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Mid North Coast · Churches

Churches, 1891

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Mr. Gladstone and Catholic Disabilities. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 6 February 1891 · page 4

Gladstone's Bill to remove the disabilities of Roman Catholics to hold offices as Lord Chancellor of England, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, has…

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Freemason and Catholic. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 11 February 1891 · page 2

The Bishop of Sandhurst says in a pastoral letter read on Sunday last, that no one can become a Freemason and continue a Catholic…

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Disestablishment of the English Church. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 2

A proposal for the disestablishment of the Church of England and Wales was rejected in the House of Commons by the narrow majority of 32. Mr…

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Catholic Clergy and Parnell Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 5

The Roman Catholic Bishops of Australia have carried a resolution declining to recognise any delegates coming to the colonies until party differences…

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Presbyterian Churches Uniting. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 8 May 1891 · page 4

A union is proposed between the Presbyterian Churches of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania, to be called the Southern United Church…

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Church of England Meeting

Macleay Argus · Friday 22 May 1891 · page 4

A representative meeting of members of the Church of England was held at All Saints Church, West Kempsey, on Tuesday evening, May…

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Presbyterian

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 5

A SOCIAL meeting was held in connection with the Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening last, and despite the very unfavorable state of the weather the attendance…

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Smithtown Church of England. Sunday School Picnic

Macleay Argus · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 4

This picnic, which had been postponed owing to continued rain, was held on Monday last, on the reserve opposite Gladstone. Owing to the…

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The Temperance Mission

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 14 July 1891 · page 3

Mr. Crabb lecturer to the Grand Lodge of Good Templars opened out in Kempsey on Saturday night to a somewhat sparse audience. The…

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Opening a Catholic Bazaar. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 4

Cardinal Moran opened a bazaar yesterday at Rockdale Town Hall in aid of the Roman Catholic churches in the Illawarra district…

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Roman Catholic Synod and Amusements for Church Purposes. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 August 1891 · page 4

Balls, dancing, and amusements for charitable and religious purposes are to be discountenanced by the Roman Catholic Diocesan Synod. The Synod…

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Roman Catholic Reforms

Macleay Argus · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 3

The following extracts are taken from the late clerical Diocesan Synod of Sydney, held at St. Patrick's College, Manly, and issued last week: --…

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English Training School for Roman Catholic Priests. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 11 September 1891 · page 4

The first seminary for training Roman Catholic priests in England since the Reformation, has been opened in Surrey…

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A Churchwarden's Breach of Promise

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 2

Mr. Under-Sheriff Burchell and a jury have had before them at the Middlesex Court, England, the case of Taplin v. Lowry. It was a case remitted from the High Court…

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Is the Church of England Going Homeward. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 2

The Bishop of Grafton lectured last night on "Is the Church of England going Romeward."…

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Sydney Church Union Festival. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 5

The Sydney Church Union Festival took place at Christ Church on Wednesday. The Bishop of Armidale and Grafton preached…

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The Anglican Synod. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 4

Canon Selwyn's amendendment for the election of a primate has been accepted by the Anglican Synod…

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Church of England Bazaar and Fancy Fair

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 2

A meeting of the Ladies Committee in connection with the above, was held at the Theatre Royal on Monday last. There were present Mesdames Basch,…

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Ecumenical Methodist Conference. London

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 4

It is believed that the next ecumenical Methodist conference will be in Australia…

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Wesleyan Church B[?]

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 5

OWNING to the unavoidable postponements, liard times, and a hundred and one other causes to militate against, it, it was thought that the bazaar so ably initiated by…

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