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.
The exterior of Malengwa Friary. The original caption reads: ‘The first friars were Fr. Macnaise, Fr. Timothy Phelim and Br. Fergus. The building was thatched at first’.
Photographic print of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. at his installation as Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls in St. Theresa’s Church in Livingstone. The group includes Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap.
The Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of the Livingstone Vicariate, with Capuchin friars in Northern Rhodesia. The group includes Fr. James O'Mahony OFM Cap. (Provincial Minister), Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., Fr. Albeus MacQuillan OFM Cap., Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap., and Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap.
Studio photographic print of (left to right) Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. in Ireland before their departure for the African mission.
