Report by Fr. Albert Bibby OSFC on temperance missions from Oct.-Dec. 1906. The report includes the location of the mission, information on the success (or otherwise) of the preaching including the numbers taking the pledge and the general state of the temperance cause in the locality. The locations include Ballyforan, Ballygar, Louisburgh and Clare Island. The report on Ballygar, County Galway (where a mission was held from 2-16 Dec 1906) reads as follows: ‘Nearly all the heads of families took a pledge not to give intoxicating drinks at funerals or wakes or American wakes (held on night previous to some member of family going to America) whilst all others promised not to accept drink on these occasions’. The ‘American Wake’, sometimes referred to as the ‘Live Wake’, was a unique leave-taking ceremony for rural Irish people travelling to the United States. ‘American Wakes’ took place prior to the Great Famine, but most of the documentary evidence survives from the late 1800s and early 1900s. It was most commonly practiced in counties along the western seaboard where traditional customs remained most potent. Usually held on the evening prior to an emigrant's departure, the ‘American Wake’ resembled its ceremonial model, the traditional wake for the dead. It represented a permanent breaking of earthly ties for people who regarded emigration as death’s equivalent.
Reports commissioned by Dublin Corporation regarding the proposed scheme for the clearance of ‘insanitary dwellings’ bounded by Church Street, Stirrup Lane, Beresford Street and Mary’s Lane. The scheme called for the erection thereon of workmen’s dwellings. The scheme was established under the provisions of the Housing of Working Classes Act, 1890, and a similar amended Act of 1908. The reports were submitted by Councillor John Scully and Alderman William Doyle, Chairmen. The reports are numbered No. 5 and No. 99. The former has an appended printed map depicting the committee’s plan for the construction of 246 three-roomed houses (two storeys high) on Beresford Street and on Church Street. Printed by Sealy, Bryers & Walker, Middle Abbey Street, Dublin. See also CA CS/5/3/3.
Reports of the chapter of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Cape Province held in the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone parish. One of the volumes is a summary report on the chapter. The other report contains the following sections: Report of the regular superior (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Reports on the following parishes and topics: Parow Parish (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Tyger Valley (Fr. Aquinas O’Carroll OFM Cap.) Elsies River (Br. Martin O’Sullivan OFM Cap.) Athlone Parish (Fr. Athanasius Winston OFM Cap.) Welcome Estate (Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.) Manenberg (Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap.) Postulancy report (Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap.) Langa (Fr. Matthew Gormley OFM Cap.) Belgravia (Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap.) Bridgetown (Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap.)
Date: 1639 Author: John Duns Scotus (c.1266-1308); Fr. Luke Wadding OFM ed. (1588-1657) Publisher: Lugduni [Lyon]: Sumptibus L. Durand Full title: 'Reportata Parisiensia Annotationibus marginalibus, Doctorúmque celebriorum ante quamlibet Quæstionem citationibus exornata, & Scholijs per textum insertis illustrata, per R.P.F. Hvgonem Cavellvm. Hac Verò Editione Ad Vetvstorvm exemplarium collationem recognita, & innumeris propè mendis expurgata, operâ R.P.F. Lvcæ VVaddingi Hiberni. … Pars Prima'. Series title: Originally published as a twelve-volume series: 'Ioannis Duns Scoti Doctoris Subtilis Ordinis Minorum Opera omnia. Editio Lucae Waddingi'. 12 vols. Lugduni (Lyon): Sumptibus L. Durand, 1639.
Report (statistical, financial, personnel) on the canonical visitation of the Cape Province Mission, South Africa, by Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004), Provincial Minister, in May 1968. The report originally included an account of the Livingstone mission, but that section is missing. The report on missionary work in the Archdiocese of Cape Town is divided into the following sections:
Parish of Belgravia (Coloured)
Parish of Athlone (Coloured)
Parish of Langa (African parish)
Bridgetown Parish (Coloured)
Parow (Mixed: European and Coloured) The file includes memorandums titled ‘observations’ and ‘points for discussion’. 2 copies.
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:
Initial Progress and History of the Mission First bush-stations Education Prefecture Further progress War Years, 1939-45 Mission Policy
Adjoining Territory
Statistical Information arranged under the following headings: a. Livingstone b. Lealui c. Mongu d. Population e. Tribes f. Local governing structures
Protestant Missionary Influence
Government Schools
Attitude of the Colonial and Local Governments
Numbers of Catholics
Expenses
Conversions
Seat of the Ecclesiastical Superior
Number of Mission Stations
Government Subsidies
Missionary Personnel
Prospects for Vocations
Catechists
Foundations of the Sisters of the Holy Cross
Clerical Seminaries
Catholic Schools
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.
A report of the operations of the Emergency Committee from 1 December 1881 to 25 January 1882. Reference is made to the placement of caretakers in charge of farms from which tenants have been evicted and to the assistance lent by the Committee in executing writs of possession on various properties.
Report on the Livingstone Mission by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. (1928-2006) for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. The report is divided into the following sections:
Report on the Livingstone Mission (Zambia) compiled by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. Fr. Theophilus referred to the consecration in February 1975 of Monsignor Adrian Mung’andu (c.1920-2007) as the first locally-born African Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone. The installation was a landmark as the Diocese ‘ceased to be entrusted to the Capuchin Order’. He also noted that ‘about 90% of the priests working in the Livingstone Diocese are Capuchins’. The report is divided into the following general sections: (1) Apostolate (a) Drink (b) Wrong marriages (2) Education – primary and post primary schools (3) Medical (4) Social work and development (5) Life of the friars (6) Vocations and Formation (7) Katima Mulilo Mission, Caprivi Strip (8) Still room and need for missionaries in Zambia Appendix A: Brief report on development by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. Development (a) Pastoral Appendix B: Extracts from report on 5th annual meeting of South-East African Capuchin Association (SEACA), held at Kasita-Mahenge, Tanzania, 9-11 June 1976. Compiled by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. Appendix C: Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone Appendix D: Personnel list
