Manuscript annotation on reverse reads: ‘Gen. Richard Mulcahy T.D., Minister for Education, speaking on the occasion of the opening of Feis Maitiú, Easter Sunday, 1955’. Pasted onto annotated card: ‘Independent Newspapers Ltd.’
Br. Jonas Nsunge OFM Cap., Br. Thabiso Manyeli OFM Cap. (South Africa), Br. Vincent Tereai OFM Cap., Br. Aaron Chishimba OFM Cap., Br. Ronald Munyinda OFM Cap., Br. Elias Kabuswe OFM Cap. and Br. Martin Kafwimbi OFM Cap. at the Camerino Novitiate in Lusaka, Zambia.
A history of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history traces the history of the mission in a chronological format from 1930 to 1981. Particular attention is given to the arrival of missionary friars, the work of clerical and lay mission personnel, relations with local communities, the construction of mission stations, schools and hospitals in Barotseland (later the Western Province of the Republic of Zambia) and to various mission appointments and transfers. Fr. Luke arrived in Northern Rhodesia in 1948 and the text includes many of his personal recollections of the mission. The file also includes a copybook containing text in Irish by Fr. Luke recounting his initial experiences as a missionary from 1948-50.
Cutting from the Irish Press reporting on the departure of Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. for Northern Rhodesia.
Award Ceremony for Br. Crispin Valeri OFM Cap. hosted by President Kenneth Kaunda at the State House in Lusaka. The Most Rev. Adrian Mung’andu, Bishop of Livingstone, is also in attendance.
A group of Irish Capuchin missionaries in the garden of the Church Street Friary, Dublin. The group includes Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., Br. Edward Dunne OFM Cap., Fr. Salvator Quinn, Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap., and Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap.