This series includes records relating to Irish Capuchin missionary work in Zambia (previously Northern Rhodesia) which commenced in 1931. The series contains correspondence, visitation reports, minutes, newsletters and missionary magazines, travelogues, linguistic material, regional histories, and personal mission journals. The collection also includes a very large collection of photographic albums and prints. The papers are a rich source for church and mission history. As the work of the missionaries in Zambia embraced not just evangelism, but also, for example, education, medical work, language study and translations, and the development of local agriculture and industry, these records are a valuable source for study across a wide range of research interests.
A copy of 'Zambia Capuchin News' (Vol. 2, Nos. 1-6), a publication edited by Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Malengwa. The principal sections are: Professions at Kasita; a meeting of Capuchin Formators of East Africa; a course for Capuchin Formators; Br. Malachy Breslin OFM Cap.; the visit of the Mission Secretary; the Capuchin Heritage Programme.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars attending the Zambian Chapter at St. Bonaventure’s College in Lusaka. The group includes Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., and Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. The chapter took place from 9-15 Sept. 2000.
Group photograph of friars at the Zambian Capuchin Chapter in Monze. The group includes Fr. Terence Harrington OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Curran OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Br. Rod Pieretti OFM Cap., Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. and several Zambian-born friars.
Br. Francis Sikapande OFM Cap., Br. Dominic Chanda OFM Cap., Br. Mathew Ngwenya OFM Cap., and Br. Elliot Ngosa OFM Cap. playing drums at the Zambian Capuchin Chapter in Monze.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary in Lusaka. The group includes Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap. and Fr. John Grace OFM Cap.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter at St. Dominic’s Major Seminary in Lusaka. The group includes Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister.