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Sydney · Churches

Churches, 1845

161 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9

Church of St. Benedict, a Bercrombie Place, Parramatta Street

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 30 July 1845 · page 2

As the hour of nine approached on Monday last, the time fixed for laying the corner stone of the above church, numerous parties were to be seen wending their way from the several quarters of the…

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Dapto Church. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 July 1845 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—A member of the Church of England wishes to draw your attention, and through the medium of your columns, that of those whom it concerns, to the fact that there…

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Original Correspondence. Dapto Church. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—A letter appeared in your paper of this morning, signed "A Subscriber," expressing disappointment and dissatisfaction that the ceremony of consecration of the church…

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Church Grants

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, August 1, 1845.—The following descriptions of portions of land, which have been appropriated to the purposes of the Roman Catholic Church, as…

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Church Grant

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, August 1, 1845.—The following description of a portion of land, which has been appropriated to the purposes of the Presbyterian Church, as…

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Original Correspondence. The Jolly Churchwarden

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 2 August 1845 · page 3

Oh, what a nice man is the jolly Churchwarden-- With his few easy weaknesses, Which only disposes him sooner to pardon Other folks' petty trespasses…

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Church Grants

The Australian · Tuesday 5 August 1845 · page 4

COLONIAL Secretary's Office, Sydney, August 1, 1845.—The following descriptions of portions of land, which have been appropriated to the purposes of the Roman Catholic Church, as…

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The Church

The Sentinel · Wednesday 6 August 1845 · page 1

While Church Reform is in every body's mouth, and plans and suggestions for effecting it are thrown but in all directions, we marvel greatly that no one has yet had the courage to propose the suppression of the…

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Church Grants

The Sentinel · Wednesday 6 August 1845 · page 3

Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, August 1, 1845.--The following descriptions of portions of land, which have been appropriated to the purposes of the Roman Catholic Church, as hereunder more particularly…

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Government Gazette. Friday, August 1. Church Grants

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 6 August 1845 · page 4

The following descriptions of portions of land which have been appropriated to the purposes of the Roman Catholic Church, as hereunder more particularly mentioned, are published for general…

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The Jolly Churchwarden

The Star and Working Man's Guardian · Friday 8 August 1845 · page 4

Oh, what a nice man is t[?] jolly Churchwarden-- With his few easy weaknesses, Which only disposes him sooner to pardon Other folks' petty trespasses…

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St. Benedict's Church, Abercrombie Place

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 13 August 1845 · page 3

On Sunday evening last, pursuant to announcement, a meeting was held in the school room attached to the above church, for the purpose of forming a society of those persons wishing to co-operate in…

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The Mission of Ireland

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 16 August 1845 · page 4

M. Charles Lenormant, the distinguished professor of history in the University of France, has, in one of the late lectures of his course on the history of the Middle Ages, made a highly…

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Original Correspondence. St. John's Church, Parramatta. To the Editor of the Parramatta Chronicle

Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1845 · page 3

Mr. EDITOR,—Is it founded on truth that the above church is about to be repaired, or that a new roof is to be put on the present walls--and how such repairs had been engaged to be performed without Tenders being…

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Consecration of a Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 August 1845 · page 3

YESTERDAY, the new Church of St. John the Baptist, recently built at Ashfield, midway between Sydney and Parramatta, was consecrated by the Bishop of Australia…

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The Morning Chronicle. Wednesday, August 27, 1845. Persecution of Catholic Soldiers

Morning Chronicle · Wednesday 27 August 1845 · page 2

WE have heard a report which is almost incredible, and to which we are reluctant to give credence; yet as it has reached us through a channel that would seem to…

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Australian Holy Catholic Guild

Morning Chronicle · Saturday 6 September 1845 · page 3

On Sunday last, a numerous meeting of the Brethren of the Hold Guild of St, Mary and St. Joseph was held in the Catholic School-room, Macquarie-street…

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Consecration of Christ Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 September 1845 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the new church in the parish of St. Lawrence, was consecrated in the usual form by the Lord Bishop of Australia. His Lordship was received at the western door…

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The Bokhara Mission

The Australian · Saturday 13 September 1845 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon, a meeting was held in the great room of Exeter-hall, to receive from the Rev. Dr. Wolff, a narrative of his mission to Bokhara, to ascertain the fate of…

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Meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops

The Sentinel · Wednesday 17 September 1845 · page 4

There is every reason to believe that the Roman Catholic prelates will meet in synod on Wednesday next; to take into consideration the question of academical education as propounded by Government…

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