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
Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Regular Superior, for the Provincial Chapter. The report is arranged into the following sections:
A spirit of openness
Office in common
Decreasing numbers of missionaries
Provincial Visitation
Preparation for the Chapter
The First Mission Chapter
Withdrawal from some stations
The House of Formation
Pastoral Council
The death of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
Notes by Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. re clothing and supplies which are needed for missionary work in Northern Rhodesia. The file includes several lists outlining the requirements. Fr. Killian notes that Monsignor Bruno Wolnick SJ ‘says we can get help for all of the above articles from the “Peter Claver Society”. Dublin Address: 49 North Great George’s Street’.
Booklet on the early history of the Capuchin Franciscan Order written by Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap. The text was written for young Zambian postulants in the Order. Printed by the Mission Press (Ndola, Zambia).
Statement of Christian Church Leaders re the political upheaval against Zambia’s long-serving President Kenneth Kaunda. Includes resolutions of the meeting of the Joint GRZ/MMD Committee of Experts on the Constitution Bill, 1991, held on 24 July 1991 at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Lusaka, Zambia.
An article titled ‘A brief history of the Holy Family Mission’ from 1943 to 1994 compiled from notes by Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. The article was published in 'Angelus', 34, no. 10 (Oct. 1996) published by the Congregation of Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus in Namibia. The article is illustrated with photographs of Irish Capuchin friars who ministered in the Holy Family Mission in Katima Mulilo including Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap. (1934-1998).
An English-Lozi phrase book by Godwin A.M. Lewanika (London: MacMillan and Co., 1949). A manuscript annotation on title page reads: ‘Used by Fr. Cuthbert McCann OFM Cap.’.
Scale: 9 miles to 1 inch Map of Barotse Province in Northern Rhodesia drawn by A.R. Stevens in 1930. The map shows the area from Balovale to Livingstone. The original key to the map shows the locations of mission stations established by the South African General Mission, the Seventh-Day Adventist Mission, the Plymouth Brethren Mission, and the Paris Evangelical Mission Society. Later endorsements on the map (in pencil) show major roads and railways and the locations of missions and schools founded by the Irish Capuchin friars.
