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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

Report on the Canonical Visitation of the Prefecture of Victoria Falls Mission, Northern Rhodesia, by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister. With a copy cover letter addressed to Fr. Clement Neubauer OFM Cap., Minister General. The report on missionary activity is arranged under the following headings:
I. Historical Development
a. Origins
b. Territory
c. Primary Stations
II. Missionary Approach
a. Education
b. Catholic Schools
c. Preparatory Seminary
d. African Religious Vocations
III. Mission Prospects
a. Difficulties
b. Advantages
c. Personnel
d. Conclusion
Livingstone: Church of St. Therese
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Maramba: Station of Christ the King
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Sichili: Station of Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Mongu – Lealui
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Mankoya: Station of St. Joseph
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Kalabo: Station of St. Patrick
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Katima Mulilo (Caprivi Strip, South West Africa)
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
Senanga: Station of St. Peter and St. Paul (Sioma)
Mongu: Station of St. Francis of Assisi
a. Spiritual Matters and Horarium
b. Material Matters – Friary, Church and Schools
c. Financial Matters
The report includes statistical forms re the personnel of the Victoria Falls Prefecture and notes re the ‘actual disposition of missionaries’ at the various mission stations. With financial statements and annual accounts re the mission for the years 1946-7 and 1947-8.

Report by Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. sent to Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the progress of the Irish Capuchin mission in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. Reference is made to the difficulties encountered by the first missionaries (including Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. (1897-1980) and Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap.); the establishment of the Loanja mission; negotiations with government authorities and tribal leaders; the work of other missionary orders including the White Fathers and the Jesuits. Fr. Declan concludes ‘as regards the mission outlook in general in Barotseland, I must candidly state it is going to be a very tough problem. The whole territory is fearfully primitive and undeveloped. The only transport help of a convenient or modern touch that we have as an ally is a spasmodic lumber train which carries us from Livingstone to the Barotse border’.

A complete copy of 'La Voce / Della Veritá', 20 July 1898. The newspaper contains an article on the work of the Total Abstinence Association in Dublin and refers to Fr. Nicholas Murphy OSFC (1849-1923). A manuscript annotation on the first page reads: ‘Very Rev. Nicholas, Definitor OSFC, Capuchin Friary, Our Lady of the Angels, Church Street, Dublin (Ireland)’.

Report compiled by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. and Fr. Tony Byrne CSSp. on the work of various social development workshops in Diocese of Livingstone (Sesheke, Sioma, Mongu and Mangano). The report includes an appendix with details of the development project, its nature, and administrative details.

Report on Retreat House after four years of existence.

A pastoral report on Parow Parish, Cape Province, South Africa, compiled by Fr. Didacus McGrath OFM Cap. (1929-2018). The report refers to the three areas within the parish: Tiervlei (Tyger Valley), Parow and Elsies River. The report notes that ‘in the parish, taken as a whole, the proportion of Coloured to White is 2 to 1. It can scarcely be classed a “White” Parish. We use the term “White” and “Coloured” with no intention of approving a situation. The Churches in Parow and Tiervlei are almost certainly the only Churches with mixed attendance in the area’.