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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Churches

Churches, 1951

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Traditional Church Architecture

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 5

The Grundtvig Church in Copenhagen, Denmark, looks like an immense pipe-organ, but the architecture is based on the traditional Danish village church. The church is a memorial to Bishop Grundtivig, father of the Danish folk high schools. It is built entirely of yellow brick. It has a congregation of 40,000 parishioners, the largest parish in Denmark…

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£2000 Fire Damage To Two Churches

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sunday.—Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by fires early to-day in Highbury-street Methodist Church, Prospect,…

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Catholic Youth Ball Debs

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 5

Some of the youthful debutantes who will be presented at the Catholic Youth Ball on Aug. 28. Back row (left to right): A. Kiem, N. Kiscox, H. Ferry, P. Hennessy, P. Grace, B. Galvin, M. Hughes, S. Grace, J. Innes, E. Brown. Front row (left to right): I. Field. R. Askie, M. Scully, M. Perry, P. Field, B Grace. P Dawson. J. Oliver D. McGregor, P. Kiem. Debs to be presented to the Bishop of Newcastle (Right Rev. F. de Witt Batty) at Belmont C…

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Workshop Near Church Not Allowed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 3

There was a danger in allowing "temporary development" on land required for some specific purpose in the master plan, the…

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Methodist Group Holds Concert

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 5

The Park-street (Newcastle) Brotherhood held a concert in the church hall. Community singing was…

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New Church Army Leader In October

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 2

Captain A. W. Batley will take over the leadership of the Church Army in Australia from Captain J. S. Cowland on October 1…

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Churches

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 25 August 1951 · page 5

CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL: Tomorrow the 14th Sunday after Trinity, celebrations of Holy Communion will be at 7 a.m and 8 a.m…

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49 Men Build Church In Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 August 1951 · page 1

Forty-nine men built a church in Arthur-street, South Cardiff, on Saturday. Their progress was— 6.50 a.m.—Work began…

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Churches Aid Road Safety Drive

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 August 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—Churches in Sydney would assist in the State's road-safety campaign, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr…

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Unions 'Stronger Than Churches'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 4

The future of modern society would not be affected by struggles between the Church and State so much as between the State and trade-unions, Professor P. H. Partridge said last…

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Church Move On Secularism

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 29 August 1951 · page 3

Thirteen recommendations submitted to a special session of the Newcastle Church of England Diocesan Synod yesterday aimed at increasing the evangelistic power of the church to enable it to cope…

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Church Services For Legacy Week

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 4

Special commemorative services will be held in all Newcastle and Coalfields churches next Sunday as part of Legacy…

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EDITORIAL Churchmen Take Up A challenge

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 August 1951 · page 6

MEN AND WOMEN of philosophic mind should find food for thought in the deliberations of the Newcastle Church of England Diocesan Synod on the decline in church-going…

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St. Kilda Church Guarded

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 September 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE: Detectives this morning guarded the East St. Hilda Roman Catholic Church,…

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Priest's Concerts Rebuild Church

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

Father Sydney MacEwan, Scottish tenor, who will give a recital in Newcastle on September 13, and Maitland on September 15, has…

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Excuses For Missing Church Poor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 3

People made many poor excuses for not going to church, the Bishop of Newcastle (Right Rev. F. de Witt Batty) said in Newcastle…

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31 Men Finish Church At South Cardiff

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 3

Thirty-one men worked on Saturday to complete the new Church of Christ building at Francis and Arthur Streets, South Cardiff…

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City Mission's Fourth Annual Fair

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 6

THE stage of Wickham Mission Hall was decorated with wistaria and the stalls massed with spring flowers for the…

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Stockton Methodist C.E. Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 4

Rev. R. Page was guest speaker at the anniversary services of Stockton Methodist Christian Endeavour Society…

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Church and State "Not Opposites"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 4

Church and State were not opposites and need not be in opposition, the Bishop of Goulburn (Rt. Rev. E. H. Burgmann) said last night. He was addressing a W.E.A…

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