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Brady, Conor, 1923-1993, Capuchin priest
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The Irish Capuchins in Zambia

The Irish Capuchins in Zambia

Photographic prints compiled for an article by Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. (1902-1979) titled ‘The Irish Capuchins in Cape Town and Zambia / from virgin mission territory to diocese’, published in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1975). The file includes images of Capuchin friars, Franciscan Missionary Sisters, hospitals, clinics and schools established by religious congregations, and locals availing of care and education at these establishments. The file includes the following images:

• The official opening of Mongu Training College, Zambia, in 1970.
• St Francis Mission, Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish Christian Brothers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Classroom block, St. John’s College, Mongu, Zambia.
• Irish, French and African teachers in Mongu, Zambia.
• Doctor O’Connor ministering to three women suffering with leprosy at St. Joseph’s Mission, Mangango, Zambia.
• African Franciscan Missionary Sisters with Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Sisters teaching African children in an open-air class in Basutoland (later Lesotho).
• Bishop O’Shea saying the rosary at a leper grotto in Mangango.
• Group of secondary school girls at Malengwa.
• Blessing of a new church at Shimano near Mangango Mission, Zambia. The print shows Fr. Benignus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Dermot Duffy OFM Cap. and Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap.
• Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) at the grave of Fr. Gerard Joyce OFM Cap. (d. 12 July 1944) in Sihole.
• President Kenneth Kaunda at the opening of Sesheke Hospital, Zambia.
Note: See also Introduction and Guide to the Papers of the Irish Capuchin Missions in Africa

O’Shea, Timothy Phelim, 1902-1979, Capuchin priest

Missionary Photographs of Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap.

Photographic prints assembled by Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. relating to his missionary work in Zambia. Most of the prints have been annotated:
Fr. Michael with local children at Langa, Cape Town, South Africa on 23 Nov. 1966.
Fr. Michael celebrating mass at a temporary church in the bushland around Kashembe on 3 Apr. 1970.
Fr. Michael at Malengwa, Mongu, Zambia.
Fr. Michael with local children in Livingstone in 1967.
Fr. Michael with Litunga Mwanawina, Paramount Chief, in Limulunga in Mar. 1968. The group also includes Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap., Fr. Connor Brady OFM Cap. (1923-1993) and two Christian Brothers.
The blessing of the church at Namboata on 24 Sept. 1972.
Fr. Michael with Fr. Jim Cleary OFM Cap. at Santa Ines Mission in California on 23 Aug. 1987.

Group at Limulunga

Ng’ambela Imwaka, Fr. Brian Browne OFM Cap., Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap., Br. Casey CBS, Mbikusita Lewanika II (Litunga or Paramount Chief of the Lozi people), Fr. Macartan Hyland OFM Cap., Br. Wiley CBS, Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap. The Christian Brothers took over St. John’s in Mongu in 1967.

Capuchin Retreat

A group of Capuchin friars on a retreat with the Most Rev. James Corboy SJ, Bishop of Monze, in Malengwa. The group includes Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Br. Declan O’Callaghan OFM Cap., Fr. Vianney Holmes OFM Cap., Br. Fergus Buckley OFM Cap., Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Connor OFM Cap., Fr. George O’Connor OFM Cap., Fr. Patrick Lynch OFM Cap., Fr. Bernard Cronin OFM Cap., Br. Xavier Cox OFM Cap. Fr. Conor Brady OFM Cap., Br. Raphael Maliti OFM Cap., and Br. Hugh Davis OFM Cap.