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.
Report on the Livingstone Mission by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006) for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. The report is divided into the following sections:
Statistics compiled by the Regular Superior regarding the Irish Capuchin missions in South Africa and Northern Rhodesia. The statistical forms were compiled for the Capuchin General Curia. The forms include information in respect of the numbers of friars ministering at mission stations, the local populace (both European and indigenous), the numbers of Catholics and non-Catholics, the numbers of mission schools, hospitals and orphanages founded, and the numbers of baptisms and communions. The file includes a list of Irish Capuchins resident at mission stations in both Northern Rhodesia and in South Africa in June 1947 and in June 1952.
This sub-series includes correspondence between the Irish Capuchin Provincial Minister and the Capuchin General Curia in Rome re missionary activity in Africa.
Letters from Fr. Callistus Lopinot OFM Cap. (1876-1966), a Capuchin friar from Geispolsheim, Germany, Capuchin General Curia, Vice-Secretary of the Missions, to Fr. Kevin Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, re the appointment of a Regular Superior for the Irish mission in Northern Rhodesia.
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’.
Print showing Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter meeting held at St. Bonaventure’s College, Lusaka, in 2001. The participants included Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., and Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap.
Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. at the rear of St. Theresa's Friary in Livingstone. The original caption reads: ‘In 1910 he left Ireland to help out in Hermiston, Oregon in the United States. Casimir began work and soon he had built a small church. Before he left Hermiston, Casimir built three mission churches. Casimir embarked on a new adventure, going to Cape Town, helping to establish a Capuchin presence there and then Zambia (then called Northern Rhodesia) where the Irish Capuchin Province had established a new mission. The Livingstone government had set aside a plot for a Catholic church and house. Casimir hired a contractor to build a house: ever since known as “217” (PO Box). Casimir was fifty-five years old when he arrived and was not in good health’.
