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The school at Sihole mission station. The original caption reads: ‘Academy started in 1946 and finished in March 1947. The builder was Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap.

Sihole Capuchin Friary. The original caption reads: ‘Opened 21 May 1944. Demolished in Jan. 1953. Newer friary opened in Dec. 1952’.

The exterior of the Capuchin Friary at Sihole, Zambia. The original caption notes that Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. walked through the district of Kalabo in 1942 to find a site. Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. and Br. Alexius Paolucci OFM Cap. were later assigned there.

The exterior of Sihole Church, Kalabo, Zambia.

The exterior of Sihole Church. The original caption reads: ‘Sihole Church blessed on 24 Dec. 1944’

The interior of Sihole Church, Kalabo, Zambia.

An autographed print of Nellie Melba, a celebrated Australian soprano and operatic singer of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century.

A signed menu card for a reception marking the visit of Cardinal John Joseph Glennon to Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. The card is signed by Cardinal Glennon. It is also signed by Seán T. Ó Ceallaigh (Seán T. O’Kelly), the President of Ireland, and by his wife Phyllis Bean Úi Cheallaigh (Phyllis O’Kelly). The other signatures are those of Taoiseach Éamon de Valera, Seán Mac an tSaoi (Seán MacEntee), the Minister of Health, and Séamus Ó Riain (James Ryan), the Minister of Agriculture. Cardinal Glennon died five days later in Dublin (9 March 1946). His body lay in repose in All Hallows College (his old seminary) before being returned to the United States for burial in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis.