- IE CA AMI/2/10/3/69
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- c.1945
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of Sihole Church. The original caption reads: ‘Sihole Church blessed on 24 Dec. 1944’
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of Sihole Church. The original caption reads: ‘Sihole Church blessed on 24 Dec. 1944’
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in South Africa. It is noted that ‘much of the Fathers’ time is taken up with convert work, pre-nuptial courses and teaching Christian Doctrine to children attending the public schools’. Statistical information (population, racial composition, and number of priests) is given in respect of the friars’ work in Parow, Athlone, the Welcome Estate, Belgravia and Langa. It is affirmed that the ‘bulk of the non-white people, i.e. the poorest of this diocese, is attended by the Capuchin Fathers’.
Architectural Plan of Parow Church, Cape Town
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
No scale given
Sectional plan and front-view elevation of the proposed Church of the Immaculate Conception in Parow, Cape Town, South Africa. The plan is initialed ‘GA’ and is dated 19 January 1935.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
Building a temporary church at the Mankoya mission station in Northern Rhodesia.
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Bringing supplies to the Irish Capuchin mission station at Mankoya in Northern Rhodesia.
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Funeral service at Mankoya mission station. The celebrant is Fr. Fintan Roche OFM Cap.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image on a canoe on the Zambezi River in Northern Rhodesia.
On Board the 'Dominion Monarch'
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image captioned 'Dominion Monarch / 1947'. The photograph shows a line-crossing ceremony on the ship, an initiation rite that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. Built in England between 1937 and 1939, the 'Dominion Monarch' was a passenger liner which regularly operated services between Britain and ports in the southern hemisphere (particularly in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand).
Marian Year Procession, Cape Town
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
An image of a Marian Year procession in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) accompanies the procession.
Parte de Irish Capuchin Archives
A view of a replica Irish Round Tower located in the Philippi area of the Flats region near Cape Town in South Africa. The tower (formally known as St. Patrick’s Shrine) was built on the slopes of Table Mountain which overlooks the city of Cape Town. The tower was constructed by Fr. James Kelly, an Irish Catholic missionary. The tower was a noted landmark in the Cape Flats district and acted as a focal point for annual St. Patrick’s Day’s festivities for Cape Town’s Irish community with the spire bedecked with national colours. The tower was demolished in 1978.