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Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap. relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Some of the prints have been annotated:
African religious sisters. The prints are titled ‘Malawian Mass’ and ‘Magnificat Dance’.
Fr. Brian with religious sisters.
Aerial view of Santa Maria Mission at Lukulu.
Fr. Brian and Fr. Elzear Barry OFM Cap. in Mufulira, Zambia, in Jan. 1959.
Storm damage caused to the roof of the friars’ residence in Senanga on 8 Dec. 1978.
The grave of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at Lukulu.
Group of friars assembled for the visitation by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister in 1979.

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1912-1988) relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Fr. Alfred ministered in Africa from 1942-73. The file also includes some prints of missionary friars in South Africa. Most of the prints have not been annotated. The file includes images of:
Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap.
Fr. Anthansius (Noel) Winston OFM Cap.
St. Matthew’s Church, Bonteheuwel, South Africa.
The wedding of two teachers at Sancta Maria Mission School in Lukulu.
Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. in Cape Town on the occasion of his silver jubilee in Nov. 1982.
Fr. Raymond Dillane OFM Cap.
Friars in Northern Rhodesia on the occasion of Fr. Alfred’s silver jubilee.
Religious sisters with local children and parishioners.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with local religious sisters and parishoners.
Victoria Falls.
Local weddings.
Mission churches and buildings.
Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
Dr John Roche in Sichili in Sept. 1964.
Scenes along the Zambezi River.

35 mm colour slides of photographs taken by Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap. (1929-2009). The majority are images of missionary work in Zambia. Br. Joseph ministered in Zambia from 1958-79. Many of the slides relate to the visitation of the mission undertaken by Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004), Provincial Minister, in 1968. The file includes:
• Local leprosy patients
• Fr. Berard inspecting construction work on mission buildings
• Capuchin friars with Irish religious sisters working in Zambia
• Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. and Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap. greeting Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Mission churches and residences in Zambia
• Friars performing baptisms and celebrating other religious ceremonies with the local populace
• Victoria Falls.
• Patients undergoing procedures in mission hospitals.
• Fr. John Grace OFM Cap.
• Sioma Falls
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Capuchin friars at Dublin Airport awaiting his return journey to Zambia. Several general views of the airport are also extant.
The file also includes several non-mission photographs including images of a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter’s in Rome in September 1970, St. Bonaventure's Hostel in Cork, and several images of family and other relations of Br. Joseph.

A collection of mostly un-captioned photographs of mission churches, schools, hospitals, and other buildings in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Father Mathew Record' and 'The Capuchin Annual'.
The captioned photographs include images of:
• New church at Mankoya mission station.
• Blessing of the church at the leper compound in Mangango.
• St. Mary’s Girl Boarding School, Maramba (run by the Franciscan Sisters for Africa).
• Front view of the administrative block of the college attached to St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu. Aug. 1967.
• Holy Cross Convent, Sichili.
• A temporary oratory in the bush.
• A scene near the Sancta Maria mission station.
• First Church at St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, built in 1948.
• Primary school at St. Michael’s, Kalabo (built by Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap., 1929-2009).
• The old friary building at Maramba.
• Exterior of St. Theresa’s Cathedral, Livingstone.
• A barge landing on a steep bank with steps leading to the land.
• Interior and exterior of St. Lawrence’s Church, Limulunga, Apr. 1970.
• Exterior of Malengwa Church, Mar. 1968.
• Opening day of the Holy Family Church probably at Katima Mulilo.
• Interior and exterior of Lourdes Church, Mongu.
• New church at Shimano, Mangango Mission.
• Mangango Leprosarium Church.
• Church at Kalabo (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap., 1901-1998).
• Church at Mangango.
• Parish Church of St. Joseph, Mangango.
• Church at Sihole.
• Exterior view of the Church of Christ the King, Maramba, Livingstone.
• Maria Assumpta Primary School, Livingstone / ‘One of our first schools’.

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

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.

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.

A collection of photographic prints showing the North and South Sioma Falls region of the Zambezi River, Western Province, Zambia. The prints were produced by Geo Survey International Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya, for Br. Andew O’Shea OFM Cap. Some of the prints have been annotated: ‘Linanga’, ‘Sioma Plain’, ‘Spencer’s Village’, and ‘Ferry Crossing’.

A collection of prints including many of Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (Bishop of Livingstone from 1959-74). Most of the prints are un-captioned. The file includes prints collected for publication in 'The Capuchin Annual'. The captioned photographs include:
• Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. in Northern Rhodesia in c.1931. The images were probably taken during a trip to Victoria Falls.
• Group of Irish Capuchin friars in Northern Rhodesia. Front row (from left to right): Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. Back row: Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Connery OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. The photograph was probably taken after the installation of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. as Prefect Apostolic on 25 Nov. 1936.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. at a Parish Council meeting at the new church, Shimano, Mangango Mission. c.1970.
• Bishop O’Shea with Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap. in 1967.
• Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap.
• Bishop O’Shea at a retreat in Mongu in Aug. 1974. The group includes religious sisters and Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with the Little Sisters of St. Francis.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with Sr. Colmcille and three new novices.
• Bishop O’Shea OFM Cap. with the President of Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda.

Photographic prints of Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap. undertaking a trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana. The prints have been placed in sleeves in a folder which is annotated: ‘A Day in Chobe / April 1983’. The prints mostly show wild animals and river crossings associated with the trip.