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Circular from the Apostolic Delegate, Pretoria (the Most Rev. Martin Lucas SVD), to Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior, outlining the relevant canon regulations and formalities involved in the alienation of ecclesiastical goods including property.

Copy correspondence of Fr. Melchor a Benisa OFM Cap., Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., and Fr. Paschal Rywalski OFM Cap., General Ministers, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., and Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, re the status of the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa. Reference is made to the request made by Bishop John Colburn Garner, Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria, seeking more priests to work in South Africa (see CA AMI/1/6/7). Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. wrote: ‘We felt that this arrangement with Bishop Garner will lead to an expansion of our work in South Africa’ (21 Dec. 1948). The possibility of separating the mission in Cape Town from that in Rhodesia is also discussed (31 Oct. 1950). Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap. later referred to the establishment of Cape Town as a ‘separate mission’ and to the appointment of a Regular Superior (25 Nov. 1968). See also CA AMI/2/5/7.

Copy decree of Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., General Minister, for the establishment of the Capuchin Vice-Province of Southern Africa. The decree reads: ‘In response to the missionary call of Pope Pius XI and the invitation of the Apostolic Vicar of Cape Town, the Irish Capuchin Province of Saint Francis and Patrick extended its Capuchin Franciscan witness to South Africa, arriving in Cape Town on 20 October 1929. After overcoming many initial difficulties and having established a clear understanding of the commitment required of the Province in this missionary endeavour, the new plant began to take root and to grow’. The Vice-Provincial Minister was named as Fr. Sylvius McCarthy OFM Cap. (1931-2011).