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Churches, 1841

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Original Correspondence. Church of England Book Society. To the Editors of the Sydney Herald

The Sydney Herald · Monday 9 August 1841 · page 1

GENTLEMEN.—In your paper of to-day I see a notice of a society, called the "Church of England Book Society." If this society has any better claim than any other private book society…

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Original Correspondence. Catholic Church, Norfolk Island

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 10 August 1841 · page 2

The morning beams, as they purple the verge of the glittering horizon beyond the islands of Phillip and Nepean, gild with their saffron light the buildings of this settlement, which is seated on a rich…

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Catholic Church, Norfolk Island. (Continued from our last.)

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1841 · page 2

MR. EDITOR—Thus are the more permanent features of this church described. Yet, before concluding, I would briefly notice some few of the paintings, as they enhance the effect, and cause a…

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Extracts. the Church of Scotland

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 August 1841 · page 4

Tho present position of the Church of Scotland is not understood in England, and sufficient importance has net been attached to the movment there. It is one which involves a…

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English Extracts. Protest of the Dignataries of the Church of England Against Puseyism. (From the Standard.)

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 17 August 1841 · page 3

LORD MORTETH and his master, Mr. O'connell, have, to some extent, succeeded in their attempt to injure the cause of religion, by imputing to the Established Church and to the University…

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St. James's Church

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1841 · page 2

On Sunday last notice was given that the rite of CONFIRMATION, (which was postponed about six weeks ago, in consequence of the prevalence of the Scarlauna,) will be conferred by the…

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Dr. Lang's Church and College

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 19 August 1841 · page 3

THE report of the committee which has been sitting for some time for the purpose of considering the propriety of cancelling the debts due to government by the Scots college and church, and the…

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Catholic Orphans in Van Diemen's Land

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 24 August 1841 · page 2

THE following is a copy of a petition addressed to Sir John Franklin by the Catholics of Hobart Town, and signed also by 166 respectable Protestants. The petition, after undergoing the…

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Sydney Church Yards

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 26 August 1841 · page 2

It is by no means unfrequently that the press, ourselves among the number, have earnestly pointed out to the notice of the superior authorities, the disgraceful state of the…

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Campbelltown Church

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1841 · page 2

ON Tuesday last a solemn high mass was celebrated by the Vicar General, assisted by Deacons Kenny and Grant, in St. John's church, Campbell. town. There were also present the Rev. Messrs…

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Catholic Orphan School

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1841 · page 2

ON Friday last his Excellency the Governor visited this insitution, and remained from ten o'clock, A.M., till twelve, examining with great minuteness and tact the various classes, and the domestic…

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Catholic Institute and SOCIETY for the PROPAGATION of the FAITH

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1841 · page 2

On Sunday evening, after divine service in St. Mary's Cathedral, the usual monthly meetings of the Catholic Institute and the Society for the Propagation of the Faith were held in the school room,…

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The Chronicle. Tuesday, September 7, 1841. Conspiracy to Put Down Catholic Immigration.—public Meetings

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 7 September 1841 · page 2

OUR readers will see by an advertisement in this day's paper that the meeting announced for this evening, for the purpose of considering Dr. though. ton's "Popish plot," has been postponed till this…

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Report From the Committee on the Loans to the Australian College. The Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 15th of June, 1841, with instructions to report the amount due to the Government on account of two loans granted to the trustees of the Scols church, on church Hill, Sydney—the first during the year 1825, in aid of that Church; the se[?] in 1832, in aid of the Australian College; and to suggest such measures as they may deem right and expedient, as [?] with reference to those loans, as to an application dated 24th April, 1841 from the Reverend John Dunmore Lang, D. D. for additional aid from the colonial Treasury towards the completion of the Australians College, after careful investigation of the subject referred these, have agreed to the following Report:—

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 10 September 1841 · page 2

Yours Committee have selected from the voluminous documents laid before them, those which appear most essential; and they have also taken such further evidence as was requisite for the…

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How to Treat a Catholic Bishop

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 11 September 1841 · page 2

We have bitherto abstained from alluding to the unworthy treatment experienced by the Right Rev. Dr. Hughes at the hands of the authorities of Gibraliar, in expectation of seeing a full statement…

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Church of England

The Sydney Herald · Monday 13 September 1841 · page 2

THE Protestants in the Colony will read with feelings of delight the report of the meeting held in London on the 27th of April last, for the purpose of procuring…

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The Sydney Herald, with Which Is Incorporated the Colonist. Tuesday, September 14, 1841. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Roman Catholic Immigration

The Sydney Herald · Tuesday 14 September 1841 · page 2

WE observe by an advertisement, that a Public Meeting is called for this evening, at the Old Court House, Castlereagh-street, "for the purpose of considering certain…

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The Catholic Meeting

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 16 September 1841 · page 2

As we announced yesterday, this meeting, which took place at the Old Court House, on Tuesday evening, was attended by about two hundred persons: Mr. Surgeon Bland, in the Chair. The…

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Roman Catholic Meeting, on Immigration

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1841 · page 2

A Meeting called by, and chiefly composed of the Roman Catholic Community, was held in the Old Court House, Castlereagh street, on Tuesday evening last (pursuanm to…

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New Zealand. Laying the Foundation Stone of the Metropolitan Church of St. Paul's

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1841 · page 4

The interesting ceremony of laying the Foundation Stone of the Metropolitan Church of St.'Paul's, at Auckland, was performed by Hts Excellency the Governor, on Wednesday…

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