Calendar of Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) and South Africa from 1929-38 giving details of where each friar was stationed and the time spent at each mission station. Includes a clipping of an article on the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, taken from 'The Father Mathew Record'. The extract is extant on pp 42-5 in the volume compiled Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. (1912-1989).
Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., (right), Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (seated), Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. (second from left), and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (first on left) in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The annotation on the reverse notes that the original image was taken from an album belonging to Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. On the reverse was written: ‘I think this is not a bad piece of architecture for a school master’s son’.
Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. (centre) with Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (right) and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (left), probably onboard a ship during their first voyage to Africa in late 1931.
The first mission station at Loanja, Barotseland. An annotation on the reverse of the print reads ‘cleared and built in virgin bush. Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. in the foreground / Our habit this was'.
An image of the Most Rev. Timothy Phelim O'Shea OFM Cap. in the Church Street Friary garden following his consecration as Vicar Apostolic of Livingstone at St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin, on 8 September 1950.