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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 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.

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.