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
Parish of Athlone
Station at Welcome Estate
Location at Langa B. Friary of the Immaculate Conception, Parow
Parish at Parow
Station at Matroosfontein Livingstone Vicariate (Northern Rhodesia) A. Livingstone
Township: St. Theresa’s Pro-Cathedral
District of Maramba: Christ the King Mission B. Caprivi Strip
Katima Mulilo: Holy Family Mission Barotseland Protectorate (Northern Rhodesia)
Sichili: St. Fidelis Mission
Sioma: St. Anthony Mission
Malengwa: St. Francis of Assisi Mission
Lukulu: Sancta Maria Mission
Mangango: St. Joseph Mission
Sihole: St. Patrick Mission
Balovale Boma: Our Lady of Fatima
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.
Report (statistical, financial, personnel) on the canonical visitation of the Cape Province Mission, South Africa, by Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004), Provincial Minister, in May 1968. The report originally included an account of the Livingstone mission, but that section is missing. The report on missionary work in the Archdiocese of Cape Town is divided into the following sections:
Parish of Belgravia (Coloured)
Parish of Athlone (Coloured)
Parish of Langa (African parish)
Bridgetown Parish (Coloured)
Parow (Mixed: European and Coloured) The file includes memorandums titled ‘observations’ and ‘points for discussion’. 2 copies.
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
An image of the exterior of the Holy Cross Sisters' convent at Kalabo in Zambia. An annotation on the reverse reads ‘African Sisters' Covent at Kalabo'.
Photographic prints of various scenes on the island of St. Helena taken by Fr. Jarlath Gough OFM Cap. whilst he was parish priest from 1957-64. The photographs have extensive annotations on the reverse: The Anglican Church in Jamestown. Interior and exterior of the Catholic Chapel in Jamestown. Sacred Heart Church, Jamestown, St. Helena. The interior landscape of St. Helena. View of St. Helena General Hospital.
A collection of prints of Irish Capuchins in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated by Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016). The file includes: • Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Patrick Mayengo ‘with the Litunga, Ilute Yeta’ at the Ngonye Falls (or Sioma Falls) on the Zambezi River in Western Zambia. June 1981. • Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap. near the bridge crossing to Zimbabwe. • Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. with Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. • Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. with Fr. George O’Connor OFM Cap. and the Most. Rev. Donal R. Lamont, O. Carm., Bishop of Umtali, Zimbabwe. • Exterior view of Mangango Church (built by Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap.). • Group photograph of Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Seán Cahill OFM Cap., Fr. Donat OFM Cap. (a Swiss friar), Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. and others at St. Bonaventure’s, Lusaka. • Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap. and Fr. Donal O’Mahony OFM Cap. • Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. and Fr. Theophilus Murphy OFM Cap. • Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap. on the rope bridge built by the American Capuchins over the Zambezi River. • Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap. at Lukulu. • Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap. (1931-2016) working as a welder with Sr. M. Matthew. It is noted that Sr. Matthew is from the Falls Road, Belfast. • Br. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap. with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. • A Capuchin friar and a religious sister waiting alongside an aircraft in Zambia. Note: The file includes a cover letter to Fr. Richard Hendrick OFM Cap. (26 Jan. 2010).
File of photographic prints relating to visits by Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005) to Zambia. Most of the prints are not captioned but include prints of the grave of Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. at Lukulu Mission taken in January 1985. Other prints show Fr. Albert greeting Zambian clerics and religious sisters and attending meetings.
(On the right) Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958) and altar servers outside Maramba Mission Church, Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. The original caption reads ‘First mission chapel outside the centre of Livingstone, at Police Camp Maramba, opened on the Feast of Christ the King, 1932. A better church opened in Marmaba in 1940’.
