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Illawarra · Churches

Churches, 1953

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Enlargements to Church

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 1

Work has begun upon the enlargements to St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church, Port Kembla…

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Albion Park's First Methodist Church

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 26

Albion Park's first Methodist Church, erected at a cost of £2870, was officially opened and dedicated on Saturday afternoon by the Property Secretary, of the Australasian Methodist Conference (Rev. R. H. Doust)…

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Jolly Time At Church Social

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 5

One of the jolliest evenings, ever held at the Wollongong Presbyterian Church Hall took place on…

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Delay With Church St. Drain

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 8

"Some time will elapse" before the council can fix the Church Street drain, the City Engineer (Mr…

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News From the Churches Methodist

Kiama Independent · Saturday 18 April 1953 · page 4

The Easter Endeavour Camp with its influx of considerably over a hundred young women and men, whose enthusiasm and singing…

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Seventy Dozen Pink Blooms Decorate Church For Wedding

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 April 1953 · page 8

Over seventy dozen pink dahlias and other blooms decorated the Wollongong Congregational Church for the recent marriage of Miss Margaret Evelyn Dawes and Mr. Walter Henry Parsons…

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Churchill's Advice Could Have Averted Gallipoli

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.—Australian troops might never had had to fight at Gallipoli and the Dardanelles if the British had followed the advice of Winston…

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New Presbyterian Minister Inducted at Kiama Service

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 3

The new Presbyterian Minister for Kiama, the Rev. Alexander Fraser Meldrum, was inducted at the Scots Church on Thursday at a service attended by a large congregation…

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"The Church and the Worker"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1953 · page 8

An address on the subject, "The Church and the Worker," will be given by the President of the…

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Methodist Church Gaily Decoraled For Marriage

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 26

The old and impressive Methodist Church at Wollongong was gaily decorated with gladioli, carnations. Easier daisies, dahlias and fernery for the recent marriage of…

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"The Church and The Worker"

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 1

This address of outstanding importance to men will be given by the President of the Labor Council of New South wales…

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Noted Churchmen At Congregational M'tgs In Wollongong

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 April 1953 · page 15

At the half-yearly assembly of the Congregational Union of N.S.W, to be held in Wollongong Congregational Church on…

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"People Turning Wistfully Back to Church"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—People were realising thai our way of life is not satisfying and "are turning almost wistfully back to the Church," Rev. Alan Walker…

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Churchill Not Leaving Initiative To U.S.

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 24 April 1953 · page 3

LONDON, Thurs—Prime Minister Winston Churchill has rebutted suggestions in the House of Commons that…

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News From the Churches Church of England

Kiama Independent · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 5

The Rev. Maungaloa, the Tongan Minister whose visit was much enjoyed recently, is coming to the district again this Sunday when he…

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St. Andrew's Church

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1953 · page 2

The preacher at evening service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wollongong, on Sunday evening…

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"Little Activity By Church To Combat Communism"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 5

The Church had done very little to combat the menace of Communism in Australia, the President of the N.S.W. labour Council (Mr. J. Shortell) said in Wollongong yesterday…

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The Church and the Worker

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 27 April 1953 · page 1

Prominent Australian Trade Union leader, Mr. J. H. Shortell, in a challenging address at Wollongong yesterday, said the Church must, if necessary, go to the worker and not wait for him to come to the church…

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Maltese Attend Mission and Mass

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 30 April 1953 · page 14

The Maltese community on the South Coast attended a three-day Mission for Maltese, which was held in St. Francis Xaviers…

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Lack of Knowledge of Own Faith Is Church's Weakness

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 1 May 1953 · page 3

"People today don't read the Bible. Instead they read the 'Readers' Digesty', Rev. George Woolcock, of Pitt St. Congregational Church, said in Wollongong…

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