Abstract/Sommario: Franz Mayr (born in 1865) was ordained priest in 1888: and he felt a call to become a missionary and work among the Zulu people in the former British colony of Natal (in present-day South Africa). He was put in charge of the first Catholic Zulu Mission in Pietermaritzburg in 1895 and he remained in Natal until 1909, during which time he founded several mission stations throughout the colony and assisted other priests in their work in places such as Oakford and Umisinsini. In 1909 Mayr ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Franz Mayr (born in 1865) was ordained priest in 1888: and he felt a call to become a missionary and work among the Zulu people in the former British colony of Natal (in present-day South Africa). He was put in charge of the first Catholic Zulu Mission in Pietermaritzburg in 1895 and he remained in Natal until 1909, during which time he founded several mission stations throughout the colony and assisted other priests in their work in places such as Oakford and Umisinsini. In 1909 Mayr was asked by the Missionaries of Mariannhill, as the Trappist were known from that time, to reopen a mission field in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe). Mayr and the Tyrolean Servites in 1913 started the first Catholic mission in the tiny African monarchy of Swaziland. In 1914, while travelling alone, he was killed by a young Swazi for robbery. During his missionary work in South Africa he studied the natives' languages, and also taught them to young missionaries. He was also interested in music ethnology, ethnobotanic and photography. The Herbarium of the University of Natal holds Mayr's hundred-years-old ethnobotanical collection of medicinal plants, which he meticulously catalogued in both Latin and Zulu. In South Rhodesia he collected tools, traditional clothes and weapons, part of which are now collected in the Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg. Apart from his missionary work, Mayr also found time to write some books, such as 'Zulu Semplified' a grammar first published in 1899, and other books. Though Mayr was not the first to produce Zulu recordings, his are some of the earliest sound documents made in that language. His recordings were originally made on wax cylinders and later copied to discs, so-called Phonogramme, kept in the former Imperial Academy of Science in Vienna
Abstract/Sommario: The Congregation of the Holy Cross, a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1837 in France, provided missionaries to foreign lands almost from the outset. In 1840, religious were sent to Algiers; one year later others were sent to Indiana, than to Bengala, West Uganda. Vincent J. McCauley (1906-1982), C.S.C., spent his missionary work both in East Bengala and Africa. The article focuses on his legacy in the promotion of local church and indigenous clergy in East Africa, seen be ...; [Leggi tutto...]
The Congregation of the Holy Cross, a Roman Catholic religious order established in 1837 in France, provided missionaries to foreign lands almost from the outset. In 1840, religious were sent to Algiers; one year later others were sent to Indiana, than to Bengala, West Uganda. Vincent J. McCauley (1906-1982), C.S.C., spent his missionary work both in East Bengala and Africa. The article focuses on his legacy in the promotion of local church and indigenous clergy in East Africa, seen best in his establishment there of educational institutions. He was also Chairman and Secretary General of AMECEA. Not only was he highly regarded for his organizational skills, but he was equally well respected for his advice.