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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1879

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Christ Church. Kiama

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1879 · page 2

AT the request of the Wardens of this church we publish a letter received by them from the Lord Bishop of Sydney in reference to the Incumbent of the parish, the…

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Courtesy to Visitors at Church. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1879 · page 2

SIR,—As I have occasion to travel pretty frequently through this beautiful district, it falls to my lot at times to visit one or another of the churches or places of…

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District News. Albion Park Roman Catholic Picnic

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 25 March 1879 · page 2

THE above took place ad advertised, and turned out a great success. Although in the morning there was a terrific down-pour of rain, which throatened to spoil the…

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Christ Church Sabbath School Treat

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1879 · page 2

THE annual treat in connection with the above school took place under most favourable circumstances as regards the weather, on Wednesday last. At ten o'clock, the…

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Opening of the New Wesleyan Church, Jamberoo

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1879 · page 2

PURSUANT to previous announcement the opening of the abovenamed church took place on Friday last, 28th[?]ultim[?]. The day was exceedingly fine; a great interest was…

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Roman Catholic Picnic

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1879 · page 2

A Picnic in aid of the funds of the now Roman Catholic Church, Jamberoo, was held on the Blowhole Point, Kiama, on Easter Monday, and notwithstanding the…

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St. Michael's Church. Easter Vestry Meeting

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 22 April 1879 · page 2

On Tuesday last, the annual vestry meeting connected with St. Michael's Church took place in the schoolroom, the attendance being meagre. The Rev. Dean Ewing, on taking the chair,…

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District News. Broughton Creek. Anglican Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 3 June 1879 · page 2

THE annual festival of this church was held on the 24th instant, Queen's Birthday. The day chosen was most propitious for feasting and enjoyment, A clear…

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Osborne Memorial Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 17 June 1879 · page 2

OSBORNE MEMORIAL CHURCH.—We learn that the tender of a Sydney contractor has been accepted for the stone and brick work of the Church to be erected at Dapto by…

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The Jubilee of Catholic Emancipation

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 4

A CORRESPONDENT writes:—"Easter Sunday was the jubilee of Catholic emancipation. It was on the 13th of April,1829, that King George IV signed the Act of…

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The Church of England at Bulli

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 8 July 1879 · page 2

A most successful tea meeting and concert in aid of the erection of a Church of England at at Bulli, took place in the School of Arts, Woonona, on Friday evening last. The night,…

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Church Burned

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1879 · page 4

On Sunday afternoon last, between 4 and 5 o'clock, the Wesloyan Church at Marshall Mount was burned to the ground. Just before the occurrence the chimney of the…

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The Late Mr. Richard Kenna and the Roman Catholic Church

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 29 July 1879 · page 4

As the act of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, in refusing Christian burial to the late Mr. Richard Kenna, on account of the latter having two sons at…

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Original Correspondence. The Roman Catholic Bishop's Pastoral Letter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 5 August 1879 · page 2

SIR,—It is plain now, that the case of Mr. Kenna is not as was supposed, an isolated act of harshness on the part of the R. C. Bishop of Bathurst to one of his people,…

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Roman Catholic Pastoral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

WE (S. M. Herald) have received from his Grace Archbishop Vaughan the following Pastoral Letter, addressed to the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic…

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The Roman Catholic Pastoral

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from the S. M. Herald's Goulburn correspondent on Wednesday says :—At the close of the lecture last night delivered by the Rev. Mr. Studd, of the…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 4

A CONFERENCE on the subject of the proposed Sustentation Fund was held yesterday in St. Andrew's Church. Amongst those present we noticed the Hon. S. D…

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"The Catholic Conscience" and Religious Political Liberty

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 22 August 1879 · page 2

If we were to say to our Roman Catholic fellow-citizens "Do you really wish that we should sub-ordinate the civil jurisdiction of this country to the Court of Rome!" they would say, "Certainly…

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A Roman Catholic Priest Drowned

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 2

About 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the residents of Queanbeyan were startled by the intelligence that the body of Father M'Auliffe, the priest in charge of the Queanbeyan district, had…

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MISCELLANEOUS. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland on Education

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Tamworth to the Herald on Monday last says:—Dr. Murray, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland, delivered an important address on,…

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