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Churches, 1858

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Church of England Conference. Tuesday, 7Th December

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 December 1858 · page 4

THE Conference met, pursuant to adjournment, at 3 p.m. There was but a comparatively thin attendance. Prayers were read by the Bishop, in which the members of the Conference joined…

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The Annual District Meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1858 · page 8

THE [?]esleyan Methodist District Committee for the New South Wale[?] District, commenced its annual session on Thursday, November 11th, at 10 a.m. After the usual devotional exercises, conducted by the Chairman, the Rev. S. Rabone, and other senior…

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The Church of England Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 December 1858 · page 7

ACCORDING to an arrangement previously made, in reference to the Church of England Conference in Sydney, the lay delegates and clergy attended divine service on Wednesday, November 24th, in St. James'…

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St. Benedicts Catholic Young Men's Society

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 December 1858 · page 4

On the evening of Monday, the 29th of November, John Hubert Plunkett, Esquire, delivered a Lecture at the Bay's School Room, in the Parish of St. Benedict, on occasion of the inauguration of the…

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The Church Conference. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 December 1858 · page 3

SIR,—Will you permit me to make a few remarks in your columns on some of the statements made in the Church of England Conference, as reported in the Herald. Mr. Gordon, a prominent member of the Conference, has thought…

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The Australian Catholic Youngmen's Society. Retreat

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 15 December 1858 · page 3

It having been announced by the Rev. Father Sheridan, that a Retreat would be given in the Church of the Sacred Heart, of this city, we immediately directed such arrangements to be made,…

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The Church of England Conference— Diocese of Newcastle. (From Yesterday's Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1858 · page 2

THE proceedings of the Conference of the clergy and lay representatives of the Church of England, in the diocese of Newcastle, commenced yesterday morning at ten o'clock. Divine service was held in St. James'…

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Church Conference and Presbyterianism. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 December 1858 · page 3

SIR,—In the Herald of this morning I perceive a gross inaccuracy of citation and comment, by "A Presbyterian Minister," or writer so signing himself, respecting the sentiments expressed by Sir Alfred Stephen at…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We are not responsible for the opinions and statements of our correspondents.] Catholic Journalism

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 December 1858 · page 2

SIR—The straightforward and honest exposition of your relations, with the Catholic public, in late leading articles of your Journal, are such as must, in my opinion, appeal to every generous breast, and…

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Church of England Conference.—diocese of Newcastle. (From the Maitland Mercury of Saturday.) Thursday, December 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1858 · page 3

THE Conference met, pursuant to adj[?]urament. The Bishop took the chair at ten minutes past ten o'clock. The proceedings were commenced with prayer. Mr. Charles Bolton rose to move the resolution of which he had…

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The Anglican Bishop's Patent

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 22 December 1858 · page 2

The Rev. Mr. Allwood, a canon of the Anglican Church, recently delivered a lecture in which he designated the patent of his Bishop as "not worth the parchment on which it was written." This…

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Tenth General Assembly of the Catholic Associations of Germany, Held in Cologne. the 6th, 7th, 8th. AND 9th of September. (Translated from the Univers.)

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 22 December 1858 · page 4

FIRST DAY.— Never perhaps did the city of Cologne enjoy a more imposing spectacle than that which we have just witnessed. We speak of the Grand General Assembly of the Catholic Associations held…

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Church Society, Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 December 1858 · page 5

THE annual meeting of St. John's Auxillary Association took place in the Parochial Schoolroom, on Monday evening last, the Rev. R. L. King presiding on the occasion. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, expressed his regret…

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Parish Poor in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 December 1858 · page 5

IT is a fine thing, of course, to keep every beadle tight in hand; for, if one beadle should ever get over his parish bounds, and so come to confront, upon his ow[?] territory, another beadle, Hector and Achilles! there…

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The Real Church Expension

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 December 1858 · page 5

The Bishop of Lincoln possesses one of those minds, valuable at all limes, but particularly so in our day, which can enlist the common sense of others by taking up the practical view of a subject and at the same time…

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