Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (seated on left) with Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap., (seated on right), Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea (standing on left) and Fr. Christopher Crowley (standing on right) in Livingstone.
Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. with Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon and Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. at Maramba in Northern Rhodesia.
Cutting from an article by Terence O’Hanlon in the 'Sunday Independent' referring to Fr. James O’Mahony’s recent publication, 'African Adventure' (1936), which covers the pioneering missionary work of the Irish Capuchins in Northern Rhodesia. The article includes photographic prints of Fr. James and the church in Parow parish, Cape Province, South Africa. See CA AMI/1/8/1.
Letter from Peter Hill, The Presbytery, Clonakilty, County Cork, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., enclosing a cheque for £10 for the ‘foreign missionary work of your Order’.
Author: Patrick Rogers Publisher: Dublin: Browne and Nolan Ltd. / The Richview Press Language: English Ink stamp on inside front cover reads: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Fathers, Church Street’. Foreword by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (1897-1962).
Report and minutes of meeting between Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Regular Superior. The meeting was held at the Sancta Maria mission station, Lukulu, Northern Rhodesia. The minutes refer to various decrees, appointments and recommendations made in relation to missionary work in Barotseland, and in South Africa.
Letter from Richard Smyth, 924 Summit Avenue, New York City, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, regarding a proposal for the reparation of the bodies of Fr. Albert Bibby OFM Cap. and Fr. Dominic O’Connor OFM Cap., the latter from a ‘non-Catholic cemetery in Oregon, USA’. He affirms that ‘it was impossible to make any move before this time, as one or more of the political parties in Ireland would use the occasion to forward their own political interests’.