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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1918

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Church Social

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 19 April 1918 · page 5

A social evening in connection with the local Church of England was held in the Empire Hall on Thursday night of last week. There…

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Roman Catholic Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 April 1918 · page 6

VISIT OF ARCHBISHOP KELLY. His Grace, Archbishop Kelly, arrived by train this morning and was met at the station by Very Rev. J. P. Dunne and parishioners. His Grace…

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The Church and Enemy Aliens

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1918 · page 4

At the Easter meeting of the. Church of England, Wollongong, Miss M. Lee moved that for the duration of the war no alien, of criemy birth…

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Presbyterian Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

Sunday was observed as Anzac Day at the Wollongong Presbyterian Church, the Rev. D. McKay Barnet, B.A., preaching both morning and…

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Anzac Sunday. Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

Rev. J. Ward Harrison preached on Sunday morning and evening in the Wollongong Church to largo congregations. His morning subject was…

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Roman Catholic Church. Archbishop Kelly's Visit to Wollongong

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 6

His Grace, Archbishop Kelly, arrived on Friday last in Wollongong. On Sunday he had a very busy day. He celebrated first Mass, when a large…

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Congregational Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

An Anzac commemoration service was held in the Congregational Church on Sunday evening, the Rev. Ernest W. Weymouth officiated. The…

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Church of England

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 3 May 1918 · page 2

Special services were conducted at St. Michael Church on Sunday. The Revs. F. Hall and R. Howard officiated in the morning and the rector…

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Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 10 May 1918 · page 6

The Rev. J Ward Harrison and J. A. Walsh, recently appointed to the local Methodist Circuit, were welcomed at a social gathering held in the…

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Union of Churches

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1918 · page 3

Rev J. E. Carruthers (President of the General Conference of the Methodist Church in Australia), is paying an official visit to Queensland. He is…

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Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 7

The anniversary services of the Wollongong Methodist Church will be celebrated on Sunday next, when the President of the N.S.W…

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Wollongong Methodist Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 14

The anniversary services will be held on Sunday next, when the preacher will be the president of the Conference, Rev. Chpalain Colonel James Green, V.D., C…

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Church of England. Visit of Archbishop Wright

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 31 May 1918 · page 8

His Grace Archbishop Wright arrived in Wollongong on Saturday afternoon and was accorded a welcome at the Parish Hall. It was intended…

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Methodist Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 7 June 1918 · page 4

The Wollongong Methodist Church has just celebrated one of the most successful anniversaries known for some years past. The trustees managed to…

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St. Francis Xavier's Church

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 21 June 1918 · page 4

The Forty Hours Devotion which commenced at St. Francis Xavier Church on Sunday at 11 o'clock Mass attracted large congregations of…

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Methodist Home Mission

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 7

The claims of the backblocks will be brought before the Methodist congregations throughout the Wollongong circuit during the coming week. The Rev. Silas…

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Church of England

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 2

This month a meeting of parishoners was held in the Church of England School Hall for the purpose of selecting the two lay representatives to the…

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Methodist Home Mission

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 4

Rev. S. Bembrick, of Willoughby, has been on a visit to the town and district in the interests of the Home Mission Fund of the Methodist…

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The Methodist Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Friday 26 July 1918 · page 12

The services and addresses in the interests of the Methodist Church Home Missions Fund by the Rev. S. Bembrick were interfered with by the heavy rain…

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The Red Cross Work of the Church

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1918 · page 2

The Rev. Thos. Knox commends the following appeal to our readers:—"In the varied responsibilities that are devolved upon our people, few think of…

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