Irish Capuchin Missionaries
A brief introduction to the Irish Capuchin missionaries in Zambia.
A brief introduction to the Irish Capuchin missionaries in Zambia.
An interview with Irish lay missionary, Liam Cronin.
Interviews with two Irish lay missionaries, Dr Maeve Bradley and Nell Dillon.
The mission at Sioma in the Western province of Zambia, run by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa, based at Mount Oliver near Dundalk, cares for about 23,000 people. Sisters Julia and Nora, together with a Zambian staff of ten nurses and helpers, work daily miracles of care and economy.
It’s not a household name, but it stands written in the book of life. Shangombo is a small settlement on the border between Angola and Zambia, beside the banks of the Mashi River.
A look at the road ahead for the Capuchin order.
Our world today has need of joy.
We can create a quiet time and place for ourselves each day.
The year 1981 was the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Capuchin mission in Livingstone diocese in Zambia; it was also the centenary of the coming of Jesuit missionaries to the same territory. This book attempts to provide a record of these followers of Saint Francis and of their Jesuit predecessors.
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