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Churches, 1851

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[?] Extracts. Will England Ever Be Catholic Country?

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 May 1851 · page 4

Whatever may be the reply which a man would give to the above question, few will be found to deny its almost unparalleled importance, Few will also be found who will…

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The Papal Rescript, and the Catholic Aristocracy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 15 May 1851 · page 6

It cannot, it will be easily imagined, be other than a painful task to a Catholic journalist to animadvert upon the conduct of any section of his fellow-christians of the…

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The Empire. Sydney, Saturday, May 17, 1851. the "Catholic Candidate" for Sydney

Empire · Saturday 17 May 1851 · page 2

THE beautiful apologies which our poor fallen nature can find for its crooked courses, when the heart is wilful, are not more curious than multifarious. The confirmed…

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Letter From the Clergy to the Bishop of Melbourne. in Reference to the "Minutes of the Conference of the Bishops of the Australasian Dioceses," with His Lordship's Reply. (From the Melbourne Church of England Messenger.) Melbourne, 25th March, 1851. to the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1851 · page 2

MY LORD, I, WE the undersigned clergy of the diocese of Melbourne, having had our attention directed by your Lordship's circular letter, dated 24th…

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The Roman Catholic Appeal to the Electors

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 May 1851 · page 2

ALTHOUGH it is scarcely possible that the next General Election [?]n take place sooner than about three months hence, the notes of pre[?]aration have been…

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More Anglican "Opinions."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 May 1851 · page 8

The results of the Anglican conference have been precisely what we anticipated. In Van Diemen's Land, Victoria, and South Aus tralia, the "opinions" of the Bishops have…

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The Alleged Immorality of Catholic Prayer-books

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 May 1851 · page 5

An illustrious writer of the present day has truly and forcibly remarked, " it is the boast of the " Catholic Church that she keeps the young heart " pure," The boast is a…

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Miscellaneous Extracts. Will England Ever Be Catholic Country? (Concluded from our last.)

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 May 1851 · page 4

3. Further, we cannot help observing how singularly, in a kindred subject of thought, the popular mind is tending in the Catholic direction. The notions on the subject of art,…

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The Roman Catholic Appeal to the Electors. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 May 1851 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Allow me to correct a wrong impression, which is likely to be conveyed by the article in your publication of this day, headed as above…

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Catholic Loyalty

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 29 May 1851 · page 2

The following is from a letter to the Times of December 28 :—" As the representative of one of the Catholic families, the loyalty of whose ancestors yon impeach,…

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New Roman Catholic Cathedral in Westminster

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 June 1851 · page 2

We understand that a large piece of ground has been obtained by the Roman Catholic body in the line of the new street now in course of formation between the Houses of Parliament and Pamlico, for…

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The Golden Harp. the Poet's Mission

Empire · Friday 6 June 1851 · page 4

AWAKE, great spirit of the ages olden Scatter the mists that hide thy starry lyre; And let man's soul be yet again beholden To the for wings to soar to her desire…

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Advice to Protestants by a Roman Catholic Priest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 June 1851 · page 3

FATHER GAVAZZ[?], whose eloquent tongue charmed the brave Venetians in the Great Square of St. Mark during their struggle for freedom, and who may be taken as the…

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The Catholic Church. We copy the following paragraphs from the Nation of Feb. 8

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 7 June 1851 · page 6

"The Morning Advertiser says: -- 'We learn with much regret, that two of the most distinguished Lady Members of the Aristocratic world, and possessing the highest titles in our British Peerage, have recently given such unmistakeable indications of a…

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Original Correspondence. the Rev. Dr. Lang the Best Catholic Representative. To the Editor of the People's Advocate

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 7 June 1851 · page 3

SIR. -- A catholic myself in the widest sense of the term, I hope my Roman Catholio fellow-subjects will not regard this letter as a taken of hostility; it is merely an endeavour to detect error and to establish truth, a feeble one it may be, but it is nevertheless a…

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Church of England Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1851 · page 2

A NUMEROUSLY attended meeting of members of the Church of England was held in Hobart Town, on the 23rd ultimo, when the following resolutions were passed:—…

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Van Diemen's Land. Great Public Meeting of the Members of the Church of England Against the Bishop's Conference at Sydney

Empire · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 3

On Friday evening, pursuant to notice, a most important and triumphant public meeting of the lay members of the Church of England was held in the Mechanics'…

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Mission of the Passionist Fathers in Glasgow

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 June 1851 · page 3

[?] of the Passionists, Father Ignatius (Hon. and Rev. George Spencer) and two others of his order, were lately engaged in giving a Mission to the Catholics of Glasgow. It commenced on…

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The English Press and the Catholic Hierarchy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 June 1851 · page 6

The press, as it is called, has been the great instrument in provoking wrath and illwill, in a manner that will scarcely be cre dible in, perhaps, a few months. We could…

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The Empire. Sydney, Saturday,june 14, 1851. the Colonial Church and the Age

Empire · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 2

THAT this Age of ours—this latter (and better) half of the nineteenth century—is an extraordinary one every respect, is a trite truth. Philosophically considered,…

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