Report compiled by Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. investigating the work being done by Irish Capuchins and lay missionary workers in the Diocese of Livingstone (particularly in the fields of education and medicine). The report was prepared for Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and is divided into the following sections: ‘A brief history of the diocese, education, medicine, leper settlements, agriculture, credit unions, homecrafts, women’s clubs, youth clubs, the handicapped, radio and cultural research, miscellaneous projects. Two appendices are extant: a map of the diocese and the distances between mission stations.
Report compiled by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. and Fr. Tony Byrne CSSp. on the work of various social development workshops in Diocese of Livingstone (Sesheke, Sioma, Mongu and Mangano). The report includes an appendix with details of the development project, its nature, and administrative details.
Annual report of St. Joseph’s Leprosarium, a subsidiary unit of Mangango Mission Hospital situated in the Kaoma district, Zambia. Information is given in respect of treatment, information and advocacy work, finances, and other statistics. Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. is noted as one of the benefactors.
Report of the First Chapter of the Capuchins in Zambia held in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary, Lusaka. The table of contents is as follows: Introduction Chapter Personnel Opening address by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister Election Results Report of outgoing Regular Superior Some significant events of the past six years Capuchin life on the mission Vocations and formation Ongoing formation Relations between the Order and the Diocese Other Chapter decisions Closing address by Provincial Minister Appendix I: Elections in detail Appendix II: Addresses and contact details for friars at various missions in Zambia The report also contains a photographic print of the friars in attendance at the Chapter.
Letter from Fr. Virgilio de Valstagna OFM Cap., General Minister, to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, re the establishment of the Prefecture Apostolic of Broken Hill in the Irish Capuchin mission territory in Northern Rhodesia.
A study on Northern Rhodesia compiled by Rev. E. Hoch. The text focuses on the northern part of the country inhabited by the Babemba and other tribes. The notes are largely based on 'Rhodesia and Nyasaland' by W.V. Brelsford and 'A study of the Babemba and neighbouring tribes' by Fr. Etienne OBE. The text includes a ‘tribal map of Northern Rhodesia’ attached to the back cover.
Booklet for the investiture ceremony for the Zambian State National Awards held at the State House, Lusaka in October 1991. Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. was awarded the Order of Distinguished Service (Second Division).
Index compiled by Fr. Padraig Ó Cuill OFM Cap. of Irish Capuchin mission articles and photographs (mainly relating to Africa) published in 'The Father Mathew Record' in the 1930s and 1940s.
