Draft report on the history of Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. for the Lexicon Cappucinum Project, International College of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Rome. The report includes the following sections:
Historical Development of the Mission
Outstanding Missionaries
Mission Stations and Foundations
Current Friaries
Bibliography
Development of the Capuchin Vice-Province of Zambia
List of Vice-Provincial Superiors
Biographical details for Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Jude McKenna OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. Edwin Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Charles Hanley OFM Cap., Br. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Br. Hugh Raymond OFM Cap., Fr. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., Fr. Godfrey Sinvula OFM Cap., Fr. Salavtor Quinn OFM Cap., Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., and Br. Rudolf Pieretti OFM Cap.
Persons who had a significant relationship with the Mission: Bishop Bernard O’Riley and J.J. Conserdine.
Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. in Northern Rhodesia.
Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. and William Simasiku at the site of first Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia at Loanja.
Br. Luke Browne OFM Cap. praying at the grave of Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. (d. 24 Dec. 1986) in Katima Mulilo.
A group of Capuchin friars at Mangango Friary on the occasion of the silver jubilee of Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. and Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap. The group includes Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Alexander Halligan OFM Cap., Br. Maurice Buckley OFM Cap. (1918-2003), Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., and Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap.
Capuchin friars receiving their missionary crosses in the Church Street Friary, Dublin, before their departure for the African mission in 1943. The friars are (back, from left to right), Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap., Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., and (front, from left to right), Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. and Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap.
Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap., Fr. Eustace Burke OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Terence Anglin OFM Cap. and Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap. in the garden of the Church Street Friary, Dublin. The original caption reads: ‘They departed Cape Town on 24 Dec. 1943 and arrived in Livingstone on 2 Jan. 1944’.
A group of Capuchin friars at a retreat given by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap. in Mangango.
A collection of photographic prints showing the North and South Sioma Falls region of the Zambezi River, Western Province, Zambia. The prints were produced by Geo Survey International Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya, for Br. Andew O’Shea OFM Cap. Some of the prints have been annotated: ‘Linanga’, ‘Sioma Plain’, ‘Spencer’s Village’, and ‘Ferry Crossing’.
The school at Sihole mission station. The original caption reads: ‘Academy started in 1946 and finished in March 1947. The builder was Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap.