The Irish Capuchins in Zambia
Chapter 24 of The Irish Capuchins: Record of a Centenary 1885-1985, Shaw, Nessan (Ed.), Capuchin Publications, Dublin, pp.200-206
Capuchin Saints and Blesseds
Short biographies of the ninety-one friars whom the church then recognized by the titles of Saint or Blessed.
Oracles Of God – A Review
A review of Oracles of God: the Roman Catholic Church and Irish Politics, by Patrick Murray.
Father Theobald Mathew OFM Cap, Apostle of Temperance 1790-1856
A brief biography of the Irish temperance reformer, Fr Theobald Mathew.
A Century of Martyrs
More people died for the Christian faith in the twentieth century than in any other century of the Church’s history.
James Connolly a Communist?
Despite lavish praise, it is very doubtful that James Connolly went as far as Marx did in his theories of Socialism.
Pearse and Property
The leader of the 1916 Rising believed that the resources of the nation should belong to the people.
Shangombo – A Blessed Refuge
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.
Property in Ireland in the Nineteenth Century
In nineteenth century Ireland there were two currents of thought on the subject of property: those held on the one hand by the wealthy landed classes and on the other by the Irish Nationalist tradition.
Zambezi Mission – A History of the Capuchins in Zambia, 1931-1981
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.