Report on the Livingstone Mission (Zambia) compiled by Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. for the Irish Capuchin Provincial Chapter. Fr. Theophilus referred to the consecration in February 1975 of Monsignor Adrian Mung’andu (c.1920-2007) as the first locally-born African Bishop of the Diocese of Livingstone. The installation was a landmark as the Diocese ‘ceased to be entrusted to the Capuchin Order’. He also noted that ‘about 90% of the priests working in the Livingstone Diocese are Capuchins’. The report is divided into the following general sections:
(1) Apostolate
(a) Drink
(b) Wrong marriages
(2) Education – primary and post primary schools
(3) Medical
(4) Social work and development
(5) Life of the friars
(6) Vocations and Formation
(7) Katima Mulilo Mission, Caprivi Strip
(8) Still room and need for missionaries in Zambia
Appendix A: Brief report on development by Fr. Martin O’Connell OFM Cap. Development
(a) Pastoral
Appendix B: Extracts from report on 5th annual meeting of South-East African Capuchin Association (SEACA), held at Kasita-Mahenge, Tanzania, 9-11 June 1976. Compiled by Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap.
Appendix C: Annual statistics for the Diocese of Livingstone
Appendix D: Personnel list
Photostat copy of a report by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, on the Livingstone (Northern Rhodesia) and Cape Town (South Africa) missions ‘as was revealed to me in the course of the Canonical Visitation’. The report was published in 'Analecta Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum', 73, no. 12 (Dec. 1957), pp 274-84.
O’Mahony, James, 1897-1962, Capuchin priestIncludes entries under the headings; "Statistics", "Suggestions", "Community", "Apostolate", "Local Government".
Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in the Diocese of Livingstone, Zambia. It is noted that the diocese consists roughly of the following areas in Zambia: Barotse Province, Livingstone District, Balovale District, and the Kabompo District … It also embraces the Eastern Caprivi Strip in South West Africa. It is staffed by the Capuchin Franciscan Fathers of the Irish Province and of the New Jersey Commissariate’. Statistical information is given in relation to the number of Irish Capuchin priests (58) and lay brothers (12) and other religious (both male and female) ministering in the diocese.
Includes entries under the headings; "Report on the Congregation to the General Chapter, Sister Lucy Troy", "Central service for Missions, 1976 - 1981, Sister Brendan Cronin", "Progress report on Nano Nagle Cause, Sister Brendan Cronin", "General statistics".
A census and status report for the Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament located in Elk, California, compiled in December 1920. The note was likely written by the local superior, Fr. Edward Fesenmeyer OFM Cap. The report tracks the growth and foundational milestones of the Catholic community in the region. The document logs a local Catholic population of approximately 570 people and tracks cumulative sacramental data since July 1903, which includes 472 baptisms, 6 converts, and 48 marriages.
Report on the history and ministries at the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, located in Paradise Township, Pennsylvania, while under the pastoral direction of the Friar Minor Capuchins of the Irish Province.
"The age of Penal Laws"; "An Act to prevent the further Growth of Popery"; "The Penal Laws, 1691 - 1760"; "Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, list of educational facsimiles 101 - 120"; "A path from Druidic Darkness to Christian Light"; "Historical background to the life of Edmund Rice"; The Penal Laws"; "Irish History"; "Seventh Report".
Report on the Capuchin Temperance Mission in Ireland compiled by Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) , Provincial Minister, in response to a request from the General Minister of the Order in Rome. The report refers to the progress of the temperance crusade in Ireland and includes information on the number of missions preached and total abstinence pledges taken. The report notes that the Capuchins have ‘administered the Sacraments of Confession and Holy Communion to 1,200 on each Mission. … We have given the pledge to an average of 800 in each Parish and have a record of having administered the Pledge since the beginning of this Crusade to 1,141,191’. (p. 10). It also includes favourable testimonials from the Irish Catholic hierarchy and other prominent figures. The principal headings in the report are as follows:
The Origins and Progress of the Father Mathew Total Abstinence Association
The Pledge
Pastorals on Temperance from the Bishops of Ireland
Testimony of His Eminence Cardinal Logue / Primate of All Ireland
Bishops’ Opinions
Testimony of the Clergy
Leading articles from the 'Freeman’s Journal' / the principal paper in Ireland
Press References
Testimonies from Judges, Public Officials and Lord Mayors
Report on the Irish Capuchin mission in Zambia compiled by Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., Regular Superior, for the Provincial Chapter. The report is arranged into the following sections:
- A spirit of openness
- Office in common
- Decreasing numbers of missionaries
- Provincial Visitation
- Preparation for the Chapter
- The First Mission Chapter
- Withdrawal from some stations
- The House of Formation
- Pastoral Council
- The death of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
- Conclusion