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Churches, 1871

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Presbyterian Education Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 1244

A PUBLIC meeting was held on Monday, in the Scots Church, to take into consideration the desirableness of forming a Presbyterian Education Society, for the raising up of a native ministry. There was but a small…

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"Impartial English History" for Australian Roman Catholic Children

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 3

HAVING recently had occasion to consult several Histories of England and others, I turned up one with the following high-sounding title. "A compendious and impartial History of England,…

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Excavations at Jerusalem Discoberies Made and Questions Settled-the Two Temples-robinson's Church

Evening News · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 3

[?] recently receive at the State Department, [?] account of discoveries made in Jerusalem by English party working under the direction of [?] who control the " Palestine Exploration Fund,"…

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Church of England Synod of Th[?] Diocese of Sydney. Friday, 24Th November

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 9

THE Synod met, pursuant to adjournment, at 3.30 p.m. Prayers having been read by the PRESIDENT, Tho minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Church of England Synod

Empire · Saturday 25 November 1871 · page 3

THE Synod met yesterday afternoon pursuant to adjournment. After prayers the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. THE DUTIES OF THE BISHOP'S COMMISSARY…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Monday 27 November 1871 · page 4

THE Synod met on Friday afternoon pursuant to adjournment, after prayers the minutes of the last meeting were [?]ead and confirmed. THE [?]UTTERS OF THE BISHOP'S COMMISSARY…

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Anglican Synod: Diocese of Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 7

THE second session of the second Synod of the Church of England for the diocese of Sydney was opened on the 21st November. In the morning, of 11 o'clock, the clergy and lay representatives attended at St…

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Presbyterian Church of New South Wales. General Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 6

THE seventh session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales was opened in Phillip-street church, on the 31st of October. The Rev. Archibald Constable Geekie,…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 December 1871 · page 7

OCTOBER 20.—The foundation stone of a church to be erected at Mount Macquarie (Bathurst diocese), and to be called St. Luke's, was laid by Miss Latimer in the presence of a large concourse. A liberal sum was placed upon the…

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The Mission of the Press

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 12

The Press is a Catholic institution. A Catholic invented it. Catholics first printed books both in Europe and America. Catholics printed tho first daily paper. A Catholic…

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Victoria. Mission and Confirmation at Daylesford

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 4

On Thursday last, the 16th inst., the Right Bev. Dr. Goold, Lord Bishop of Melbourne, arrived at Daylesford at a quarter-past 2 o'clock, accompanied by the Very Rev. Dean…

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The Late Bishop Patteson. Melandsian Mission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 1255

ON Tuesday evening, a numerously attended and influential meeting was held in the St. James's Schoolroom, Castlereagh-street, for the purpose of initiating in memory of the late Bishop Patteson, a fund towards the permanent endowment of the Melanesian…

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Catholic Associations. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 9

SIR,—I was much pleased at reading in your paper of last Saturday the letter of your correspondent "Observer." His experience tallies precisely with mine as member of a Local Board…

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South Australia. Catholic Schools in South Australia and Their Late Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 December 1871 · page 4

As the extracts which we gave some time ago relating to the convent schools of South Australia were not very clear or conclusive, and contained some statements derogatory to…

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The German Governments and the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 12

IN ever for a single instant, as our readers are aware, have we yielded to the pleasant delusion, indulged in by a few estimable Catholics here and abroad, that the new…

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Western Australia. New Roman Catholic Convent, Perth

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 5

On Wednesday, October 18th, Bishop Griver celebrated, in the presence of a numerous assembly, the inaugural ceremony of this institution. The building is constructed…

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The Catholic Influence of Str Walter Scott's Writings

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 12

The Ultra-Protestant papers, of which the Rock is a fair type, seize upon the occasion of Sir Walter Scott's centenary to renew in old complaint, that Scotland's greatest poet…

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Victoria. St. Mary's Church, St. Kilda

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 December 1871 · page 5

The dedication of the newly-added chancel of the beautiful Church of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Dandenong road, St. Kilda, was performed, on Sunday by his…

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Catholic Church at Wilcannia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 7

Father Kelly, from Bourke, celebrated Mass at "Wilcannia on Sunday last, 26th instant, and held evening Service, same date, this being within his district he left for Bourke on the…

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Catholic Associations. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 December 1871 · page 10

Sir,-I was expecting to see some remarks in your last issue in reference to a very practical letter from Mr. J. K. Heydon, which appeared in the previous issue of the 2nd instant…

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