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Tender from Neil Sheridan & Son, Drimeason, Creeslough, County Donegal, for extensive building works on the Capuchin Retreat House at Ard Mhuire.

Draft report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the canonical visitation of the Irish Capuchin missions in the Cape Province, South Africa, and in the Livingstone Vicariate, Northern Rhodesia. The report is divided into the following sections:
Mission in the Cape Province (South Africa)
A. St. Mary of the Angels, Athlone

1. Parish of Athlone
2. Station at Welcome Estate
3. Location at Langa
   B. Friary of the Immaculate Conception, Parow
4. Parish at Parow
5. Station at Matroosfontein
   Livingstone Vicariate (Northern Rhodesia)
   A. Livingstone
6. Township: St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral
7. District of Maramba: Christ the King Mission
   B. Caprivi Strip
8. Katima Mulilo: Holy Family Mission
   Barotseland Protectorate (Northern Rhodesia)
9. Sichili: St. Fidelis Mission
10. Sioma: St. Anthony Mission
11. Malengwa: St. Francis of Assisi Mission
12. Lukulu: Sancta Maria Mission
13. Mangango: St. Joseph Mission
14. Sihole: St. Patrick Mission
15. Balovale Boma: Our Lady of Fatima
16. Chinyingi: Sacred Heart Mission
    Reference is made to the history of the various mission stations, the friars staffing the stations, and the apostolic activity undertaken by the Capuchins.

Letters from the Most Rev. Owen McCann (1907-1994), Archbishop of Cape Town, to Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Fr. Conrad O’Donovan OFM Cap., Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004) , Fr. Eustace McSweeney OFM Cap., Provincial Ministers, and Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. (1902-1983) reporting on the missionary efforts of the Irish Capuchins in Parow (Parish of the Immaculate Conception); Matroosfontein (Parish of the Holy Trinity); Athlone (St. Mary of the Angels); Welcome Estate (St. Theresa’s); Langa (St. Anthony’s). The Archbishop also requests that an Irish Capuchin priest (Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap.) be sent to St. Helena and Ascension Island – part of the Cape Town Archdiocese. He writes: ‘There are 5,000 persons on [St. Helena] Island but only 3 to 4 Catholics at present … the prospect of conversions is uncertain. The Anglicans are well established. The schools are under the Government, as also the hospital’. Reference is also made to an application of Ronald Hinrichsen, a convert from the Dutch Reformed Church, to join the Capuchin Franciscan Order (24 Sept. 1952); to the death of Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap. and the resulting vacancy in Parow parish (16 Aug. 1957); to a draft agreement with the Capuchins re Belgravia parish which has been separated from Parow (1 July 1961); to the need for new priests to meet the growing population in the Cape Flats district (20 June 1966); to Archbishop McCann’s desire to see Fr. Carthage Ruth OFM Cap. return to South Africa (4 Nov. 1968). Later, Archbishop McCann expresses his condolences on hearing of the death of Fr. Christopher Crowley OFM Cap. (22 Mar. 1984).

Programmes for retreats at Ard Mhuire Retreat Centre, Capuchin Friary, Creeslough, County Donegal. The list refers to the groups (both religious and lay) who have booked retreats in the Centre.

A large bound volume with a manuscript annotation on the spine which reads ‘Father Senan & Father Gerald’. The volume contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. and Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap., editors at the Irish Capuchin Publications Office. It includes images of the sculptural busts of the two friars by Laurence Campbell (1911-2001) and some photographs of both attending various social gatherings. A biographical sketch of Fr. Senan published in the 'Connacht Sentinel' (4 Feb. 1941) is also extant in the volume. It also includes correspondence and ephemera relating to Fr. Senan’s membership of the Mark Twain Society in the United States. The volume is not paginated, and a good portion of the pages are blank.

Income receipt book for the Capuchin Publications Office. The volume provides information on income received from individuals and companies in respect of advertisements, subscriptions for copies of 'The Capuchin Annual', from the Association of Patrons of 'The Capuchin Annual' (APCA), and from prize draws. Tax payments on this income are also noted.