A postcard print of divine service in rural Somalia. A manuscript annotation on the right of the card records that ‘the priest saying Mass is Fr. Luke [Sheehan], an Irish Capuchin’. The postcard (no. 17) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland.
A postcard print showing day scholars at Berbera school in Somaliland. The postcard (no. 5) was part of a series published by the Catholic Mission of Somaliland which was a British protectorate located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden.
A postcard print showing Fortunat-Henri Caumont OFM Cap., Bishop of Ajmer, India. The card provides a brief biographical statement in French. The card forms part of the ‘Les Capucins francais aux Indes’ series.
A postcard print showing an Indian Capuchin novice at work in the friary in Sardhana in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The card forms part of the ‘Les Capucins francais aux Indes’ series.
A photograph of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Vicar-Apostolic of Livingstone, blessing a building in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
A photograph of (left) Fr. Alban Cullen OFM Cap. with another religious. The photograph was most likely taken in South Africa.
A photograph of Fr. Virgilio de Valstagna OFM Cap., Capuchin Minister General, Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Fr. Edward Walsh OFM Cap., Fr. Eugene Carroll OFM Cap., Archbishop Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap. greeting civic leaders at City Hall in Cork. The group includes (first on the right) Seán French, Lord Mayor of Cork.
A photograph of (right) Fr. Sylvester Mulligan OFM Cap, Definitor General, with another Capuchin friar at the Vatican.
A photograph of (seated) Fr. Andrew Carew OFM Cap. with three other Capuchin friars. The photograph was likely taken in Rome on the occasion of Fr. Andrew’s ordination to the priesthood.
A photograph of Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap. (seated, third from the left) with Capuchin friars and novices at Rochestown College in County Cork. Fr. Malachy Hynes OFM Cap. is seated, second on the left.