Report of the Canonical Visitation in South Africa by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, St. Bonaventure’s Friary, Cork. With a copy cover letter addressed to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General. The report on missionary activity in South Africa is arranged under the following headings: Introduction and History of the Mission Athlone: Parish of St. Mary of the Angels a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Langa: Saint Louis Mission Station and Church of St. Anthony of Padua a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Welcome Estate: St. Therese Catholic Mission a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters Parow: Church of the Immaculate Conception a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters – Church and Schools c. Financial Matters Matroosfontein a. Spiritual Matters b. Material Matters c. Financial Matters Conclusion The report includes statistical forms re the personnel of the Cape Town mission. There is a synopsis of Fr. O’Mahony’s interview with Bishop John Colburn Garner (1907-1993), Vicar Apostolic of Pretoria, re the prospects of developing the Capuchin Mission in the Cape Province.
Draft report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in the Livingstone Vicariate, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections: Mission in the Cape Province (South Africa) A. St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone
Parish of Athlone
Station at Welcome Estate
Location at Langa B. Friary of the Immaculate Conception, Parow
Parish at Parow
Station at Matroosfontein Livingstone Vicariate (Northern Rhodesia) A. Livingstone
Township: St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral
District of Maramba: Christ the King Mission B. Caprivi Strip
Katima Mulilo: Holy Family Mission Barotseland Protectorate (Northern Rhodesia)
Sichili: St. Fidelis Mission
Sioma: St. Anthony Mission
Malengwa: St. Francis of Assisi Mission
Lukulu: Sancta Maria Mission
Mangango: St. Joseph Mission
Sihole: St. Patrick Mission
Balovale Boma: Our Lady of Fatima
Chinyingi: Sacred Heart Mission Reference is made to the history of the various mission stations, the friars staffing the stations, and the apostolic activity undertaken by the Capuchins.
Report (statistical, financial, personnel) on the canonical visitation of the Cape Province Mission, South Africa, by Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004), Provincial Minister, in May 1968. The report originally included an account of the Livingstone mission, but that section is missing. The report on missionary work in the Archdiocese of Cape Town is divided into the following sections:
Parish of Belgravia (Coloured)
Parish of Athlone (Coloured)
Parish of Langa (African parish)
Bridgetown Parish (Coloured)
Parow (Mixed: European and Coloured) The file includes memorandums titled ‘observations’ and ‘points for discussion’. 2 copies.
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
Copy confirmation by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, of the elections of Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. as regular superior, and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. and Fr. Athanasius (Noel) Winston OFM Cap. as councillors of the Irish Capuchin mission in Cape Town, South Africa.
Reports of the chapter of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Cape Province held in the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone parish. One of the volumes is a summary report on the chapter. The other report contains the following sections: Report of the regular superior (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Reports on the following parishes and topics: Parow Parish (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Tyger Valley (Fr. Aquinas O’Carroll OFM Cap.) Elsies River (Br. Martin O’Sullivan OFM Cap.) Athlone Parish (Fr. Athanasius Winston OFM Cap.) Welcome Estate (Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.) Manenberg (Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap.) Postulancy report (Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap.) Langa (Fr. Matthew Gormley OFM Cap.) Belgravia (Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap.) Bridgetown (Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap.)
A list of Irish Capuchin friars who worked as missionaries in Africa from January 1929 to c.1985. The list was compiled for research purposes by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. The information is listed under name, year of arrival, details of posting (whether to Northern Rhodesia/Zambia or to South Africa) and remarks. Information is also supplied in respect of whether the friar in question is deceased. The list notes that Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. and Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. travelled to Cape Town in January 1929 on a tour of inspection of potential mission territories.
The Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone, Cape Town and the adjacent school of St. Raphael’s. With annotations on the reverse by the depositor, James P. Rigney (a nephew of Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap.), who visited Cape Town and met with Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.
