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Churches, 1871

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Forest Reefs. Mining on Church and School Lands

Empire · Saturday 29 April 1871 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

A LARGE and Influential meeting of miners was held at the Royal Hotel, Forest Reefs, on Saturday, the 22nd instant, to hear the report from the deputation appointed at a previous meeting to wait on the Minister for Lands, in reference to…

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Catholic School, Kent-street South

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 May 1871 · page 7

This school, the foundation stone of which was laid only a few months since, is now fast approaching completion. It is a fine commodious building, well suited to the purpose for which…

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Archiepiscopal Visit.—benediction of St. Joseph's New Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 11

The following report is taken in part from the Orange Examiner with additions by our Bathurst correspondent:—It having been understood by the members of…

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Victoria. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Abbotsford

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 May 1871 · page 3

We learn from the Melbourne Advocate that the solemn dedication and opening of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in connection with the Convent of the Good…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1871 · page 8

APRIL 10. The Bishop of Bathurst laid the foundation stone of a church to be called Holy Trinity Church, at Wattle Flat. 11. At the annual vestry meeting at St., Paul's, Narellan,…

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Serious Charge Against a Mission Ary

Empire · Thursday 18 May 1871 · page 4

A VERY serious charge, which has been made against a missienary at the island of Nagua, by the chief officer of the schooner Jason, has been published by the Northern Argus of the 3rd instant. The…

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Extraordinary Outrage in a Church at Rome

Evening News · Friday 19 May 1871 · page 3

A number of British subjects in Rome, some Catholics and other Protestants, have made a representation to the British Minister at the Italian capital, to the effect that they have been subject to insult…

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A Roman Catholic Reformation

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 3

The appeal issued by Pere Hyacinthe to the Bishops of Roman Catholic Christendom enables us to gauge the depth and the extent of the liberal movement fermenting within the breast…

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Visit to the Roman Catholic Denominational School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 3

About half past ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, his Lordship visited the Roman Catholic Denominational School and heard the children examined in mental arithmetic and geography, and…

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Visit of His Lordship the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 3

We extract the following report published a fortnight ago in the Mudgee Liberal:— On Monday last his Lordship of Maitland paid a rather unexpected visit to Mudgee. It was…

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Appeal of Father Lavelle for His New Church of Corig. (To the Editor of the Sydney Freeman's Journal.) Corig, 15th March, 1871

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 May 1871 · page 9

DEAR SIR,—May I venture to appeal to your Irish-Australian readers to aid me in the doubly-onerous task of paying off a debt of some £350, which encumbers my church of Corig, and of…

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Extraordinary Outrage in a Church at Rome

Empire · Monday 22 May 1871 · page 3

A number of British subjects in Rome, some Catholics and other Protestants, have made a representation to the British Minister at the Italian capital, to the effect that they have been subject to insult…

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The Insurrection in Paris. Desperate Fighting Round the City. the Church of Notre Dame Sacked. 200,000 Men Under Command of the Commune. Paris Damaged by Shells

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 May 1871 · page 5

It will be remembered that the last telegraphic news from France via San Francisco was to the 7th April, we now continue from the 8th of the same month, the telegrams contained in the News of the…

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Laying the Foundation-stone of the Congregationalist Church, Parramatta

Evening News · Thursday 25 May 1871 · page 3

THE ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Congregationalist Church at Parramatta took place yesterday. There was a large number of visitors from Sydney and elsewhere, besides clergymen of other…

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Laying the Foundation Stone of the Congregational Church at Parramatta

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 May 1871 · page 4

YESTERDAY an event of considerable importance in the history of the township engaged the attention of the people of Parramatta—the laying the foundation stone of a Congregational place of worship by Mr. John Fairfax. A…

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Laying the Foundation-stone of the Congregationalist Church, Parramatta. [From Our Special Correspondent.]

Empire · Thursday 25 May 1871 · page 2

THE ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Congregationalist Church at Parramatta took place yesterday. There was a large number of visitors from Sydney and elsewhere, besides clergymen of other…

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To "Alb. Vic." of the Australian Churchman. Ter Favour of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 May 1871 · page 5

DEAR SIR,—It is evident from the tenor of your letter to The Australian Churchman that you have a very extended " bush " experience: a far wider sphere of usefulness has been committed to your oversight and…

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The Catholic Mission of Padding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 May 1871 · page 2

TON.—In consequence of the inclemency of the weather on last Sunday, only a few were able to visit the Catholic Chapel of Paddington, and assist at the opening service. The Rev. George…

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Catholic Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 May 1871 · page 6

The corporation of Waterford has adopted a memorial to Mr. Gladstone, of which the subjoined is an extract:— That the Roman Catholics of Ireland…

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