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Report on the Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic and Regular Superior.
The report in divided into the following sections:

1. Initial Progress and History of the Mission
   First bush-stations
   Education
   Prefecture
   Further progress
   War Years, 1939-45
   Mission Policy
2. Adjoining Territory
3. Statistical Information arranged under the following headings:
   a. Livingstone
   b. Lealui
   c. Mongu
   d. Population
   e. Tribes
   f. Local governing structures
4. Protestant Missionary Influence
5. Government Schools
6. Attitude of the Colonial and Local Governments
7. Numbers of Catholics
8. Expenses
9. Conversions
10. Seat of the Ecclesiastical Superior
11. Number of Mission Stations
12. Government Subsidies
13. Missionary Personnel
14. Prospects for Vocations
15. Catechists
16. Foundations of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
17. Clerical Seminaries
18. Catholic Schools
19. Confraternities and Sodalities
    The final section of the report is titled: ‘Mission difficulties summarised’ and outlines the prospects for the future success of missionary work in the Prefecture. An appendix contains a brief report on missionary work in the Eastern Caprivi Strip.

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:

1. Apostolate
2. Education
   (a) Primary schools
   (b) Secondary schools
3. Medical
4. Social work
5. Life of the friars
6. Finance
7. Personnel
8. Katima Mulilo Mission
9. The future
10. Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone
11. Personnel list: Diocese of Livingstone

Report on the Livingstone Mission (Zambia) compiled by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. Fr. Theophilus referred to the consecration in February 1975 of Monsignor Adrian Mung’andu (c.1920-2007) as the first locally-born African Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone. The installation was a landmark as the Diocese ‘ceased to be entrusted to the Capuchin Order’. He also noted that ‘about 90% of the priests working in the Livingstone Diocese are Capuchins’. The report is divided into the following general sections:
(1) Apostolate
(a) Drink
(b) Wrong marriages
(2) Education – primary and post primary schools
(3) Medical
(4) Social work and development
(5) Life of the friars
(6) Vocations and Formation
(7) Katima Mulilo Mission, Caprivi Strip
(8) Still room and need for missionaries in Zambia
Appendix A: Brief report on development by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. Development
(a) Pastoral
Appendix B: Extracts from report on 5th annual meeting of South-East African Capuchin Association (SEACA), held at Kasita-Mahenge, Tanzania, 9-11 June 1976. Compiled by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap.
Appendix C: Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone
Appendix D: Personnel list

Photostat copy of a report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia) and Cape Town (South Africa) missions ‘as was revealed to me in the course of the Canonical Visitation’. The report was published in 'Analecta Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum', 73, no. 12 (Dec. 1957), pp 274-84.

Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in the Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia. It is noted that the diocese consists roughly of the following areas in Zambia: Barotse Province, Livingstone District, Balovale District, and the Kabompo District … It also embraces the Eastern Caprivi Strip in South West Africa. It is staffed by the Capuchin Franciscan Fathers of the Irish Province and of the New Jersey Commissariate’. Statistical information is given in relation to the number of Irish Capuchin priests (58) and lay brothers (12) and other religious (both male and female) ministering in the diocese.

Report on the Capuchin Temperance Mission in Ireland compiled by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) , Provincial Minister, in response to a request from the General Minister of the Order in Rome. The report refers to the progress of the temperance crusade in Ireland and includes information on the number of missions preached and total abstinence pledges taken. The report notes that the Capuchins have ‘administered the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion to 1,200 on each Mission. … We have given the pledge to an average of 800 in each Parish and have a record of having administered the Pledge since the beginning of this Crusade to 1,141,191’. (p. 10). It also includes favourable testimonials from the Irish Catholic hierarchy and other prominent figures. The principal headings in the report are as follows:
The Origins and Progress of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association
The Pledge
Pastorals on Temperance from the Bishops of Ireland
Testimony of His Eminence Cardinal Logue / Primate of All Ireland
Bishops’ Opinions
Testimony of the Clergy
Leading articles from the 'Freeman’s Journal' / the principal paper in Ireland
Press References
Testimonies from Judges, Public Officials and Lord Mayors

Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Regular Superior, for the Provincial Chapter. The report is arranged into the following sections:

1. A spirit of openness
2. Office in common
3. Decreasing numbers of missionaries
4. Provincial Visitation
5. Preparation for the Chapter
6. The First Mission Chapter
7. Withdrawal from some stations
8. The House of Formation
9. Pastoral Council
10. The death of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
11. Conclusion

Report by Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. (1929-2018), Regular Superior, on the Irish Capuchin mission in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Didacus notes that ‘thirteen priests and two brothers are responsible for the twenty thousand Catholics in the Cape Town Archdiocese’. The report is divided into the following sections:
• Apostolate
• Vocations
• Finance
• Present debts of the Parish
• Life of the friars
• Needs

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.