Group photograph of Capuchin friars at St. Mary of the Angels Church, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. The group includes Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap., Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap., and Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap.
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.
A studio photograph of Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap.
A collection of black and white photographic prints mostly relating to Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls from 1936-50. Most of the prints have been captioned by his nephew, Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap. and some were published in Mgr. Killian Flynn as seen from his letters (Ndola, 2003). The file includes prints of Fr. Killian:
• As a novitiate and student.
• With his parents.
• With Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) probably on a ship during their first voyage to Africa in 1931.
• With African porters during a long trek into the bush, 1931-2.
• With Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) celebrating the opening of the first mission church on 30 Oct. 1932.
• The exterior of the ‘Stone Police Camp’ at Livingstone, the site of the first mission chapel, 1932.
• With Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome MacQuillan OFM Cap. and Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., 1935.
• With Paramount Chief Yeta III of Barotseland.
• With Cardinal Laurean Rugambwa, Nairobi Cathedral in 1967.
• At the first all-African Bishops’ Conference in Kampala, Uganda, in 1969.
• At the Zambian Episcopal Conference.
• Receiving an MBE in Livingstone.
• Greeting Pope Paul VI in Kampala, Uganda. The Pope visited Uganda from 31 July to 2 Aug. 1969
• With Capuchin friars from East and Southern Africa in 1972.
(Left) Fr. Jerome McQuillan and (right) Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap. The original caption notes that Fr. Jerome replaced Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and built churches, convent clinics and schools.
A group of Irish Capuchin friars at St. Mary of the Angels Church, Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. is the present in the photograph (seated, first on the right).
Photographic print of the congregation of Holy Trinity Church, Elsies River, Cape Town, South Africa. The print is extant on card with a printed annotation giving the names of the congregation. The group includes Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap.
Capuchin friars with Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. in Cape Town on the occasion of his visitation to South Africa in 1957. Front row (from left): Fr. Raphael Curran OFM Cap., Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap., Fr. James O'Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap. Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap., Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. Back row (from left): Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap., Fr. Oliver O'Hanlon OFM Cap., Fr. Damascene McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap., Fr. Macanise O'Neill OFM Cap., Fr. Marcellus Carroll OFM Cap.
35 mm colour Kodachrome slides of photographs taken by Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983). The majority are images of missionary friars and religious sisters in South Africa. The file includes images of:
• Fr. Jarlath departing for South Africa
• Local children performing in religious pageants
• Local Zulu warriors performing a ritual dance
• Table Mountain, Cape Town
• The townships around Cape Town
• The grave of Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap. (1915-1949) in Cape Town
• Local weddings
• Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. and Fr. Agathangelus Herlihy OFM Cap. on board a ship in Cape Town Harbour
• Convent of the Holy Cross Sisters in Cape Town
• Parish excursion with Capuchin friars
• A local football team in Cape Town
• Religious sisters at a local orphanage
• Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. with local religious sisters
• Group photograph of Capuchin friars in Cape Town including Fr. Colga O’Riordan OFM Cap., Fr. Salvator Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap., and Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap.
• St. Theresa’s Church, Welcome Estate, Cape Town
The file also includes images taken by Fr. Jarlath of various scenic and tourist places around Ireland including Glasnevin Cemetery, Clonmacnoise, Blarney Castle, Glendalough, and a view of a Dublin versus Kerry Gaelic football match in Croke Park, Dublin.
An image of Fr. Jerome McQuillan OFM Cap. with local religious sisters in South Africa.