File 4 - African Mission Album of Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap.

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IE CA AMI/2/10/1/4

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African Mission Album of Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap.

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  • c.1948-1965 (Creation)

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12 pp; 34 cm x 26 cm; Bound volume; Black and white print

Name of creator

(18 October 1915-13 August 2005)

Biographical history

Baptismal name: Daniel Hayes
Religious name: Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 18 Oct. 1915
Place of birth: Moycarkey, County Tipperary (Diocese of Cashel)
Name of father: James Hayes (Farmer)
Name of mother: Margaret Hayes (née O’Brien)
Date of parents’ marriage: 23 Feb. 1914
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 26 Oct. 1934
Date of first profession: 27 Oct. 1935
Date of final profession: 27 Oct. 1938
Date of ordination (as a priest): 29 June 1943
Educational attainments: BA (1939)
Missionary activities: Travelled to Barotseland, Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia), on 10 Feb. 1945. Returned to Ireland in 1973.
Date of death: 13 Aug. 2005
Place of death: Kilkenny
Place of burial: Foulkstown Cemetery, County Kilkenny

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Photographic album of Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005). The album contains un-captioned black and white photographic prints. Fr. Albert was resident in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) from 1945-67. The volume contains captioned prints relating to Fr. Albert’s ministry in the country including:
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with first communicants in Livingstone.
• Interior views of the High Altar and Sanctuary of St. Theresa’s Church, Livingstone.
• An aerial view of St. Theresa’s Church and the surrounding suburbs of Livingstone.
• Views of Victoria Falls, Northern Rhodesia.
• Altar servers.
• Excursion trips for Altar servers.
• First Holy Communion Day in Livingstone in 1948 and 1952. The names of the parents and children are given in captions.
• The wedding of Mr and Mrs Butcher in Livingstone.
• Fr. Albert Hayes OFM Cap. (1915-2005) with African religious sisters at an air-strip in Northern Rhodesia.

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The front cover is detached from the volume and the individual pages are loose. Many of the prints are also detached from the volume pages.

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