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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1950

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Church Drift To Be Attacked

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 April 1950 · page 5

Statistics showed that 400,000 Presbyterians were "adrift" from the church in Australia, said Rev. Trafford Walker, at…

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Catholic Ball Debutantes

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 11

Top left: Debs waiting to be presented to the Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. Dr. Toohey) at the Young Catholic Workers' National Catholic Girls' Movement Ball at the City Hall last night. Below left: Rosaline EH being presented to Dr. Toohey. Top, right: Rehearsing a scene from "Our Miss Gibbs," to be presented by the Colin Chapman Dramatic Art Club on April 26 at the City Hall. At rear: Harry Marter (Timothy Gibbs), Molly Sheargoid (Mary Gibbs) and, in front, Roma Young (Lady Thanet) and Beryl Boardman (The boys who attended the Y.M.C.A. Boys' Cricket Union wind-up social last night: John Wallace, Ron Lane and Warren Cook. Centre: A. Adamson…

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To Conduct Mission at Cathedral

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 9

The Bishop of Adelaide (the. Rt. Rev. Dr. Bryan Robin) will arrive in Newcastle on April 28 to conduct a mission at Christ…

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Catholic Ball at City Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

The Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. Dr. Toohey) greeting Diane Attfield, flower girl, at the Young Catholic Workers National Catholic Girls' Movement Ball at the City Hall last night…

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Catholic Social Justice Forum Next

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

The Catholic Social Justice Forum will commence in Newcastle next Sunday at 3 p.m. when the Bishop of Maitland…

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Minister To Dig For Gold In Churchyard

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Wedderburn's gold fever has gripped the Presbyterian Miniter (the Rev. McIntosh Brown) and he will dig in his own churchyard. Any gold dug up, though, is…

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Homes Campaign for Anglican Diocesan Mission

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

An intensive home-visiting campaign was opened by 10 Anglican clergymen this week in connection with the…

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Procession To Open Catholic Forum

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

Patients at the Mater Misericordiac Hospital, Waratah, have been making paper flowers in white and gold to decorate a statue of the…

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Scot Gets Fever For Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Wedderburn's Presbyterian minister has been gripped by the town's gold fever and has begun to dig…

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Mission at Hamilton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 6

Apostle Roscoe E. Davey. international missioner, will begin a three weeks' mission at the Saints' Church, Tudor-street. Hamilton,…

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Methodist Deaconess For Mayfield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 6

Miss Lorna McLeod, appointed by the New South Wales Methodist conference as a deaconess of the Methodist circuit of Mayfield, is the first deaconess to work in Newcastle…

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Calwell Attacks Churchmen On White Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. Calwell, M.H.R., former Minister for Immigration, to-day accused leading churchmen of attempting to…

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Mothers' Club At Methodist Church

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 9

A Mothers' Club has been formed at Merewether Central Methodist Church to equip a special department for pre…

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5 Appointments To Methodist Church Circuits

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

Five new ministerial appointments had been made to the Newcastle district and one to Wyong, the Chairman of the Newcastle…

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Children in Catholic Procession

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

Some of the Children of Mary and others who took part in a procession at Newcastle Showground yesterday to inaugurate…

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Blind Bowlers Welcomed Catholic Procession

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 7

Exceptional skill was shown by a party of blind bowlers, members of the Sydney Blinded Soldiers' Club, in their game at National Park on Saturday. Top left: Albert Gardiner blows a whistle to give direction to a sightless bowler. Centre top: The Lord Mayor (Aid. Quinlan) welcoming the players on the green, from left: F. Tarrant, A. Adam, D. Redgate, J. Eastman, T. Coles, H. Cooper and W. Strachan. Below left: S. Silcock bowling during the match. Top right: Jean Jacques, Winn's standard bearer in the basketball parade on Saturday. Below right: Girls waiting for the judging of the 110 teams who competed in the march. The winner was Cook's Hill. Centre: More than [?]000 Roman Catholics took part in the service and procession at…

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15,000 Present At Catholic Service At Showground

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 3

A congregation estimated at 15,000 attended a Catholic service at Broadmeadow Show Ground yesterday afternoon…

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Church Renovated At Wallsend

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 5

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wallsend, which has been renovated, will be reopened with a dedication service at 4.30 p.m. on…

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Bomb-Damaged London Churches Under Repair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 4

Only seven of the City of London's 46 churches—all either damaged or destroyed by enemy action—are being repaired…

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Communism Attacked At Catholic Forum

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 5

"Communism is the most insincer e, corrupt and hypocritical thing the world has ever known," said Rev. Fath er John Leonard at the Newcastle City Hall last night, when he delivered th e opening address for the Catholic Social Justice Forum…

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