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Letters from Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Definitor, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, re the canonical establishment of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia. He also asks for a list of potential candidates for the position of Regular Superior.

Letters from the Most Rev. Adrian Mung'andu and the Most Rev. Raymond Mpezele, successive Bishops of Livingstone, to Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap. and Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap. re the Franciscan House of Studies in Livingstone, concerns re the Capuchin commitment to ongoing pastoral work in the diocese, and the appointment of Fr. Philip Connor OFM Cap. as Episcopal Vicar in the diocese.

Draft and copy letters of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. relating to the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa. The file includes copy letters to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Definitor, and Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap., and a letter from Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap. On 21 May 1948, Fr. James wrote ‘We feel that there is great future for the Irish Province in South Africa where the Irish Capuchins were the first, and still stand alone, in their mission to pure natives in the Langa Compound’.

Notes by Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. re clothing and supplies which are needed for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia. The file includes several lists outlining the requirements. Fr. Killian notes that Monsignor Bruno Wolnick SJ ‘says we can get help for all of the above articles from the “Peter Claver Society”. Dublin Address: 49 North Great George’s Street’.

Lists of Irish Capuchin friars at various mission stations in Northern Rhodesia. The list is arranged under the following locations:
St. Mary’s, Livingstone (Rt. Rev. Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic)
St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral, Livingstone
Christ the King Mission, Maramba
St. Fidelis Mission, Sichili
Holy Family Mission, Katima Mulilo
St. Joseph’s Mission, Mankoya
St. Francis Mission, Mongu
St. Patrick’s Mission, Kalabo
Sancta Maria Mission

A collection of prints of local Christians mainly associated with the missionary work of the Irish Capuchin friars in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Most of the prints are not captioned. The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual' and 'The Father Mathew Record'. The captioned photographs include:
• ‘Peter: a cook boy – on right in picture, a Catholic. Kinabini – our kitchen boy [and] on left, a catechumen. These are the 2 boys who came with us from Mankoya to help us to start our mission here’.
• Holy Cross mission, Mekading, Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• ‘Local smoking women’ probably in Basutoland.
• Church-goers at Quachas Nek, Basutoland.
• ‘Our Well’ showing local children beside a primitive water well.
• Portrait photograph showing ‘an African Witchdoctor’.
• ‘Mother teaching children to balance baskets on their heads’.
• ‘Paddling by Canoe to their village during the rainy season’.
• ‘Making bricks at the Sancta Maria Mission in Lukulu’.
• A local woman preparing an evening meal.
• Leprosy victims and disabled children.
• ‘A leper patient in Mangango, blind and crippled known as the “Joker”’.
• Pounding maize.

Photographic prints of Mangango leprosarium, Western Province, Zambia. The prints show a group of local children, a feast in progress in the leprosarium and a visit by Sr. Joseph (and her sister from New York) to Mangango.

Booklet containing the recollections of Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. particularly in relation to his role in establishing Namushakende Parish Church in the Diocese of Mongu, Zambia. Reference is also made to his missionary work in Kashembe, Namboata, Nanjuca and Litoya. The photographic print shows a celebration outside St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Namushakende on 25 Mar. 2004.

Photographic albums of Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. The albums cover the years from 1971-1998 and include some personal, family and holiday (Ireland, Poland, Italy, and Bulgaria) photographs and prints relating to Fr. Owen’s missionary work in New Zealand and later in Zambia. He was resident in Zambia from 1978 to 1997. Most of the prints have been annotated by Fr. Owen on the reverse. The prints include:
Album: 1971-1985
Kamanga School, 25 July 1979
The road to Mangango, Sichili, 27 Mar. 1980
Fr. Owen celebrating Mass at Sichili on 24 Aug. 1980
Zambian friars at Limulunga, 25 June 1981
Sioma Church, 1984
Fr. Owen with Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap. and Kit Sheehan at the Victoria Falls Hotel, Jan. 1984
River-crossing on the way to Sioma, Oct. 1984
Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., Minister General, with friars in Sioma Convent, 15 Aug. 1985
Chief’s mafulo at Sikuma on the Angolan-Zambian border, 8 Aug. 1985
Lisisi Church built by Angolan refugees, 2 Sept. 1985
Litunga’s Palace at Limulunga, 10 Sept. 1985
Paddle pontoon on the Zambezi River, 10 Sept. 1985
Fr. Owen with local villagers and parishioners
Local wildlife including snakes, lizards, crocodiles and elephants
Album: 1984-1987
The Church and Convent at Sioma, Oct. 1984
Sioma Friary, Oct. 1984
Sioma Friary and School, Oct. 1984
Relief Centre Camp at Sioma, Oct. 1984
Zambian Capuchin Chapter, Lusaka, 3-8 Jan. 1985
Local children at Sikanda, a village near Sioma, Jan. 1985
Sioma Falls
Cross marker for Br. Louis de Vylder SJ (d. 29 Apr. 1883)
Boats at Kalabo Harbour, 10 Sept. 1985
Women plastering extension to guest house at Lisisi Church, 3 Dec. 1985
Picnic at Sioma Falls with Cheshire Home Children, 7 July 1986
Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap.
Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap.
Canoe-making near Sibukali, 9 June 1987
Album: 1987-1991
Training session with church council leaders at Mwito, Zambia, 17 Sept. 1989
On the road from Mangango to Mukondo, Zambia, May 1990
Capuchin friars at a retreat in St. Kizito’s, Monze, Zambia, in 1990. The group includes Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Connor OFM Cap., Br. Patrick Chinyama OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap., Fr. Damian Loughrey OFM Cap., Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Harrington OFM Cap. (the retreat-giver), Br. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Connor Brady OFM Cap., and Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap.
The church and friary at Mangango, May 1990
Album: 1991-1993
Phelim Myambe painting the centenary cross marking ‘the centenary of the Catholic Church in Zambia. It marks the site (1937-1947) of the first Catholic mission in [the] Kaoma District’. Aug. 1991.
The Church of St. Simon and St. Jude at Mangango, 25 Dec. 1991
Dam on River at Mangango, May 1990
Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. with Sr. Monica Weedon at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
Br. Kevin Crowley OFM Cap. at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, at Mangango FMDM Convent, Jan. 1992
The ordination of Br. Sylvester Zambala OFM Cap. as deacon at Mangango. The Ordination Mass was celebrated by Bishop Raymond Mpezele, Bishop of Livingstone, on 9 Aug. 1992
The old pontoon at Chinyingi built by Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap. The photograph was taken from the adjacent bridge, Nov. 1992
Album: 1994-1998
Fr. Owen with President Mary Robinson and her husband Nicholas at a reception in the Irish Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia, on 30 Sept. 1994
Capuchin friars welcoming Fr. John Corriveau OFM Cap., Minister General, to Malengwa, 12 Feb. 1996
Passion Play at Malengwa, 5 Apr. 1996
The grounds of Malengwa Friary, Feb. 1997
Farewell party for Fr. Owen in Malengwa, Feb. 1997
Capuchin missionaries’ reunion at Kilkenny Friary, 21 July 1997