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Publication by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. on the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. Published by 'The Father Mathew Record' Office, Dublin. The book summarizes Fr. O’Mahony’s experiences during a visitation to the Cape Province (South Africa) and to Northern Rhodesia in 1935. The chapter headings are: A new venture; the missionary idea; mysterious Africa; gateway of the Cape; from the Cape to Livingstone; the Barotse people; exploring; to Mongu; the religious of the Barotse.

Copy letter from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, to Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. regarding the closure of the Temperance Hall at Rochestown.

Copy letters from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. and Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General, re the Irish Capuchin missions in Africa, elections of Regular Superiors and Discreets, appointments, and arrangements for visitations. The correspondence also refers to the elevation of the Victoria Falls mission to the rank of Vicariate Apostolic. See also CA AMI/1/6/10 and CA AMI/2/5/8.

Copy report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Definitor, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections for both respective mission territories:
I. Personnel: ‘which gives a brief account of the Fathers on the mission’.
II. Material Development: ‘which is intended to mark the external development of districts under our charge’.
III. Financial Account: ‘which will indicate the expenses incurred and sources of income’.
IV. Spiritual Development: ‘which will show spiritual growth of districts’.
V. Regular Observance: ‘which will point out the means I have taken to ensure the religious and Franciscan spirit of our missionaries’.
VI. Suggested Ordinances: ‘which will include ordinances which need to be made or emphasised by the Provincial Minister and General Definition’.
A brief history of both the missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in Livingstone and Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, is given in the report.

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

1. Parish of Athlone
2. Station at Welcome Estate
3. Location at Langa
   B. Friary of the Immaculate Conception, Parow
4. Parish at Parow
5. Station at Matroosfontein
   Livingstone Vicariate (Northern Rhodesia)
   A. Livingstone
6. Township: St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral
7. District of Maramba: Christ the King Mission
   B. Caprivi Strip
8. Katima Mulilo: Holy Family Mission
   Barotseland Protectorate (Northern Rhodesia)
9. Sichili: St. Fidelis Mission
10. Sioma: St. Anthony Mission
11. Malengwa: St. Francis of Assisi Mission
12. Lukulu: Sancta Maria Mission
13. Mangango: St. Joseph Mission
14. Sihole: St. Patrick Mission
15. Balovale Boma: Our Lady of Fatima
16. 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.

Letters from Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Felix Guihen OFM Cap., Provincial Secretary, to Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. and other guardians of the Kilkenny community, mainly re notices of the deaths of friars (or their relations), the professions of novices, the appointment of confessors in the Diocese of Ossory, and requests for contributions from the Kilkenny community to the Provincial Accounts.

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’.

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.

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.

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.