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Churches, 1866

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Church Affairs in the Colonies

Empire · Monday 27 August 1866 · page 6

Some of our legislators are as reluctant to acknowledge, as they were slow to discover, the position which the branches of the Church of England must necessarily occupy, and the…

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The Education of the Catholic Poor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 September 1866 · page 550

The duty of making provision for the education of our Catholic poor children is one of too vast and vital importance to be overlooked or treated tamely, and of too pressing urgency to…

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Church Society at St. Barnabas'

Empire · Tuesday 4 September 1866 · page 5

A public meeting was hold last evening in the School-house, adjoining St. Barnabas' Church, Parramatta-street, for the inauguration of a branch of the Church Society. There was a numerous attendance…

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Church of England—newcastle Diocesan Synod. (Abridged from Yesterday's Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 5

THE second session of this Synod was commenced yesterday morning at Morpeth. After Communion Service in St. James's Church, the members of the Synod assembled in the Morpeth School of Arts. The Right. Rev. President…

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Water Police Court.—saturday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate, and Messrs. W. Church, and W. H. Eldred.)

Empire · Monday 10 September 1866 · page 3

Samuel Blaxland, alias, Philip Landorg, under remand, again appeared bofore the Court, on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. Detcctive Lyons deposed that, on Tuesday afternoon, 28th August,…

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Tea Party in Aid of St. Patrick's Church Bega

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1866 · page 585

On Monday last, pursuant to advertisement, a tea party was held in the Court-house, the use of which place was very courteously granted by the Bench of Magistrates for the occasion. The…

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The Irish Catholic Mission in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 605

It is but a few months since we chronicled the elevation to the mitre of the most Rev. Dr. Quiun, Bishop of Bathiirst; and the most Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, New South Wales…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 8

A MEEETING in connection with the Church Society was held at Randwick on the 24th ultimo. The Bishop of Sydney presided, and delivered an address on the objects and operations of the society…

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The Scottish Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 September 1866 · page 3

THE General Assemblies of the Kirk and Tree Church continued their sittings throughout last week. The Assembly of the Established Church received a petition from about 600 patrons, elders, and…

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Water Police Court.—saturday. (Before Messrs. W. Church and R. Hill.)

Empire · Monday 24 September 1866 · page 2

Two drunkards were discharged. Michael Tolman and Mary Love, for riotous behaviour, were each fined 10s., or twenty-four hours' gaol…

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Education Bill. Meeting of Clerical and Lay Members of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1866 · page 5

YESTERDAY meeting, a meeting of the clorgy of the Church of England, resident in Sydney and its immediate neighbourhood, and of several of the laity of that communion directly interested as members of the local Denominational…

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The Church of England on the Public Education Bill

Empire · Tuesday 25 September 1866 · page 5

A meeting of the Bishop, clergy, and members the local boards of Denominational schools of the Church of England in Sydney, and the neighbourhood, was held yesterday afternoon, in the Church Society's…

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Parliamentary Paper. Petition From Roman Catholic Clergy of Sydney. Against the Passing of the Public Schools Act, 1866

Empire · Wednesday 26 September 1866 · page 5

To the Honorable the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, in Parliament assembled, The petition of the undersigned Roman Catholic clergy of Sydney—…

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The Anglican Clergy and the Education Bill. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 September 1866 · page 5

SIR,—In reading the report of the meeting of the Bishop and clergy of the Church of England, held on Monday, in connection with the above subject, I was somewhat surprised at the little reason adduced against the bill, for, with…

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Education Bill. Meeting of Clerical and Lay Members of the Church of England

Sydney Mail · Saturday 29 September 1866 · page 5

ON Monday afternoon, a meeting of the clergy of the Church of England, resident in Sydney and its immediate neighborhood, and of several of the laity of that communion directly interested as members of the local Denominational…

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Ritualism in the Church of England

Empire · Wednesday 3 October 1866 · page 2

The dispute concerning Ritualism, which has attained dimensions so serious, is testing in turn every one of the resources hitherto relied on for the government of the Church of…

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Catholic Backsliding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 632

In our last issue we extracted from a home paper a very interesting account of the departure from Cork harbour of the ship "Empress" for Sydney. This vessel is…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of a Catholic Church at Grafton. Grafton, 20th Sept., 1866

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 630

On the 27th July, the contract for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church in this town was signed between the contractor (Alderman Daniel Moyes) and the committee, it was then…

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The General History of the Christian Church From Her Birth to Her Final Triumphant State in Heaven, Chiefly Deduced From the Apocalypse of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 627

SIR,—At a time when many heretical works on this subject are issuing from the press, and when the most odious calumnies and slanders against God and his Church are freely propagated, by…

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School Catechism of the United Church of England and Rome

Empire · Tuesday 9 October 1866 · page 4

TEACHER: Dost thou believe in the Public Schools Bill? SCHOLAR: No! It is a wicked abomination, devised by the enemy of mankind, and sure to subvert all that…

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