- IE CA AMI/1/10/2/8/6
- Partie
- c.1955
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
A religious sister (probably an Irish-born Sister of the Holy Cross) at a school (or orphanage) in Cape Province, South Africa.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
A religious sister (probably an Irish-born Sister of the Holy Cross) at a school (or orphanage) in Cape Province, South Africa.
Congregation on Table Mountain, Cape Town
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of an open-air religious service held on the slopes of Table Mountain overlooking Cape Town in South Africa.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Blarney Castle, a fifteenth-century tower house, in County Cork.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap. outside a church in Cape Town, South Africa.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a outdoor market or bazaar in Cape Town, South Africa.
Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Cape Town Harbour
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (second from the left) with two diocesan priests and a couple possibly at Cape Town Harbour in South Africa.
Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. with Parishioners, Cape Town
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. with parishioners outside a church in Cape Town, South Africa.
Nelson Mandela’s Visit to St. Mary of the Angels Church, Athlone, Cape Town
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographic prints showing the visit of Nelson Mandela to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa, on 12 September 1993. Mandela was accompanied by Allan Boesak. Some of the photographs are annotated on the reverse by the donors: James P. Rigney and Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap. The photographs were printed in 'The Cape Argus' newspaper. The file also includes:
• A description of the circumstances surrounding Mandela’s visit to Athlone Parish Church by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004).
• An annotated copy of the sermon preached on the occasion by Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. A copy of Mandela’s brief address after communion referring to the support offered by the local congregation during the apartheid era
• The welcome address given by Huxley Joshua, a prominent member of the ANC in the locality.
• Documents (including a copy newspaper cutting from 'The Southern Cross', 26 Sept. 1993) referring to the controversy over Mandela’s taking of communion during the Mass.
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
A portrait photograph of Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. (1898-1953), an Irish Capuchin missionary in Northern Rhodesia.
HMS 'Vanguard', Cape Town Harbour
Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of HMS 'Vanguard', a British Navy battleship at Cape Town Harbour in South Africa. The ship was used as a royal yacht to transport King George VI and his family to South Africa, the first visit to the country by a reigning British monarch. HMS 'Vanguard' arrived in Cape Town on 17 February, escorted by the South African frigates 'Good Hope', 'Transvaal' and 'Natal' on the last leg of her voyage. The warship departed Cape Town on 22 April 1947.