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Churches, 1842

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Catholic Institute and Society for the Propagation of the Faith

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 8 November 1842 · page 2

On Sunday evening the usual monthly meeting of the above societies was held in the School-room, Castlereagh-street, the Very Rev. F. Murphy, Vicar General, in the chair…

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Fourth Annual Meeting of the Catholic Institute of Great Britain, held at Freemason's Hall, Great Queen-street, on Tuesday, the 7th day of June, 1842. (Concluded.)

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 8 November 1842 · page 4

Francis Macdonell, Esq., moved the sixth resolution, which was merely the routine vote of thanks to the office bearers. I hold it (said the hon. gentleman) as a high honour to be allowed to take…

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The Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1842 · page 3

The least [?]rf of hallowed globe is w[?] God [?] of more va[?] than all the champaign of common posse[?]ion.—[?] TAYLOR. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald…

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Notice of the Establishment of the Catholic Religion in the United States

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 12 November 1842 · page 4

The following interesting particulars, relating to the establishment of the Catholic religion in the United States, are selected from the old French M.S. preserved in the library of the Archbishop of…

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English Extracts State of the Greek Russian Church

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 17 November 1842 · page 4

We are indebted to our excellent French contemporary, the Univers, for calling our attention to a very interesting document, which appeared originally in the Catholique de Spire, and has been drawn up…

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Catholic Soldiers in India

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1842 · page 4

We have received the following correspondence, and we hope most earnestly that the practice as described by Sir Jasper Nicolls is the practice which is to be followed hereafter. We shall care little…

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Congregational Church, New Town. Van Dieman's Land

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 19 November 1842 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon, at four o'clock, a large number of persons were assembled on the ground to witness the ceremony, of laying the foundation-stone of the above…

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Church Rates

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 23 November 1842 · page 626

On Thursday Sir John Easthope submitted a motion for the abolition of Church rates -- one of the many grievances entailed upon England by a dominant Church. The sum collected annually is…

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Persecution of the Catholic Church in Russia

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 24 November 1842 · page 4

A few weeks ago we laid before the readers of the Tablet a general view of the constitution of the "national church" of Russia, the most glaring, the most lamentable system of imposture which, with…

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The Catholic Church in America

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 26 November 1842 · page 4

Had our contemporary the Presbyterian made the subjoined announcement, which we clip from his columns, in anything like courteous language, we should have felt called upon to tender our thanks for…

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German Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton Bay

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 3 December 1842 · page 3

Observations made on a Journey to the Bunya Bunya Tree Country, from the 1st to the 18th of June, 1842, by the Rev. W. Schmidt. Wednesday, June 1.--The brethren Nigne, Rode,…

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Catholic Institute and SOCIETY for the PROPAGATION of the FAITH

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 6 December 1842 · page 2

On Sunday evening the usual monthly meeting of the above societies was held in the schoolroom, Castlereagh-street, the Very Rev. F. Murphy, Vicar General, in the chair…

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Review. a Letter to the Hon. and Rev. George Spencer, on the Oxford Movement in the United States. By Americo-Catholicus, formerly a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York. Casserly and Son: 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 6 December 1842 · page 4

The object of the writer of this letter, the opening and concluding passages of which are delightful and touching descriptions of family life, is to show that what is called the Oxford movement would lead any…

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English News. Church of Scotland. House of Lords, Tuesday, August 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1842 · page 4

REV. JOHN FERGUSON AND SEVEN OTHER MINISTERS, AND ANDREW MORRISON AND TWO OTHERS, ELDERS, FORMING THE PRESBYTERY OF AUCHTERARDER,…

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German Mission to the Aborigines at Moreton Bay. Observations, made on a Journey to the Bunya Bunya Tree Country, from the 1st to the 18th of June, 1842, by the Rev. W. Schmidt. (Continued From Our Last.)

The Colonial Observer · Wednesday 7 December 1842 · page 662

We endeavoured to encourage them especially by directing their eyes and hearts unto God, our Guide and Almighty Protector, in Whose communion and fellowship we…

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Voluntary and State Churches Compared

The Colonial Observer · Saturday 10 December 1842 · page 6

Within the last few weeks we have received from Europe an account of the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, held in Edinburgh,…

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German Mission, Moreton Bay. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 December 1842 · page 3

GENTLEMNE,—Having recently visited Moreton Bay, and particularly those, parts where the German Missionaries are labouring among the blacks, I feel it a duty to make known as…

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Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 December 1842 · page 4

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, 12th December, 1842. The following descriptions of Grants of Land and Town Allotments which have, at various periods, been appropriated to…

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Domestic Intelligence. German Mission to the Aborigines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 December 1842 · page 2

YESTERDAY evening, a meeting in support of the German Mission to the Aborigines was held at the Mechanics' School of Arts, and notwithstanding the unfavourable weather,…

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REVIEW. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple. By Charles G. Addison, Esq., of the Inner Temple. London: Longmans. 1842

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 17 December 1842 · page 4

In the East, on the southern confines of Europe and Asia, there is—so modern travellers inform us—the remains of a very old tradition that Europe and the west was once inhabited by a race of men who,…

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