Report by Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. (1929-2018), Regular Superior, on the Irish Capuchin mission in Cape Town, South Africa. Fr. Didacus notes that ‘thirteen priests and two brothers are responsible for the twenty thousand Catholics in the Cape Town Archdiocese’. The report is divided into the following sections: • Apostolate • Vocations • Finance • Present debts of the Parish • Life of the friars • Needs
Copy confirmation by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, of the elections of Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. as regular superior, and Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap. and Fr. Athanasius (Noel) Winston OFM Cap. as councillors of the Irish Capuchin mission in Cape Town, South Africa.
Reports of the chapter of the Irish Capuchin mission in the Cape Province held in the Church of St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone parish. One of the volumes is a summary report on the chapter. The other report contains the following sections: Report of the regular superior (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Reports on the following parishes and topics: Parow Parish (Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap.) Tyger Valley (Fr. Aquinas O’Carroll OFM Cap.) Elsies River (Br. Martin O’Sullivan OFM Cap.) Athlone Parish (Fr. Athanasius Winston OFM Cap.) Welcome Estate (Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap.) Manenberg (Fr. Albeus McQuillan OFM Cap.) Postulancy report (Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap.) Langa (Fr. Matthew Gormley OFM Cap.) Belgravia (Fr. Bartholomew Prendiville OFM Cap.) Bridgetown (Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap.)
Photographic print of Fr. Senan Dooley OFM Cap. and two other friars fishing on the beach at Sheephaven Bay near Ard Mhuire Friary in County Donegal. An manuscript annotation on the reverse of the print also makes reference to Fr. Pacificus Jennings OFM Cap.
Photographic print of the ordination of Capuchin friars at Ard Mhuire. The group includes Fr. Noel (Conal) Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. Dan Joe (Ephrem) O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Patrick (Oliver) Dowling OFM Cap. Fr. Michael (Ivor) Duffy OFM Cap. Fr. Laurence (Roderic) Heffernan OFM Cap. and Bishop Anthony McFeely.
Photographic print of Fr. Flavio Roberto Carraro OFM Cap., Minister General, with the friars of the Capuchin community at Ard Mhuire Friary. The group includes Fr. Fidelis O’Connell OFM Cap. Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap., Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap., guardian, Fr. Silvester O’Flynn OFM Cap., and Fr. Joachim Lyttle OFM Cap. The file also includes a newspaper clipping of the photograph with caption details.
Clippings of articles from the 'Derry Journal' referring to the ordinations by Bishop William MacNeely of Capuchin friars in St. Eunan’s Cathedral, Letterkenny. It is noted that Margaret Pearse, sister of Patrick Pearse, attended the ceremony on 5 June 1932.
