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Copy Report on the Livingstone-Barotseland Mission

Copy report by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. on the Livingstone-Barotseland Mission for Fr. Virgilio de Valstagna OFM Cap., Minister General. With a cover letter to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The report notes that the mission is intended to be raised to the status of a Prefecture. The report is divided into the following sections:
Territory
Population
Local Tribes and Languages
Towns
Government
Non-Catholic Missions
Other Sects
Religious Beliefs of the Europeans
Attitude towards Catholicism
Education in Barotseland and Livingstone
Historical Resume of Capuchin Endeavour
a. Livingstone
b. Barotseland
c. Early Mission Policy
d. Teachers and Catechists
e. Turn in the Tide
f. In the Lealui District
g. In the Senanga District
Material Grand Total
Mission Difficulties Summarised
Mission Prospects
Conclusion

Flynn, Killian, 1905-1972, Capuchin priest

Report on the Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls

Report on the Prefecture Apostolic of Victoria Falls by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic and Regular Superior.
The report in divided into the following sections:

  1. Initial Progress and History of the Mission
    First bush-stations
    Education
    Prefecture
    Further progress
    War Years, 1939-45
    Mission Policy
  2. Adjoining Territory
  3. Statistical Information arranged under the following headings:
    a. Livingstone
    b. Lealui
    c. Mongu
    d. Population
    e. Tribes
    f. Local governing structures
  4. Protestant Missionary Influence
  5. Government Schools
  6. Attitude of the Colonial and Local Governments
  7. Numbers of Catholics
  8. Expenses
  9. Conversions
  10. Seat of the Ecclesiastical Superior
  11. Number of Mission Stations
  12. Government Subsidies
  13. Missionary Personnel
  14. Prospects for Vocations
  15. Catechists
  16. Foundations of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
  17. Clerical Seminaries
  18. Catholic Schools
  19. Confraternities and Sodalities
    The final section of the report is titled: ‘Mission difficulties summarised’ and outlines the prospects for the future success of missionary work in the Prefecture. An appendix contains a brief report on missionary work in the Eastern Caprivi Strip.

Flynn, Killian, 1905-1972, Capuchin priest