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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Churches

Churches, 1897

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Church of England

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

FESTIVAL, services will be held to-morrow at S. Saviour's Cathedral, Christ Church, and Eastgrove, as elsewhere advertised. There will be three celebrations of holy communion at the Cathedral, the…

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Wesleyan Church

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 2

SPECIAL services will be held on Sunday at 11, 3, and 7 o'clock on account of the Foreign Missionary Society. The preachers will be the Rev. Hy. Worrall and Ratu T. Masau, a Fijian chief. The…

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Christ Church Parish

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

Service was held at the above church last evening (Easter Tuesday), conducted by Canon Pritchard, assisted by the Rev. F. W. McDonnell. There was a large attendance of…

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Roman Catholic

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

THE services at SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral on Easter Sunday were marked by splendour and solemnity. Early masses were celebrated at eight o'clock and half-past nine…

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Presbyterian. S. Andrew's Picnic

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

THE scholars of S. Audrew's Presbyterian Sunday-school were given their annual picnic on Easter Monday last in Mr. Ball's paddock at Eastgrove, and notwithstanding the…

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Church of England. Easter Services

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 2

THE Chief festival in the church's calender was appropriately observed at S. Saviour's Cathedral on Sunday. On Saturday many of the Church-workers were engaged in…

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Christ Church, West Goulburn

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 2

AFTER service at Christ Church on Easter Tuesday evening, conducted by the Rev. Canon Pritchard, assisted by the Rev. F. W. McDonnell, the church. wardens for the ensuing year were chosen, as…

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Wesleyan Church.—Lecture by the Rev. H. Worrall

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 2

THE Wesleyan Church was crowded on Easter Monday evening to hear the Rev. H. Worrall, the Fijian missionary, deliver his lecture on the martyrdom of the Rev. Thomas Baker, one of the pioneer…

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Easter at the Churches. S. Saviour's Cathedral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 3

THE great festival of Easter was observed by well-attended services. There were celebrations of holy communion at 7 and 8 o'clock a.m., the number of communicants, especially at 8 o'clock, being very…

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Ladies' City Mission and Benevolent Society

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

THE monthly meeting was held on Wednesday last. Present, Mesdames A. B. Chisholm, vice-president (in the chair), Gale, Wombey, Barber, Gardiner, and Oliver. A note was…

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Primitive Methodist. Welcome to Rev. E. Crozier

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

A WELCOME was tendered to Rev. E. Crozier, the newly-appointed minister, in the school-room, Lagoon-street, on Tuesday evening. There was a fair attendance. Addresses were…

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Church of England. Church Society

Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

THE half-yearly collections will be made in S. Saviour's Cathedral on Sunday; the preacher at each service will be the Bishop of Riverina. On Tuesday evening the annual…

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St. Clement's Church-- Easter Meeting

The Yass Courier · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening last a meeting of pewholders was held in St. Clement s vestry. Present: Rev. Canon Faunae, Dr. Thane, Mr. Audubon, and Mr. Wood. After waiting some…

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Ladies' City Mission and Benevolent Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 4

THE usual committee meeting of the above was held on Wednesday, 21st instant. The chair was taken by the vice-president, Mrs. A. B. Chisholm There were also present Mesdames Gale, Wombey,…

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Church Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting and social festival of the Church Society of the diocese will be held in the Church Hall on Tuesday evening next. The annual report will be submitted, a short programme…

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Church of England. Church Society

Goulburn Herald · Monday 26 April 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY the half-yearly sermons in aid of the Diocesan Church Society were preached in S. Saviour's Cathedral by the Bishop of Riverion. There were large congregations. The…

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Church Society

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting and social festival of the Church Society will be held in the Church Hall this evening. The Bishop of Goulburn will preside and will address the meeting, and an address will…

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Church of England. Church Society's Annual Meeting

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1897 · page 2

THE annual meeting of the diocesan church society and social festival was held in the Church Hall last evening. The attendance was good…

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Church Society.—annual Festival

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 4

THE annual meeting of the Church Society of the Diocese of Goulburn was held in the Church-hall on Tuesday evening. As is customary on these occasions, the business was sandwiched between items…

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S. Nicholas' Parish

Goulburn Herald · Monday 3 May 1897 · page 2

YESTERDAY Canon Spencer, who leaves for Albury to-morrow night, preached farewell sermons in S. Nicholas' Church morning and evening. There were largo attendances and…

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