A group of Capuchin friars at Lukulu. The group includes Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap., Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. and three religious sisters.
A list of Irish Capuchin friars who worked as missionaries in Africa from January 1929 to c.1985. The list was compiled for research purposes by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. The information is listed under name, year of arrival, details of posting (whether to Northern Rhodesia/Zambia or to South Africa) and remarks. Information is also supplied in respect of whether the friar in question is deceased. The list notes that Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. and Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. travelled to Cape Town in January 1929 on a tour of inspection of potential mission territories.
Letter from Fr. Basil Cryan OFM Cap. (1898-1968), Capuchin Foreign Missions, Church Street, Dublin, to Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, re arrangements for the payment of monies into the mission account.
A funding proposal from the Damietta Initiative, Capuchin Franciscan Peace Centre, Pretoria, South Africa, for a project promoting non-violence ‘based on the Franciscan charism of “fraternity and minority”’.
Offprint of an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. on the history of the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’. The article was printed in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). Ink stamped on first page: ‘Vocations’ Office, Capuchin College, Rochestown, County Cork’.
The sub-title reads: ‘A look, in pictures and words, at the lives of everyday people in one of the world’s most complex lands’. Published by Avroy Shlain Cosmetics Ltd. Includes printed insert from Roger Ballard-Tremeer, South African Embassy, London.
Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet Architectural front and back elevations and sections of the proposed Catholic priests’ residence in Athlone parish, Cape Town. With drawings of the ground and first floor plans. The plan was prepared by G. Muller, Cape Town.
A view of ‘Brookside’ on Lansdowne Road in Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa. The print shows a building used as a residence by the Irish Capuchin friars.
