An article titled ‘A brief history of the Holy Family Mission’ from 1943 to 1994 compiled from notes by Br. Andrew O’Shea OFM Cap. The article was published in 'Angelus', 34, no. 10 (Oct. 1996) published by the Congregation of Sisters of the Sacred Name of Jesus in Namibia. The article is illustrated with photographs of Irish Capuchin friars who ministered in the Holy Family Mission in Katima Mulilo including Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Fr. Michael Murphy OFM Cap., Fr. Luke Browne OFM Cap. and Fr. Eugene Mooney OFM Cap. (1934-1998).
Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap., Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap. and other members of the vice-provincial council with Fr. Brendan O’Mahony OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, during the Zambian Capuchin Chapter meeting in St. Dominic’s Seminary in Lusaka.
Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Donatus McNamara OFM Cap., Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. with other friars at a meeting in Malengwa.
35 mm colour slides of photographs taken by Br. Joseph Murphy OFM Cap. (1929-2009). The majority are images of missionary work in Zambia. Br. Joseph ministered in Zambia from 1958-79. Many of the slides relate to the visitation of the mission undertaken by Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. (1923-2004), Provincial Minister, in 1968. The file includes: • Local leprosy patients • Fr. Berard inspecting construction work on mission buildings • Capuchin friars with Irish religious sisters working in Zambia • Fr. Berard Creed OFM Cap. and Fr. Anthony Boran OFM Cap. greeting Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. • Mission churches and residences in Zambia • Friars performing baptisms and celebrating other religious ceremonies with the local populace • Victoria Falls. • Patients undergoing procedures in mission hospitals. • Fr. John Grace OFM Cap. • Sioma Falls • Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap. with Capuchin friars at Dublin Airport awaiting his return journey to Zambia. Several general views of the airport are also extant. The file also includes several non-mission photographs including images of a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Pope Paul VI in St. Peter’s in Rome in September 1970, St. Bonaventure's Hostel in Cork, and several images of family and other relations of Br. Joseph.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter in St. Dominic’s Major Seminary in Lusaka. The group includes Fr. Dermot Lynch OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Owen O’Sullivan OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap. and Fr. John Grace OFM Cap.
Group photograph of Capuchin friars at the Zambian Chapter in Monze. The group includes Fr. Angelus O’Neill OFM Cap., Provincial Minister, Fr. Benedict Cullen OFM Cap., Fr. Philip Baxter OFM Cap., Fr. Noel Brennan OFM Cap., Fr. James Connolly OFM Cap., Fr. Bruno McKnight OFM Cap., and Fr. John Grace OFM Cap.
