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Churches, 1864

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Free Church of England. [Communicated]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 November 1864 · page 3

The foundation stone of the first church, in connection with the Free Church of England in this colony, now erecting in Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, near the Bay, waa laid on Thursday evening, November 24th; between three and…

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Soiree[?]at the Presryterian Church, Pyrmont

Empire · Wednesday 30 November 1864 · page 8

[?]WDED meeting —mora than 3O0 persons —assembled last evening at the Presbyterian Church recently ereoted [?] Harris-street, Pyrmont, in connection with the Ministry of the Rev.R. S. Paterson. After tea the[?] r was…

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Church of England—address of the Bishop of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1864 · page 8

YESTERDAY evening, the Bishop Metropolitan of Sydney delivered an address to the members of the Church of England, in the St. James's Schoolroom, Castlereagh-street. The chair was taken at a quarter to eight o'clock by his Excellency Sir John Young…

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Church of England—address of the Bishop of Sydney

Sydney Mail · Saturday 10 December 1864 · page 5

ON Tuesday evening, the Bishop Metropolitan of Sydney delivered an address to the members of the Church of England, in the St. James's Schoolroom, Castlereagh-street. The chair was taken at a quarter to eight o'clock by his Excellency Sir John Young…

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Catholic Affairs in Otago. Dunedin, 30th November. 1864

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 5

The Right Rev. Dr. Viard, whom I mentioned in my last letter, as having left here for Invereargill, returned from there to Dunedin last week. Hetravelled overland, waiting, Queenstown, the Dunstan, the…

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Wesleyan Church, Newtown

Empire · Wednesday 14 December 1864 · page 5

YESTERDAY evening a grand sciree in connection with the opening of the galleries in the above cbapel, took place, amidst a large concourse of people, numbering about three hundred females, and two hundred males, of…

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Catholic University

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 December 1864 · page 3

The academical session of the Catholic University was solemnly opened on Sunday in the University Church. Stephen's green. High Mass, at which the Very Rev. Monsignore Woodlock, rector, officiated…

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Catholic Intelligence

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 2

Monsignor Talbot has arrived in Paris from England on bis way to Rome. The Very Rev. Canon Rolfe, M.R.. St. Thomas's Fulham, lies dangerously ill at Margate…

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Capuchin Church, Church-street

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 2

On Sunday, being the Sunday within the Octave of the Feast of St. Francis, the occasion was celebrated with all its honours in this church. From an early hour in the morning large numbers…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 December 1864 · page 8

THE corner-stone of Christ Church was laid at Panbula on the 17th ultimo. The Bishop of Sydney delivered an address to the members of the Church of England, in St. James's…

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Mariners' Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 December 1864 · page 5

THE third annual sailors' tea meeting took place last evening in this church, and was eminently successful as regarded both the catering of the ladies' committee and the attendance of seamen. Provision had been made for seven…

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Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 3

During the present month the Catholic schools is and around Sydney in connection with the Denominational Board have undergone the usual yearly examination at the hands of Mr. Kiely…

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Parochial Catholic Organisation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 4

WE have refrained, through obvious motives of delicacy, from calling the attention of cur readers to a subject which, although of great importance in itself, and in its…

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The King of Dahomy. (From a Mission to Gelele, King of Dahoms. by Richard F. Burton.)

Empire · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 3

AT 3 45. p.m, after causing us to sit three mortal hours—these people haveno bovels of compassion—a long line of flags and umbrellas, debouching from the eastera road, formed in…

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Mariners' Church

Sydney Mail · Saturday 24 December 1864 · page 4

THE third annual sailors' ten meeting took place on Thursday in this church, and was eminently successful as regarded both the catering of the ladies' committee and the attendance of seamen. Provision had been made for seven…

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Consecration of St. Peter's Church, Watson's Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 December 1864 · page 5

YESTERDAY, the Right Reverend the Bishop Metro politan of Sydney consecrated the newly erected church at Watson's Bay, according to the forms of the Anglican Rilual, as in use in this diocese. A…

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St. Peter's Church, Watson's Bay. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 December 1864 · page 5

SIR,—The following particulars with reference to this church, the consecration of which took place on 27th instant, may preve interesting to many:—Seventeen years ago this good work, now so successfully consummated, was…

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Christmas Day at St. Patrick's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 December 1864 · page 5

The beautiful church of St. Patrick's presented, on the day of our Blessed Lord's nativity, a splendid and a happy appearance, everything about the church looking bright, lovely and holy. The High…

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Conservation of St. Peter's Church, Watson's Bay

Sydney Mail · Saturday 31 December 1864 · page 5

ON Tuesday, the Right Reverend the Bishop Metropolitan of Sydney consecrated the newly erected church at Watson's Bay, according to the forms of the Anglican Ritual, as in use in this diocese. A…

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