and revenue derived from subsidies from the Capuchin General Curia, the Irish Province, and other sources. Information is also given for expenditure.

A view of Table Mountain overlooking the suburbs of Cape Town in South Africa. The image was probably taken from atop a church steeple.

A documentary history by Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap. referring to the arrival of the Irish Capuchins in South Africa and to their early work in Cape Town. The preface notes that the booklet was not intended for publication. His primary sources were the ‘writings of the late Fr. Kevin Lenaghan SJ, the now defunct "Catholic Magazine", and the "Southern Cross", and the archives in the Chancery in Cape Town, and those of Parow and Athlone parishes’. The documents relate primarily the period from 1929-40, but reference is also made to developments up to the late 1970s.

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’.