Light and Laughter in Darkest Africa
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Publication by Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap. on the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The booklet was published by M.H. Gill & Son, Dublin.
Roche, Fintan, 1898-1953, Capuchin priest
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Publication by Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. on the history of the Irish Capuchins in Zambia, 1931-1981 ([Zambia, 1982]). The chapter headings include: the pioneers; the land and its people in a changing world; a beginning is made; working through schools; the friars’ conditions; progress step by step and stone by stone.
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Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls (Livingstone), in 1936.
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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.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Mongu, Zambia
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Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at a religious retreat in Mongu, Zambia. The group includes religious sisters and (on the right) Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap.
Building the school at Loanja Mission Station
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An image of the construction of a rudimentary school at Loanja mission station in Barotseland.
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Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap. (right) with another cleric in Northern Rhodesia.
St. Theresa’s Church and Capuchin Friary, Livingstone
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An image of the exterior of the Capuchin Friary and the adjoining St. Theresa's Church in Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia.
First Church, St. Francis Mission, Malengwa
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The first church at St. Francis Mission, Malengwa, in Mongu, Zambia. An annotation on the reverse notes that the church was built in 1948.
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The exterior of Malengwa Church in Zambia.