Souvenir booklet for the 50th anniversary of St. Theresa’s Church, Welcome Estate, Cape Province, South Africa. The booklet includes a year-by-year history of the parish church (and adjoining school) and photographic prints of various Capuchin friars who served as parish priests including Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Ronald Grace OFM Cap. (1931-1984), and Fr. Wilfrid Aherne OFM Cap. (1923-2004).
Photographic print of a Franciscan retreat at Ard Mhuire Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The group includes Fr. Benjamin O’Connell OFM Cap., Fr. Adrian Curran OFM Cap. and Fr. David Kelleher OFM Cap.
A list of Irish Capuchin friars who worked as missionaries in Africa from January 1929 to c.1985. The list was compiled for research purposes by Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap. The information is listed under name, year of arrival, details of posting (whether to Northern Rhodesia/Zambia or to South Africa) and remarks. Information is also supplied in respect of whether the friar in question is deceased. The list notes that Fr. Canice Bourke OFM Cap. and Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap. travelled to Cape Town in January 1929 on a tour of inspection of potential mission territories.
Photocopies of articles on various subjects relating to the history of the Capuchins in Cork. The articles are taken from an unnamed local publication. The articles are illustrated. The article headings include: • Chapel at Blackamoor Lane, c.1771. • Chapel at Sober Lane, c.1756. • Holy Trinity Church / George Pain’s winning design for Father Mathew Memorial Church. • Memorial Chapel. • Callaghan’s Gates. • The Corn Exchange. • Father Mathew Memorial Tower. • John Hogan’s bust of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC. • Statue of William Crawford. • Funeral of Fr. Mathew. • St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Cork. • Fr. Arthur O’Leary OSFC The photocopies have been laminated and are extant in plastic sleeves.
Draft lease from Fr. Patrick Flynn OFM Cap., Guardian, Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal, to Brendan McFadden, Greenhill, Dunfanaghy, County Donegal, of a portion of lands for five years at an annual rent of £1,550. With draft instructions for the ‘letting of land and farm buildings at Ards’.
Catalogue of books held in the Secular Franciscan Library, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The list was compiled by Br. Anthony Malone and contains books listed under reference number, title and shelf number
Catalogue of books held in the Secular Franciscan Library, St. Mary of the Angels, Church Street. The list was compiled by Br. Anthony Malone. The first four pages contain a record of books borrowed, by whom and the date of their return.
Photographic print of the exterior of Holy Trinity Church and the adjoining Capuchin Friary taken from the opposite side of the River Lee on O’Sullivan’s Quay
A history of Katima Mulilo in the Caprivi Strip in South West Africa (Namibia) compiled by Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. (1920-2008). The history is divided into four distinct sections: • The history of the Makalolo on the Zambezi, 1800-1870 • The first missionaries to Linyanti • The colonial era / the poachers on the Kwando, 1890-1940 • The Capuchins at Katima Mulilo, 1944-1984 The final section of the history contains copy letters and documents relating to the administration and staffing of the Holy Family Mission in Katima Mulilo including statistical information re the area and population of the district and a list of resident friars in the mission from 1940-72.
Flier for the consecration of Fr. Raymond Mpezele as Bishop of Livingstone at the Church of Christ the King, Maramba, on 7 July 1985. With an invitation card from Fr. Ronan Herlihy OFM Cap., Diocesan Administrator, to Fr. Alfred O’Mahony OFM Cap., Regular Superior.
