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Churches, 1867

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The Church of England Registers. To the Editor of the Herald

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

SIR,—As the subject of the registers in Mr. Kerrison James's possession is again on the tapis, allow me to draw attention to the following extract from the last official re- port made by the late Registrar-General, Mr. Christopher…

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Sydney City Mission

Empire · Wednesday 30 January 1867 · page 5

The third annual social tea and public meeting of the friends of the above mission was held yesterday evening, in the Temperance Hall, which was well filled, notwithstanding the unfavourableness of the weather…

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The Melanesian Mission

Empire · Friday 1 February 1867 · page 3

We received some time ago a copy of a little work published at the office of the Southern Cross, Auckland, containing ajournal of the mission voyage to the Melanesian Islands of…

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Catholic Directory. FEBRUARY

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 8

Saturday, 2.—Purificatio B. M. V. dup 2 cl: [?] V. com Dom[?]et S.m. (Post compl. Ave [?] Regina.) Sunday 3.—Fourth post Epiph S. wereburge V…

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America. the Catholic Council in Baltimore. the Church in the United States—its History, Statistics, and Organisation

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 4

The second National Plenary Council of the Roman Catholic Prelates in the United States will open in the Cathedral of Baltimore to morrow, and will continue in session for two weeks…

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"The Church and Her Foes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 9

PERHAPS one of the grandest moral spectacles ever afforded to Christian men is that now presented by his Holiness Pope Pius IX. Moral truth and material force…

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Scottish Unitarian Association. a Unitarian View of the Free Church

Empire · Saturday 2 February 1867 · page 3

On Monday night the annual meeting of this association was held in the Merchant's Hall, Glasgow—Ivie Mackie, Esq, in the chair. After tea, addresses were deliveren by the chairman, Rev. W. Sharman, Rev. H…

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Congregational Church, Pitt-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1867 · page 5

A FEW days ago we published a description of this enlarged and beautiful church, which is now capable of accommodating nearly two thousand persons. It is not necessary to repeat those particulars, but it may be stated that the…

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Presbyterian Church of New [?] Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 5

THE Presbytery of Sydney met on Tuesday morning last, in St. Stephen's Church, and was constituted with prayer. S[?]—The Rev. C. Atchison, moderator; and the Revs. Dr. Lang, J. Milne, A. Thomson, Dr. [?] T. A…

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New Catholic Church of St. Bede, Pyrmont

Empire · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 5

The foundation stone of a Roman Catholic Church, to be called the Church of St. Bade, was laid yesteray, in Pyrmont-street. Pyrmont, by the Very Rev. S. F. A. Sheehy, Vicar-General. The church is to be built on the…

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St. Philip's Auxiliary to the Church Society and Parochial Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 5

[?]TERDAY evening the adjourned annual meeting of the [?] Auxiliary to the Church Society and of the [?] Association, in connection with that parish, was [?] schoolroom on Church-hill, at half-past 7…

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St. Philip's Auxiliary Church Society, and the St. Philip's Parochial Society

Empire · Thursday 7 February 1867 · page 5

The annual meetings of the above two societies were hold simultaneously last evening in the St. Philip's Schoolroom, Church Hill, the Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney in the chair. The attendance was small, but…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 3

The Presbytery of Sydney met on Tuesday morning last, in St. Stephen's Church, and was constituted with prayer. Sederunt—The Rev. C. Atchison, moderator; and the Revs. Dr. Lang, J. Milne, A. Thomsen, Dr. Fullerton, T. A…

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Ecclesiastical. Diocese of Sydney. New Catholic Church, Pyrmont

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 2

On Wednesday morning the foundation stone of a new Catholic Church in Pyrmont, was laid By the Very Rev. the Vicar-General, in presence of several clergy and a numerous body of the…

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Australian Catholic Teachers' Association

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 10

The adjourned annual meeting was held in the Model School, St. Mary's, on Saturday, 2nd of February. Mr. G. O'Byrne, Vice President, in the chair…

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Mr. Verdon and His Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 8

Mr. VERDON is enjoying the happiness of being pretty extensively lionized on his return from his mission to England. The exultation of the Victorians at the success of…

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St. Philip's Auxiliary to the Church Society and Parochial Association

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 3

ON Wednesday the adjourned annual meeting of the St. Philip's Auxiliary to the Church Society and of the Parochial Association, in connection with that pariah, was held in the schoolroom on Church-hill, at half-past 7…

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Congregational Church, Pitt-street

Sydney Mail · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 7

IN our issue of the 26th ultime we published a description of this enlarged and beautiful church, which is now capable of accommodating nearly 2000 persons. It is not necessary to repeat those particulars, but it may be stated that the…

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Which Is the Church of England? To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1867 · page 5

Sir,—I perceive by last Saturday's Mail that Dr. Pusey has written another letter to the London Times stating his opinions of absolution. "He believes that Christ, conferring upon the Apostles the power to remit sins, intended to…

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The United Church of England and Ireland. Io the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1867 · page 3

SIR.— Your insertion of a letter, signed "Churchman," in your to-day's issue, emb[?] me to hope that you will find room in your paper for the subjoined extract from one of the most recent numbers received of the Times, which,…

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