The Grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap.
- IE CA AMI/2/10/3/121
- Item
- c.1960
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) and Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. in Sihole.
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The Grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) and Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. in Sihole.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of the Capuchin Friary at Sihole, Zambia. The original caption notes that Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. walked through the district of Kalabo in 1942 to find a site. Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. were later assigned there.
Grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. at Sihole
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
The grave plaque of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944), the first superior of St. Patrick’s Mission, Kalabo, Sihole, Zambia.
Part of Irish Capuchin Archives
Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. The original caption reads: ‘seven years at Sihole; died of malaria at Sihole on 12 July 1944 (aged 35 years). Slept near the brick kiln; malaria, no medicine, blackwater. Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. made his coffin with some planks for the new church’.