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A group of Capuchin friars at a retreat at Malengwa Friary, Zambia. The group includes Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap.

A local football team at Sichili in Northern Rhodesia. The football in the print is inscribed with the date ‘1960’. Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. are with the group.

Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. with school children in Zambia.

Copies of Mission News providing details of the personnel of the Capuchin missions in South Africa and in Zambia. Reference is made by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. to work at the mission station at Senanga on the banks of the Zambezi River. Other topics include distressing scenes at the Capuchin mission of St. Anthony’s in Sioma as a result of warfare in neighbouring Namibia (otherwise known as South West Africa). The text refers to the relief efforts of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Patrick Mayungo OFM Cap. (Apr. 1981). A list of Capuchin personnel in houses and foundations in the Cape Province (South Africa) and in the Diocese of Livingstone for January 1981 is also given.

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008) relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Some of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and religious sisters with local Christians, c.1955.
Christening of Clare Mary Hudson by Fr. Luke Brown OFM Cap. at Mangango on 2 Feb. 1960.
The exterior of St. Theresa’s Church in Livingstone, Zambia, in 1965.
Fr. Luke and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. with five Sisters of Mercy from Cork at a Mercy Hospital and School in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at an open-air market in Kenya in May 1974.
Fr. Luke at a SEACA Meeting in the Seychelles in May 1974.
Fr. Luke celebrating an open-air Mass at Luampungu, Sichili, in Zambia in c.1976.
Fr. Luke celebrating Mass in Tanzania in Dec. 1976.
The parishioners in Sichili Church, Zambia, in c.1977.
Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. at a SEACA Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 1980.
Fr. Luke inspecting a ward in the Cheshire Home, Mongu, Malengwa, Zambia, in Aug. 1987.
Fr. Luke with a Sr. Francis visiting various mission locations in Zambia in Sept. 1994.