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Churches, 1867

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Catholic Emancipation and Its Repeal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 June 1867 · page 12

The great event of last week in the London Parliament was the second reading of the Bill introduced by Sir Colman O'Loghlen for the repeal of sundry clauses of the Catholic…

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Why the Catholic Church Is Always in Trouble. a Lecture by the Right Rev. James Bayley, D.d

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 June 1867 · page 13

A most intelligent audience filled St. Peter's Catholic Church, corner of Hicks and Warren-streets, Brooklyn, on Feb. 19, drawn thither by the announcement that the Right Rev. James…

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Consecration of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Goulburn. (from the Goulburn Herald.)

Sydney Mail · Saturday 15 June 1867 · page 12

ON Sunday last, the Feast of Pentecost, the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop-elect, was daly consecrated to the new Roman Catholic see of Goulburn. The ceremony was performed in the Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul, to which…

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Congregationial Church, Pitt-street

Sydney Mail · Saturday 15 June 1867 · page 5

On the evening of 6th instant, there was a social meeting of the members of the Pitt-street Church and congregation. Tea was provided in the school-room and also in the Temperance Hall, both ef which spacious buildings were well…

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New Catholic Church, St. Leonards

Empire · Wednesday 19 June 1867 · page 5

The foundation stone of a new church was laid yesterday at St. Leonards, by the Right Reverend the Vicar-General. This church is in course of erection on the very top of the hill, at the junction of the Middle…

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"Why Are People Dissenters?" (From the Church Review.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 June 1867 · page 3

AMONG the many able passages in the E.C.U. Report on the Episcopal Resoluytions there is probably none more succinet and argumenta[?]vely powerful than the paragraph relating to the danger "of increasing the…

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Lecture by Hon. Richard O'gorman, Before the Bloomingdale Catholic Association

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 June 1867 · page 11

On Sunday evening, February 24, the grand hall of the Cooper Institute, New York, was literally filled with one of the most respectable audiences ever congregated in that building, who…

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Primary Education. Interview Between the Roman Catholic Bishops and the Colonial Secretary

Empire · Saturday 22 June 1867 · page 5

The Right Rev. Dr. Quinn, Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst, the Right Rev. Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn, and the Very Rev. S. A. Sheehy, VicarGeneral of Sydney, as the representative of the…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of a New Church, St. Leonards

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 June 1867 · page 15

Unfortunately the day chosen for laying the foundation stone of the new Catholic Church, St. Leonards, under the invocation of the Blessed Virgin, styled St. Mary Star of the Sea…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 June 1867 · page 6

ON the 29th ultimo the Bishop of Sydney laid the foundation stone of a church at Rockley, near Bathurst. Steps are being taken for the erection of a church at [?]u Creek, On the occasion of the Bishop of Sydney's visit there recently,…

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A Church Ejected

Empire · Saturday 29 June 1867 · page 3

A very singular error, exhibiting in its results culpable romissness of the department of Lands and Survey, formed the subject of an interview, yesterday, between the Hon. Mr. Fraser, M.L.C., Messrs. Bayles,…

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Examination of the Roman Catholic Orphan School

Empire · Monday 8 July 1867 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Inspector's report upon the Roman Catholic Orphan School (boys' department) at Parramatta, visited, 28th May, and 6thh and 7th June, 1867. Teacher: Mr. Joseph Forshaw; assistant teacher, Mr. Simon Cullen;…

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The Roman Catholic Orphan School, at Parramatta. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 July 1867 · page 3

SIR,—Although I havo no interest in the Roman Catholic School at Parramatta, yet, as one of the public, I venture to ask you for a little space, to make a few remarks on a paper which has become public by appearing in your…

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The Catholic Orphan School, Parramatta

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 July 1867 · page 8

THE more the policy of the Martin government respecting Education becomes unfolded the more clearly must every body see that they are aiming at the destruction of the…

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Presbyterian College Bill. to the Editor of the Emp[?]

Empire · Saturday 13 July 1867 · page 5

Sir,—My friend and brother, the Rev. Adam Thomson, imagines, from a letter of his in the Herald of this day, that his edition to both Houses of Parliament was an important step in the progress of the bill through…

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Secular Music in Churches. to the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 13 July 1867 · page 3

Sir, — Your somewhat irascible correspondent, "C. W. Harwood," no doubt considers that he has fully proved the point for which he contents, viz., that secular music in occasionally performed in English…

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Parramatta Roman Catholic Orphan School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 July 1867 · page 3

Mr. HART moved—"That an address be presented to the Governor, praying that his Excellency will be pleased to cause to be laid upon [?]e table of this House—1. A copy of an official notice published in the Government…

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Catholic Intelligence. Manchester

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 7

You will perceive from the date that I have delayed writing this month until the eleventh hour, as to-morrow the mail departs; and I have no excuse to offer further than that of waiting…

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Foreign Intelligence. Great Britain. Liverpool Catholic Club

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 4

We published last week a summarised account of the proceedings at the annual dinner of this Club. The Northern Press of Saturday gives an extended report of the speeches delivered on the…

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