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Churches, 1841

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Church Extension

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 2 January 1841 · page 2

The question of church extension is, under some shape or other, the grand question of questions of the present day. Nothing can surpass in importance the bringing under right spiritual guidance the…

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Church Extension

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 7 January 1841 · page 4

We have taken, as the reader will see, by no means the worst case. In thirty-five parishes in the archdeaconry of Creighton, with a population of 181,405 souls, they have not left one single free…

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English Catholic Intelligence

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 9 January 1841 · page 2

Mr. A. L. Phillips had fifty-one converts baptized in his new church last Easter. Mr. Pugin has been congratulated by the Vicar of Jesus Christ on his zealous exertions in behalf of…

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Domestic Intelligence. Australian Church of Scotland Society

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 9 January 1841 · page 2

On Thursday evening a numerous and highly respectable meeting assembled in St. Andrew's Church, for the purpose of moving a series of resolutions connected with the formation of this…

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Speech of Mr. O'connell on Church Extension

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 12 January 1841 · page 1

Mr. O'Connell could not allow this question to go to a division without protesting against the speech of the hon. baronet, the member for the university of Oxford. It was a speech that had two faults—…

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Catholicism in India. Formation of the Bengal Catholic Institude

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 14 January 1841 · page 4

A select number of the Catholics of this city was convened at St. Xavier's College, on Friday, the 28th ultimo, to carry into execution the powers with which the Rev. Mr. Chadwick had been invested, to form…

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Church of Australia

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 23 January 1841 · page 2

WE have to congratulate the Catholic community upon the arrival of a valuable addition to our ecclesiastical establishment, in the person of the Reverend Mr. Benson. Mr. Benson is destined…

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New Zealand—church of England

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 28 January 1841 · page 3

W[?] recently mentioned that the friends of [?]he Church of England were actively em[?]loyed at Home in providing religious in[?]uction for New Zealand. The…

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Domestic Intelligence. New Parish Road

The Sydney Herald · Friday 29 January 1841 · page 2

Yesterday, pursuant to advertisement, a public meeting of the landed proprietors interested in the "Old Botany Road," for the election of trustees, was held at the Police…

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The Church of Scotland and Law of the Land. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Friday 29 January 1841 · page 2

SIR.—In your paper of to-day, under heading "Defiian[?]e of the Law of the Land give some extracts relative to the present tion and struggles of the Church of S[?]…

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Original Correspondence. St. James's Church. To the Editor of Ihe Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 30 January 1841 · page 3

SIR,—The friends of the late Rev. R. Hill me indebted to you for the notice you have taken of the act of the churchwardens of St. James's, in displacing, without any authority,…

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Original Correspondence. St. James's Church. To the Editor of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 1 February 1841 · page 2

Sir,—In reference to a paragraph in your paper of this day, relating to the leblet erected in St. James's Church to the late Rev. Richard Hill, I beg to inform you that the tablet was taken down…

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Catholic Orphans

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 2 February 1841 · page 2

THE instructions given to Sir George Gipps by Lord John Russell, relative to education, has led us to make some enquiries as the number of Catholic children that are at present in the various Protestant…

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Roman Catholic Penances.— Hearne v. STOWELL

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1841 · page 2

IN this extraordinary trial it would appear that we have practical proof of the doctrine of keeping no faith with heretics, though this was expressly disclaimed to…

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Advance Australia. Sydney Gazette. Tuesday, February 2, 1841. Parramatta—The Church

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1841 · page 2

Many of our readers are probably aware, that it has been in contemplation for a considerable time, to erect a Church on the northern side of the fast increasing town of Parramatta…

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To the inhabitants of the Parish of Corbridge

The Temperance Advocate and Australasian Commercial and Agricultural Intelligencer · Wednesday 3 February 1841 · page 6

MY BRETHREN,--We are informed in Holy Scripture, that drunkards are amongst those most certainly excluded from the kingdom of heaven ; we are informed by reason, that…

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He Catholic Institute.—organization and Registration of the Roman Catholics

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 4 February 1841 · page 4

Monday evening a special general meeting of the members of the Lincoln's Inn Fields Auxiliary Catholic Institue, was held at the Freemason's Tavern, Great Queen-street, for the purpose of…

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Varieties. Scotland. Conservatism of the Church. (From the Inverness Herald.)

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 4 February 1841 · page 4

We observe that there is an attempt being made by several of our contemporaries to reconcile the people of Scotland to that party among the Conservatives who are hostile to the…

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Original Correspondence. the Church in Danger. "I must use hard language, as the papists are fearfully increasing."—Sydney Pupil

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 4 February 1841 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—I was asked yesterday, by an acquaintance, if Roman Catholics were prohibited by their church from joining in service with other persuasions? I answered they were. He said his…

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Catholic Institute

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 9 February 1841 · page 3

On Sunday evening the usual monthly meeting of the Catholic Institute and the Society for the Propagation of the Faith was held in the schoolroom, Castlereagh-street. The attendance was very…

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