Minutes of the first General Mission Conference held at the Sichili Mission Station, Northern Rhodesia. The meeting was convened by Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic. The minutes include decrees in relation to the Horarium, rules and observance, the catechumenate, catechists, preaching, and mass attendance. Reference is also made to building plans, steps to improve proficiency in languages, transport considerations and the running of local schools.
Report on the Conference of Ordinaries of Northern Rhodesia held in Lusaka in April 1945. The attendees included Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap., Prefect Apostolic of Victoria Falls, and Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. For the most part, the conference dealt with issues related to the provision of Catholic education in the country.
Print cuttings showing Capuchin friars who are working as missionaries in Africa. Includes prints of Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Raymond Dillane OFM Cap., Fr. Ultan Weldon OFM Cap., and Br. Gabriel McGillicuddy OFM Cap. (1901-1998). These friars travelled to Northern Rhodesia in 1946. With a print of Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap.
Studio photographic print of (left to right) Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap., Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap. and Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap. in Ireland before their departure for the African mission.
Monsignor Killian Flynn OFM Cap. with religious sisters in a classroom. Original caption reads 'Monsignor Flynn left Lusaka to take up a position in Nairobi in 1951'.
