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A group of Capuchin friars at a retreat at Malengwa Friary, Zambia. The group includes Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap.

A local football team at Sichili in Northern Rhodesia. The football in the print is inscribed with the date ‘1960’. Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. are with the group.

Fr. Hugh Murphy OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. with school children in Zambia.

Letter from Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap. (1919-2015) to Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. The letters include references to the establishment of a preparatory seminary for postulants in Zambia (8 Oct. 1969); developments at the various Irish Capuchin mission stations (25 Nov. 1969); the election of a delegate for the Capuchin General Chapter (14 Mar. 1970); a former Dutch Reform Church which is for sale in Livingstone, and which could be used as a new foundation for the Capuchins (6 Sept. 1971). Reference is also made to the following Irish Capuchin missionaries: Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Flavian Helsted OFM Cap., Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap. and Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap.

Copies of Mission News providing details of the personnel of the Capuchin missions in South Africa and in Zambia. Reference is made by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. to work at the mission station at Senanga on the banks of the Zambezi River. Other topics include distressing scenes at the Capuchin mission of St. Anthony’s in Sioma as a result of warfare in neighbouring Namibia (otherwise known as South West Africa). The text refers to the relief efforts of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Patrick Mayungo OFM Cap. (Apr. 1981). A list of Capuchin personnel in houses and foundations in the Cape Province (South Africa) and in the Diocese of Livingstone for January 1981 is also given.