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Churches, 1867

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The English Church Union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 October 1867 · page 13

If the subject was not one that is almost too solemn to joke about, the meeting of the "English Church Union," which took place last week, and of which we copy the report elsewhere…

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The Churches and Glebes Bill

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 October 1867 · page 12

Of the evil influence of the Anglican Establishment upon the state of Ireland, and of the irreclaimable character of Irish Toryism, there could not be a clearer elucidation…

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Mexico and the Church Party. (From the New York Tribune, July 31.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 October 1867 · page 3

IT is impossible to understand the true character of the terrible struggle which for sixty long years has deprived the Mexican people of all repose, and hindered their progress in civilisation, without taking…

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Diocese of Maitland. Opening of the New Catholic Church, Gresford

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1867 · page 10

This handsome and beautifully finished little church was solemnly blessed and opened on Wednesday last, by the Bishop of Maitland. The ceremonies prescribed by the Roman Ritual for…

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New Zealand. St. Patrick's Young Men's Catholic Society. Auckland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1867 · page 2

Our readers may not generally be aware that another of these useful institutions for the improvement of the young Catholic community of Auckland has been commenced a few months…

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Diocese of Sydney. Laying the Foundation Stone of a New Church at Burragorang

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1867 · page 10

This ceremony was performed on the 2nd inst., by his Grace the Archbishop, assisted by several of the clergy, in the presence of the largest assemblage ever yet collected in the…

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The Church As by Law Established

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 October 1867 · page 6

The case of Peter Corrigan v. the Rev. George Morley Denis, tried at the late quarter sessions of Mullingar, before John O'Ragan, Esq., Q.C., is suggestive of the "pains and penalties"…

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Catholic Children

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 October 1867 · page 12

A thoughtful writer in a contemporary, commenting upon the latest exhibition of London ruffianism in connection with the now famous march of the militia through the City, justly…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 October 1867 · page 6

THE Bishop of Sydney returned from a tour through his diocess on the 26th ultimo. His return was hastened by an accidenal fall from his horse, from which he has happily recovered…

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The Clergy and the Church of England. (From the Quarterly Review.)

Empire · Thursday 24 October 1867 · page 2

The vast increase of wealth and, as its sure accompaniment, the growth of more expensive habits, tends continually to lower relatively the social position of the clergy…

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Legends Preached in an English Parish Church

Empire · Friday 25 October 1867 · page 2

"An Incumbent of the Church of England" writes to the Cheltonham Examiner giving the following account of a service which he attended at the parish churh of Prestbury,…

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General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Third

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 October 1867 · page 5

FIRST SDERUNT.—The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales met, on Wednesday evening last, in the Phillip-street Church. A large attendance of ministers and elders from different parts of the…

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The Wesleyan Methodist Conference at Bristol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 October 1867 · page 6

THE One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Annual Assembly of Ministers of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Great Britain began its first sitting in the Old Market-street Chapel, Briston, on Thursday, July 25th. It is, we believe,…

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General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Third

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 October 1867 · page 7
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FOURTH SEDERUNT.—Tne General Assembly met in the Phillip-street church, yesterday morning, pursuant to adjournment, and was constituted by prayer. The minutes of the last sederunt were read and…

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Parliamentary Paper. Rev. C. D. Coghlan, Roman Catholic Chaplain, Port Macquarie Gaol

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 October 1867 · page 5

COPIES of all correspondence, memorials, or explanations, also of all reports and records of proceedings before any commission of inquiry, having reference to certain alleged misconduct of the Rev. C. D. Coghlan, in Port Macquarie…

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The Russian Church and the Papal See. Warsaw, Aug. 7

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 October 1867 · page 5

The text of the Imperial ukase, already announced by telegraph, regalating the relations between the Roman Catholic Church of Russia and the Papal See, is as follows:—…

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General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Third

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 October 1867 · page 5

SIXTH SEDEBEUNT.—The General Assembly met at the Phillip-street church, on Saturday morning last, pursuant to adjournment, at 9 45. The Assembly was constituted by prayer, offered up by the Moderator. The minutes of the…

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The Crisis in the Church. (From the Pall Ma[?] Gazette.)

Empire · Monday 28 October 1867 · page 2

To one who is penetrated with a sense of the extreme gravity of the present crisis of the Church of England and the probability of disruption which impends over her, the…

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General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. Session the Third

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 October 1867 · page 5

SEVENTH SEDERUNT.—The General Assembly met pursuant to adjournment, at the Phillip-street church, yesterday evening, at six o'clock. The Assembly was constituted by prayer, offered up by the Moderator. The minutes of…

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