Copy letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. regarding the closure of the Temperance Hall at Rochestown.
Report on the Canonical Visitation of the Prefecture of Victoria Falls Mission, Northern Rhodesia, by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. With a copy cover letter addressed to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General. The report on missionary activity is arranged under the following headings: I. Historical Development a. Origins b. Territory c. Primary Stations II. Missionary Approach a. Education b. Catholic Schools c. Preparatory Seminary d. African Religious Vocations III. Mission Prospects a. Difficulties b. Advantages c. Personnel d. Conclusion Livingstone: Church of St. Therese a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Maramba: Station of Christ the King a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Sichili: Station of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Mongu – Lealui a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Mankoya: Station of St. Joseph a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Kalabo: Station of St. Patrick a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Katima Mulilo (Caprivi Strip, South West Africa) a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Senanga: Station of St. Peter and St. Paul (Sioma) Mongu: Station of St. Francis of Assisi a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters The report includes statistical forms re the personnel of the Victoria Falls Prefecture and notes re the ‘actual disposition of missionaries’ at the various mission stations. With financial statements and annual accounts re the mission for the years 1946-7 and 1947-8.
Draft and copy letters of Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. relating to the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa. The file includes copy letters to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap., General Definitor, and Fr. Maurice Dowd OFM Cap., and a letter from Fr. Hilary McDonagh OFM Cap. On 21 May 1948, Fr. James wrote ‘We feel that there is great future for the Irish Province in South Africa where the Irish Capuchins were the first, and still stand alone, in their mission to pure natives in the Langa Compound’.
Copy report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Definitor, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections for both respective mission territories: I. Personnel: ‘which gives a brief account of the Fathers on the mission’. II. Material Development: ‘which is intended to mark the external development of districts under our charge’. III. Financial Account: ‘which will indicate the expenses incurred and sources of income’. IV. Spiritual Development: ‘which will show spiritual growth of districts’. V. Regular Observance: ‘which will point out the means I have taken to ensure the religious and Franciscan spirit of our missionaries’. VI. Suggested Ordinances: ‘which will include ordinances which need to be made or emphasised by the Provincial Minister and General Definition’. A brief history of both the missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Livingstone and Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, is given in the report.
Letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., St. Bonaventure’s, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. congratulating him on the latest edition of ‘The Capuchin Annual’. He especially praises the article penned by Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap.
Letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., St. Bonaventure’s Capuchin Hostel, Cork, to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. praising ‘The Capuchin Annual’ (1943). He suggests that the ‘concentration on the North is bound to have an effect’.
Report of the Canonical Visitation in South Africa by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, St. Bonaventure’s Friary, Cork. With a copy cover letter addressed to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General. The report on missionary activity in South Africa is arranged under the following headings: Introduction and History of the Mission Athlone: Parish of St. Mary of the Angels a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Langa: Saint Louis Mission Station and Church of St. Anthony of Padua a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Welcome Estate: St. Therese Catholic Mission a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters Parow: Church of the Immaculate Conception a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Matroosfontein a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters c. Financial Matters Conclusion The report includes statistical forms re the personnel of the Cape Town mission. There is a synopsis of Fr. O’Mahony’s interview with Bishop John Colburn Garner (1907-1993), Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria, re the prospects of developing the Capuchin Mission in the Cape Province.
Draft report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in the Livingstone Vicariate, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections: Mission in the Cape Province (South Africa) A. St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone
Parish of Athlone
Station at Welcome Estate
Location at Langa B. Friary of the Immaculate Conception, Parow
Parish at Parow
Station at Matroosfontein Livingstone Vicariate (Northern Rhodesia) A. Livingstone
Township: St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral
District of Maramba: Christ the King Mission B. Caprivi Strip
Katima Mulilo: Holy Family Mission Barotseland Protectorate (Northern Rhodesia)
Sichili: St. Fidelis Mission
Sioma: St. Anthony Mission
Malengwa: St. Francis of Assisi Mission
Lukulu: Sancta Maria Mission
Mangango: St. Joseph Mission
Sihole: St. Patrick Mission
Balovale Boma: Our Lady of Fatima
Chinyingi: Sacred Heart Mission Reference is made to the history of the various mission stations, the friars staffing the stations, and the apostolic activity undertaken by the Capuchins.
Copy letters from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General, re the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa, elections of Regular Superiors and Discreets, appointments, and arrangements for visitations. The correspondence also refers to the elevation of the Victoria Falls mission to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic. See also CA AMI/1/6/10 and CA AMI/2/5/8.
Letters from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Felix Guihen OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, to Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. and other guardians of the Kilkenny community, mainly re notices of the deaths of friars (or their relations), the professions of novices, the appointment of confessors in the Diocese of Ossory, and requests for contributions from the Kilkenny community to the Provincial Accounts.