First Mission Station at Loanja
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The first mission station at Loanja, Barotseland. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘cleared and built in virgin bush. Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. in the foreground / Our habit this was'.
Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Mongu Airfield
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Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. boarding an aircraft in Mongu, Zambia, at the conclusion of his Provincial Visitation.
Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi River
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Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the banks of the Zambezi River in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
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Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls (Livingstone), in 1936.
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on horseback
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An image of Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on horseback in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia.
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. receiving an MBE
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Fr. Killian Flynn receiving an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his services to African education at a ceremony in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia, in 1958.
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. with Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFM Cap.
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Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (centre) with Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (right) and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (left), probably onboard a ship during their first voyage to Africa in late 1931.
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Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap. (right) with another cleric in Northern Rhodesia.
Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap
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Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap sitting outside a tent in Loanja, Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia.
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From left, Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. outside the mission church in Sichili in Northern Rhodesia.