A history of Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Strip in South West Africa (Namibia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history is divided into four distinct sections: • The history of the Makalolo on the Zambezi, 1800-1870 • The first missionaries to Linyanti • The colonial era / the poachers on the Kwando, 1890-1940 • The Capuchins at Katima Mulilo, 1944-1984 The final section of the history contains copy letters and documents relating to the administration and staffing of the Holy Family Mission in Katima Mulilo including statistical information re the area and population of the district and a list of resident friars in the mission from 1940-72.
Transcript of Fr. Ronan Herlihy’s oral account of his missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). The file was compiled as part of Dr. Charles Flynn’s resources for the study of mission history at Maynooth University. This project was funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The Irish Capuchin Archives holds a digital copy of this file.
Booklet containing the recollections of Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. particularly in relation to his role in establishing Namushakende Parish Church in the Diocese of Mongu, Zambia. Reference is also made to his missionary work in Kashembe, Namboata, Nanjuca and Litoya. The photographic print shows a celebration outside St. Gabriel’s Catholic Church in Namushakende on 25 Mar. 2004.
Flier promoting the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland. The flier notes that ‘no Catholic mission had ever been established [there] until the Irish Capuchin Fathers accepted the sacred trust from the Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith in 1931’.
Information flier published by the Vocations’ Co-ordinator, Mongu, Western Province, Zambia. The publication includes numerous photographs of young Zambian friars (including one image of postulants with Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister). With an information card on the African missions published by the Capuchin Foreign Missions Office in Dublin.
Flier for the consecration of Fr. Raymond Mpezele as Bishop of Livingstone at the Church of Christ the King, Maramba, on 7 July 1985. With an invitation card from Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., Diocesan Administrator, to Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap., Regular Superior.
Copies of 'Impact: a newsletter from the Zambia Catholic Secretariat'. The file includes the following editions: Apr.-May 1993 (No. 135) and Jan.-Feb. 1994 (No. 138).
A complete copy of 'The Southern Cross', 24 Nov. 1937 (No. 894. Vol. XVII), containing an article titled ‘How the Faith Came to Rhodesia’ by Fr. J. Kendal SJ. The article refers to the missionary work of the Jesuits in Rhodesia from the late nineteenth century.
