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Churches, 1859

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Inauguration of the Statue of St. Patrick at Lille, France. (To the Editor of the Catholic Telegraph.) Lille, 22ml March, 1850

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 June 1859 · page 3

DEAR SIR—In accordance with the promise contained in my last letter. I now come to Rive your readers a little account, in a general way, of the benediction, procession, and inauguration of the…

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The "Catholic Case Stated"

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 29 June 1859 · page 3

The Catholic Case Staled; or, Principles, Working, and Results of the System of National Education in Ireland, with Suggestions for the Settlement, of the Education Question, is n book…

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The Catholic and Protestant Versions of the Bible. a Lecture by Bishop O'connor, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 29 June 1859 · page 4

A Lecture on the above subject was delivered on Sunday, evening, June 30th, at the City Assembly Rooms, Broadway, New York, by Bishop O'Connor, of Pittsburgh, to an immense audience. Long…

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The Catholic Church and Freemasons in Buenos Ayres

Empire · Friday 1 July 1859 · page 6

SINCE the Mortara case has transpired, the Catholic, church has had some trouble in Buenos Ayres, connected with movements of the Liberals in that country…

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The Catholic and Protestant Versions of the Bible. a Lecture by Bishop O'connor, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1859 · page 5

A Lecture on the above subject was delivered on Sunday, evening, June 30th, at the City Assembly Rooms, Broadway, New York, by Bishop O'Connor, of Pittsburgh, to an immense audience. Long…

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Saint Andrews Parish

Empire · Thursday 7 July 1859 · page 8

WE have been requested to publish the following memorial, and the reply of the Bishop to it. The affairs of St. Andrew's parish are represented to us as being much the same now as when the address was presented to his…

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On the Infallibility of the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 July 1859 · page 2

The holy Church cannot and wishes nut to tolerate any error, or any false doctrine. But she has to preach the all-true Wend of God, that is to say, the Word of God only. The Church should…

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Oxford and Cambridge Mission to Central Africa. (From the Morning Chronicle, May 18.)

Empire · Tuesday 12 July 1859 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon a large and highly-influential meeting of the members of the University and citizens was held in the Sheldonian Theatre (the Lord Bishop of the Diocese in the chair), when the object of the society,…

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Roman Catholic Church, Ipswich

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 2

The fallowing appears as an advertisement in The North Australian :— "It is admitted by all parties that the above beautiful classic structure of the Cruciform, 104…

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Catholic Affairs

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 2

IN our last, number we announced in a paragraph the fact of his Holiness having erected Brisbane, at Moreton Bay, into an episcopal gee, and the promotion thereto of the Rev…

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The Boston School Difficulty— the Catholic Scholars Expelled for Refusing to Say the Protestant Form of the Lord's Prayer

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 4

Yesterday, says the Boston Courier of the 15th March, a difficulty occurred in the Eliot schools for boys, on account of the refusal of a portion of the scholars, whose parents are Catholic, to recite the…

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The War—prejudicial to the Interests of the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 2

At the moment we are penning this article, the military revolution of Napoleon III. is withering the fertile plains of Lombardy. War—unjust and rapacious on the part of…

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Contemporary Opinion. Sir Bulwer Lytton—and His Last Work. (From the Church Sentinel July 15.)

Empire · Monday 18 July 1859 · page 8

THE Home News of the 18th of May last, contains the following paragraph, in reference to the appointment, of a Bishop for Moreton Bay. "Sir Edward Balwer Lytton, her Majesty's Secretary…

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Grand National Conference of the Catholic Young Men's Societies of Cheat Britain

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 July 1859 · page 3

One of the most glorious mid hopeful movements, in connection with Catholicity in England at the present day, is the fact of a conference of delegates from these societies having been held, to confer…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We are not responsible for the opinions and statements of our correspondents. Catholic Questions. No. 1. What Is the Function of the Catholic Press of To-day?

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 July 1859 · page 3

SIR—I have hitherto taken no part—as you will at once feel assured by a glance at the card of address I enclose—in the discussion of the important questions affecting the highest social find moral…

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Synod of New South Wales. Scots Church—recognition Service

Empire · Tuesday 26 July 1859 · page 8

PURSUANT to previous notice in the daily papers, a special service was held in the Scots Church, on Sabbath evening last, the 24th instant, for the admission of the Rev. John Roberts, M.A., of Co[?]pus Christi College, Cambridge, a…

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Synod of New South Wales. Scots Church —Recognition SERVICE—(24th July)

Empire · Thursday 28 July 1859 · page 5

[The latter, or narrative portion, of the Report of this Service, having come to our office rather late on Mon day evening last, and having been overlooked, is now in serted as follows.]…

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On the Labours of the Church to Preserve in Their Original Purity the Sacred Writings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 July 1859 · page 3

The Rer. H. N. Woolfrey delivered the following lecture before the members of the Catholic Young Men's Society of St. Benedict's, on Monday evening last. The President of the Society, Mr…

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Scientific Truth. To the Edi[?] of Catholic Telegraph

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 August 1859 · page 8

Mr. Editor—Life is so uncertain, and the period of its termination so unknown, and so undesirable, there are, perhaps, few persons who do not entertain the hope that, even in the worst extremity,…

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The Mission of the Isles of the North. (Continued from the Rambler.)

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1859 · page 4

We have now arrived at afresh point in the parallelism which exists in the fortunes of the two islands; for, strange to say, Ireland had its Alfred also, that is, its champion of its own people against…

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