Group photograph of Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter at St. Dominic’s Major Seminary in Lusaka. The group includes Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister.
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.
A group of Capuchin friars at Malengwa. The group includes Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Giles Fitzgerald OFM Cap., Fr. Bernard Cronin OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. and Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap.
Newspaper clippings documenting the unveiling of the Padre Pio monument at Rochestown Capuchin Friary, County Cork. The text component, written by Larry Lyons for the ‘Cork Examiner’, describes a festive pilgrimage of 10,000 devotees, drawing parallels to the atmosphere of Pope John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Ireland, and includes addresses by the Capuchin Provincial Minister, Fr. Brendan O'Mahony OFM Cap., detailing the artistic lineage and spiritual symbolism of the 8’3” bronze statue. The accompanying photograph from the ‘Evening Echo’ shows the newly unveiled monument – inscribed with Padre Pio’s words, ‘You love me because I teach you to love God’ – flanked by Fr. Brendan O'Mahony, OFM Cap. (right), and Cork City Architect Mr. Tony McNamara (left), a member of the organizing committee.
A group of missionary friars meeting at Rochestown Friary, County Cork. The group includes Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Fr. Evangelist Kelly OFM Cap., Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Fr. Capistran Singleton OFM Cap., Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Br. Kieran Shorten OFM Cap., and Fr. Gerald Barron OFM Cap.
Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap. relating to missionary work in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Some of the prints have been annotated:
African religious sisters. The prints are titled ‘Malawian Mass’ and ‘Magnificat Dance’.
Fr. Brian with religious sisters.
Aerial view of Santa Maria Mission at Lukulu.
Fr. Brian and Fr. Elzear Barry OFM Cap. in Mufulira, Zambia, in Jan. 1959.
Storm damage caused to the roof of the friars’ residence in Senanga on 8 Dec. 1978.
The grave of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at Lukulu.
Group of friars assembled for the visitation by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister in 1979.
A clipping of an article reporting on a highly attended four-week parish mission conducted by the Irish Capuchin friars at the Church of St. Thomas the Apostle on West 118th Street in New York City. Formally opened on 4 October with a Solemn High Mass, the mission is being led by Fathers Joseph Fenelon, Matthew O’Connor, Brendan O’Callaghan, and Fintan Roche, with the opening sermon delivered by Father Joseph. The campaign dedicates individual weeks to married women, married men, single women, and single men respectively, drawing overflow crowds to both the upper and basement churches. The report highlights heavily attended early morning Masses, long lines for confession, the enrolment of local women into the St. Anne Society, and traditional sermons focused strictly on family life, marital duties, and contemporary social morality. The clipping is taken from the ‘Catholic News’ (17 October 1925).
Letters and memoranda regarding alterations and refurbishment work on Holy Trinity Church in the early 1980s. The file includes an outline of the ‘preparatory steps’ taken by the Provincial Minister and Definitory (Council) in the lead up to the renovation and remodelling of the Church; Copy letter from Fr. Xavier Reardon OFM Cap. (22 Sept. 1981) expressing concerns about the liturgical aspects of the refashioning of the Church and Fr. Brendan O’Mahony’s reply; newspaper cuttings reporting on the renovation work and fundraising for the same. With a printed booklet and a newspaper clipping ('Cork Examiner') referring to a Mass celebrating the official re-opening of Holy Trinity Church on 28 Nov. 1982.
A volume containing drafts of outgoing letters written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mostly to contributors, authors, advertisers, patrons and printers associated with 'The Capuchin Annual'. The volume includes copy letters to: Éamon de Valera, Pádraig Uasal Ó Ceallaigh, Francis MacManus, William T. Cosgrave, Professor Liam Ó Bríain, Charles C. O’Connell, Augustine Martin, Stephen Jordan, Mannix Joyce, Basil Payne, Seán T. O’Kelly, Seán Lemass, Simon Donnelly, Thomas Doyle, Liam Russell, Éamon de Barra, George Morrison and Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap.
A volume containing drafts of outgoing letters written by Fr. Henry Anglin OFM Cap., mostly to contributors, authors, advertisers, patrons and printers associated with 'The Capuchin Annual'. The volume includes copy letters to: Fr. Paschal Larkin OFM Cap., Kevin Faller, Fr. Simon O’Byrne OFM, Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Denis Keogh OFM Cap., Daniel Nolan ('The Kerryman'), Richard J. King, Éamon de Valera, Seán T. O’Kelly, Dorothea Barclay and Éamon Martin.