- IE CA AMI/1/10/2/8/21
- Part
- c.1955
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a wedding party leaving a church in Cape Town, South Africa.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a wedding party leaving a church in Cape Town, South Africa.
Visit of Hendrik Verwoerd to Katima Mulilo
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Photographs showing the visit of Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd (1901-1966), Minister of Bantu Affairs in the South African government (he was later Prime Minister), to the Holy Family Mission at Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Strip (situated in present-day Namibia but then under South African control). A typescript note is extant in the file. It reads: ‘The purpose of his visit to the Mission was to assess the possible implications of implanting the infamous Bantu Education Act into the Caprivi where, at the time, all the schools were administered by the Capuchins with the aid of a very meagre subsidy from the S.A. government. Dr. Verwoerd (the “architect of apartheid”, was assassinated during his reign as Prime Minister) enforced the Bantu Education Act, in the late 1950s, as a means of preventing black South Africans from receiving an education anywhere near the standard enjoyed by other ethnic groups, e.g. whites and coloureds’. One of the photographs shows Verwoerd (identified with an 'X') with various religious including Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap., superior of the Katima Mulilo Mission. See also CA AMI/2/10/3/110.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Building a temporary church at the Mankoya mission station in Northern Rhodesia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of Table Mountain as seen from the bell tower of the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa.
St. Theresa's School, Welcome Estate, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the students and staff of St. Theresa's Primary School, Welcome Estate, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa.
St. Theresa’s School, Welcome Estate, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of St. Theresa’s School, Welcome Estate, Cape Town, South Africa. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘This part was built in 1933. Two moveable partitions made it one large room for Mass (3 classrooms). The third room (back part) added to the original 2 classrooms’.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of the fountain in the centre of St. Stephen's Green in Dublin.
St. Raphael’s School, Athlone, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Children from St. Raphael’s School, adjacent to the Church of St. Mary of the Angels in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa.
St Mary’s Cathedral, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of the exterior of St. Mary's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa. Consecrated in April 1851, it is the oldest Catholic cathedral in the country. The photograph probably shows a religious ceremony celebrating the centenary of the cathedral's foundation.
St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
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’.