Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. and Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. at the ceremony to canonize Fr. Crispin of Viterbo OSFC (1668-1750) at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican.
Scale: 5 miles to 1 inch Map of the Cape Province, South Africa, by the Roads Branch, Cape Provincial Administration. With mileage table in both Afrikaans and English. Manuscript additions to the map (in pencil) roughly indicate the location of the Irish Capuchin churches in the Cape Province: Langa, Athlone, Parow, the Welcome Estate and Matroosfontein. A distinction is made between locations with both churches and mission schools and areas where only a school is present. A manuscript stamp indicates that the map was sent to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, St. Bonaventure’s Friary, Cork.
A copy of an ‘experimental newsletter’ published by the Capuchin Vice-Province of Southern Africa. The publication includes news of the friars’ travels, forthcoming Franciscan events, the EACC Formation House and the publication of an EACC Journal, Capuchin statistics in Africa, the sale of a field in Athlone parish, the deeds for properties held by the Capuchins in South Africa, medical insurance for the friars, and SMA news.
An image of a Capuchin friar sitting on a stone wall along a country road probably near Rochestown in County Cork. The friar in the image is possibly Fr. Aloysius Travers OSFC (1870-1957).
An unidentified Capuchin friar playing some form of elaborate wind instrument. The individual appears to be wearing a costume with a necklace (or garland) and headgear.
An unidentified Capuchin friar playing an accordion with a diocesan cleric (with a top hat) playing a flute. Another, partially obscured, friar stands behind them playing violin.
a group of Capuchin friars in Zambia. The group includes Br. Dominic O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Sylvius McCarthy OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. and Fr. Terence Barry OFM Cap.