Cuttings from the 'Irish Catholic' of reports by Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. on the work of the late Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. at the Sioma Mission, founded in 1953, and at the Senanga Mission, located on the banks of the Zambezi River.
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.
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’.
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’.
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.
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.