- IE CA AMI/2/10/3/317
- Pièce
- 27 June 2009
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The exterior of the Mission Church at Chavuma, Zambia. The original caption reads ‘Pole and dagga church’.
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Fait partie de Irish Capuchin Archives
The exterior of the Mission Church at Chavuma, Zambia. The original caption reads ‘Pole and dagga church’.
Scrapbook of Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap.
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Scrapbook of Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. containing notes relating to his work as a missionary primarily in Northern Rhodesia. Fr. Alfred describes journeying to a village in Barotseland: ‘Enter a village – children run out of it to wave to us, the younger and more timid kids who have never seen a white [man] scuttle and bawl like stuck pigs – probably they have been told if they are naughty they will be handed over to “the big bad white man”’. The memoir contains notes re local customs, death and marriage rituals, village life, pastimes, sanitation, race, witchcraft and superstitions. Other headings include ‘meetings and oratory’, ‘progress towards civilisation’, dancing and ‘African Albinos – saw 2 only up to today, 10 June 1947’. Other sections include notes on the Union of South Africa, the Lozi language and the Bantu people of Northern Rhodesia. With a newspaper clipping of a photograph showing Sir John Waddington, Governor of Northern Rhodesia, and Imwiko, Paramount Chief of Barotse, on the occasion of the Governor’s farewell visit to Barotseland in 1947. Printed stamp on front cover reads: ‘Sancta Maria Catholic Mission. Fr. Alfred O’Mahony. 7th June 1947’.
Report of St. Joseph’s Leprosarium
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Annual report of St. Joseph’s Leprosarium, a subsidiary unit of Mangango Mission Hospital situated in the Kaoma district, Zambia. Information is given in respect of treatment, information and advocacy work, finances, and other statistics. Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap. is noted as one of the benefactors.
Itinerary for Provincial Visitation
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Proposed itinerary for the visitation by Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, of the Irish Capuchin mission in Northern Rhodesia.
First Chapter of the Capuchins in Zambia
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Report of the First Chapter of the Capuchins in Zambia held in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary, Lusaka. The table of contents is as follows:
Introduction
Chapter Personnel
Opening address by Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister
Election Results
Report of outgoing Regular Superior
Some significant events of the past six years
Capuchin life on the mission
Vocations and formation
Ongoing formation
Relations between the Order and the Diocese
Other Chapter decisions
Closing address by Provincial Minister
Appendix I: Elections in detail
Appendix II: Addresses and contact details for friars at various missions in Zambia
The report also contains a photographic print of the friars in attendance at the Chapter.
Mission Personnel and Directories
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Missionary Lists and Statistics
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Letters from Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap.
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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.
Browne, Brian, 1919-2015, Capuchin priest
Letters from Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap.
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Letters from Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap. (1931-1984) to Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, re the election of a superior and councillors for the Cape Town mission, South Africa.
Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with African Bishops
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Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with African bishops probably in Rome.