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Churches, 1862

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Opening of the Church of Mount St. Bernard, Botany

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1862 · page 5

Until within the last few days, when its opening was announced in our advertising columns, few persons in Sydney were aware that the building of a church in the neighbourhood of Botany was even…

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Catholic Church of St. Mary, Athlone

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 January 1862 · page 6

This new and magnificent temple of Catholic worship was solemnly consecrated to its sacred purposes on last Wednesday, the 16th October, by the Most Rev. Dr. Kilduff, Lord Bishop of…

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Australian Catholic Teachers' Association

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1862 · page 5

The annual meeting of the above Society took place last Saturday, in St. Benedict's school, according to advertisement, and the rules of the society The attendance of members…

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The Protestant Church Establishment in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1862 · page 2

In our private concerns, and especially when our resources are becoming scanty, our incomings lessening, and our outgoings increasing, we naturally look minutely around us to see how…

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Baptist Church Tea Meeting

Empire · Thursday 9 January 1862 · page 8

LAST evening, a tea meeting was held in the schoolroom connected with the Baptist [?] Bathurst-street, to commemorate the arrival of the poetor, the Rev. Mr. Voller, and to give a public welcome to the Rev. Mr…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guild

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1862 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon, the solemn investiture of fifty-two new members of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of Saint Mary and Saint Joseph by his Grace the Archbishop took place in St. Mary's…

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Parliamentary Paper. Report on Presbyterian Church Temporalities Act of 1837

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1862 · page 5

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 1st November last, "to consider and report upon the expediency of amending or repealing the Act 8 William IV., No. 7," and instructed on the 19th of…

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The Presbyterian Burial Ground. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 13 January 1862 · page 8

SIR,—Upwards of twenty years ago, during one of my visits to England, a person of the name of Lovett, who had been appointed to the office of gravedigger in the Presbyterian Burying-ground, was authorised by the late…

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Spiritual Destitution: Mistaken Remedies. (From the Church of the People.)

Empire · Tuesday 14 January 1862 · page 2

BODILY privations among our fellow-men do not fail to touch a chord of sympathy in the hearts of at least British islanders. Witness the spontaneous response to the cry of woe on the…

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Catholic Missionaries in British Columbia

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1862 · page 1

A correspondent of the British Colonist, published in Victoria, Vancouver's Island; writes from Cowichan :—" After so much, has been stated by a distinguished Ecclesiastic [reference is made…

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The Presbyterian Ground. to the Editor of the E[?]pir[?]

Empire · Wednesday 15 January 1862 · page 3

SIR,—It would be a good thing it Dr. Lang, bofore he writes his vindictive and egotistical letters, would take the time, and the nooessary trouble, to inform bimself on the subject on whioh he i[?]tends to write; in that…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guild

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 5

On Sunday, 5th inst., the solemn investiture of fifty-two new members of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild of Saint Mary and Saint Joseph by his Grace the Archbishop took place in St. Mary's…

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Parliamentary Paper. Report on Presbyterian Church Temporalities Act of 1837

Sydney Mail · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 6

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Assembly, appointed on the 1st November lost, " to consider and report upon the expediency of amending or repealing the Act 8 'William IV., No. 7," and Instructed on the 19th of…

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The Presbyterian Burial Ground. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 2

SIR,—In answer to the letter of the Rev. John M'Gibbon, in the Empire of Wednesday last, I trust you will kindly favour me by allowing in your widely circulated and influential journal the following reply:—…

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Australian Holy Catholic Guild of St. Mary and St. Joseph

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 9

On Sunday, January 18th, a meeting of the above society took place in the hall of St. Mary's Seminary, the use of which has been granted hy his Grace the Archbishop, te the members of the Guild…

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Neology in the Law Church. Judgment in the Case of Mr. Heath

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 2

In the Arches Court, Nov. 2, Dr Lushington delivered judgment in the case of Burder (for the Bishop of Winchester) versus the Rev. D. 1. Heath, Vicar of Brading, Isle of Wight; the…

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Opening of the Church of Mount St. Bernard, Botany

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1862 · page 5

Until within the last few days, when its opening was announced in our advertising columns, few persons in Sydney were aware that the building of a church in the neighbourhood of Botany was even…

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Catholic Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1862 · page 6

On the 15th inst.—the Feast of St. Teresa—one of those truly interesting and imposing ceremonies of profession and reception took place at the parent house, Loretto Abbey, Rathfaunham, in the presence…

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Congregational Church, Newtown. [?] of the Foundation Stone

Empire · Friday 24 January 1862 · page 5

YESTERDAY afternoon, at five o'clock, a large assembly met on the ground adjoining the Congregational Church, Newtown, to witness the laying of the foundation stone of the proposed school-room, in connexion with that…

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Roman Catholic Clergyman for the Clarence Distict

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1862 · page 4

On Wednesday evening, the 15tb instant, the Assembly Room in Prince-street was filled by a large and respectable portion of the inhabitants of Grafton and its vicinity…

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