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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1916

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Roman Catholic Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 5

Large congregations attended each of the three Masses, eight, ten, and eleven o'clock, at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newcastle, yesterday. At eleven…

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Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 5

A sermon appropriate to Easter Sunday was delivered by the Rev. S. Morrison at the Brown-street Congregational Church, Newcastle, and suitable hymns were sung…

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Congregational Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 5

The memorial service at the Brown-street Congregational Church in the evening was well attended. The Rev. S. Morrison, who was the preacher, took for his…

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St. Philip's Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1916 · page 5

A special Anzac in memoriam service was conducted last evening at St. Philip's Presbyterian Church, Watt-street, Newcastle, by Rev. A. Fraser, in the presence…

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District News. Lambton. Lay Methodist Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 2

Anniversary services in connection with the Lay Methodist Church were held on Good Friday and Sunday. Owing to the rain the annual camp meeting, which is…

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Church Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1916 · page 5

At the Newcastle Cathedral to-night, there will be a solemn memorial service for the Australasian soldiers who fell in the service of King and country…

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Presbyterian Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 7

The combined service of the Presbyterian churches was held in the St. Phillip's Church, Newcastle. The front seats were occupied by a detachment of…

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St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 7

Solemn High Mass was celebrated at' St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church by Captain-chaplain Halpin, of the 36th Battalion, the Rev. B. M'Kiernan being the…

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The Church Services. at St. Andrew's and St. Mary's

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 7

At the service held in St. Andrew's Cathedral, the congregation included Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson, the Governor-General, and Lady Helen Munro…

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Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 11

Canon Forster, when making reference in All Saints' Cathedral, Bathurst, recently, to the value of national suffering, said: "Belgium had lost all her…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 11

Since the outbreak of war several home missionaries have been accepted for Y.M.C.A. field service work. The church at Bathurst has been without…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 11

The Rev. M. E. Thompson, M.A., who has been engaged in missionary work in India, is to take up similar work among the Indian coolies In Fiji. He will shortly…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 11

Archbishop Mundelein, of Chicago, intends to found in the western metropolis the largest Catholic theological seminary in the United States…

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Churches of Christ

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1916 · page 11

Statistics recently compiled by the Churches of Christ in Victoria show that those churches number 106 in that State, and the combined membership is 9916, an…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 5

On Wednesday night Captain Chaplain Halpin, Roman Catholic chaplain to the Ninth Brigade, accompanied by the Rev. E. J. Gleeson and the Rev. P. P. Murray,…

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Parade Services. Church of England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 May 1916 · page 5

A Church of England parade service was held on Saturday for the men who left yesterday, there being a celebration of Holy Communion at the camp. Captain…

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Anglican

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

The Dean of Newcastle has sent about sixty letters to parishioners on active service. Mr. C. W. Nicholls, who entered Moore…

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Presbyterian

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

The monthly record of the United Free Church of Scotland for March bings up its 11st of sons of the manse in the forces [?] 611…

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Methodist

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

Mr. D. Weathersall, who is the newly-appointed organiser to the Newcastle Central Mission, was brought up in Otage. New Zealand. He was converted early in…

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Roman Catholic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 12

Archbishop Kelly opened the new wing of St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, on Sunday. The foundation-stone of the new church…

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