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A Bantu translation of an ‘Act of Dedication to the Sacred Heart’ by Fr. Philip Connor OFM Cap. The title reads: ‘Kezo yak u ineela kwa Pilu ye Adoreha ya Jesu’.

Scale: 9 miles to 1 inch
Map of Barotse Province in Northern Rhodesia drawn by A.R. Stevens in 1930. The map shows the area from Balovale to Livingstone. The original key to the map shows the locations of mission stations established by the South African General Mission, the Seventh-Day Adventist Mission, the Plymouth Brethren Mission, and the Paris Evangelical Mission Society. Later endorsements on the map (in pencil) show major roads and railways and the locations of missions and schools founded by the Irish Capuchin friars.

Scale: 47.4 miles to 1 inch
Printed map of Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia, showing the principal districts and the Irish Capuchin mission stations primarily along the Zambezi River including Mongu, Sesheke and Katima Mulilo. The map is probably extracted from a government publication.

Map of mission stations, out-schools in Barotseland primarily located along the Zambezi River. The location of local magistrate buildings and Protestant mission stations and schools is also given. The principal Irish Capuchin stations shown are Sancta Maria (Lukulu), Mongu, Schilli, Mankoya, and Livingstone.

Scale: 1 inch to 500,000 kms
Map of Kafue National Park in the Republic of Zambia. The map was published by the Zambian National Tourist Board in Lusaka.

Copy map showing the approximate locations of primary and secondary schools in south-western Zambia and in the Caprivi Strip. The list includes Katima Mulilo Primary School, Kizito College and Ngweze Secondary School.

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Copy map showing principal settlements and geographic and physical features of the Caprivi Strip bordered to the east by Zambia and to the west by Angola and Botswana. Attention is paid to the locations of mission stations and education establishments including at Katima Mulilo (founded by the Irish Capuchins) which has Mauvluma primary and Negweze schools.

The series contains the correspondence of Irish Capuchin missionary friars chronicling their work in both South Africa and in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia). Much of the correspondence is with Provincial Ministers, Provincial Secretaries and Mission Secretaries and includes letters from overseas’ superiors regarding personnel and administrative matters, health care and education projects, evangelization and ministry, and financial matters. Many of the early letters provide personal accounts of the missionary’s activities with details of their work in the field.

Letters of Fr. Casimir Butler OFM Cap. (1876-1958). The correspondents include: Fr. Edwin Fitzgibbon OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Kieran O’Callaghan OFM Cap.; Fr. Colman Griffin OFM Cap., Provincial Vicar. Most of the correspondence relates to the establishment of missions in South Africa and later in Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia. The subjects include: Fr. Casimir’s first impressions of Cape Province (23 Oct. 1929); the journey to Barotseland (30 May 1930); requesting permission to retain Parow parish (26 Feb. 1931); discussions with Monsignor Bruno Wolnik SJ (1882-1960) to establish a local mission a few miles from Livingstone (16 June 1931); the necessity of wearing a white habit. Fr. Casimir wrote: ‘It is almost impossible to wear brown during the hot weather. The Conventual Fathers at Ndola wear white. The Jesuits wear any old things. I suggest a light cream-coloured habit’ (27 Nov. 1931); the need to speak the language in Barotseland ‘before we can hope to gain the hearts of the natives’. (30 Nov. 1931); on the study of the Lozi language (26 Jan. 1932); suggesting that a foundation be established in Barotseland ‘to which Catholics can look to with pride – a large church and school, sufficient for a fifty-mile area’. (3 May 1932); affirming that ‘mission work in Barotseland is going to be a slow business, the obstacles look insurmountable’. Fr. Casimir added: ‘it is a great consolation to know that it can never become a white man’s country’ (23 May 1932); confirming that the new church at Livingstone will cost £3,500 (6 Sept. 1932); referring to the work of Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. and his father (30 Oct. 1932); arrangements for the impending visitation by Fr. James O’Mahony OFM Cap. (3 Dec. 1934); the activities of the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society. (18 Dec. 1934); Fr. Casimir’s arrangements to travel to Ireland via Marseilles on-board the Italian ship, SS 'Giulio Cesare' (5 May 1938). References are also made to the following Capuchin friars: Fr. Oliver O’Hanlon OFM Cap.; Fr. Killian Flynn OFM Cap.; Fr. Seraphin Nesdale OFM Cap.; Fr. Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.; Fr. Declan McFadden OFM Cap. The file includes a letter from Fr. C. C. Martindale SJ to Fr. Cuthbert McCann OFM Cap. offering to collect £100 for Fr. Casimir’s missionary work in Barotseland (16 June 1931).