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Churches, 1872

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Annual Meeting of the Church Society

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 May 1872 · page 623

The annual meeting of the Church Society was held on Monday in the schoolhouse, Castlereagh-street. The attendance was very numerous. The Bishop of Sydney presided, and the gentlemen who occupied seats on the platform were…

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Public-house Mission Aries. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 May 1872 · page 3

SIR,—Some years since the great London City Mission inaugurated, as a distinct brunch of its operations, "a Mission to the Public-houses of London and its suburbs." Increasing year by year in favour, this branch numbers…

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Dr. Von Dollinger'on the Church of England

Empire · Thursday 23 May 1872 · page 4

DR. VON DOLLINGER'S latest lecture on the " Reunion of Christian Churches" was devoted exclusively to the religious history and present state of England and Ireland. The Professor…

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Opening of the Parramatta Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 May 1872 · page 5

THE new Congregational church, Parramatta, was opened on Sunday last for Divine worship. Although scarcely finished, its exterior and interior presented very pleasing appearances. To the pastor, the Rev. Thomas S. Forsaith,…

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Turkey. the Catholic Church in Turkey

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 4

The mission of Mgr. Franchi to the Sultan is already bearing fruits in the greater liberties which Catholics are now enjoying throughout Turkey. Even thirty years ago…

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Catholic Opinion Abroad

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 4

The Times has a view of its own about the thanksgiving. It says in effect that the real thanksgiving was made by the nation when it received with such feelings of relief and of…

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France. Projected Establishment of Catholic University at Angers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 3

The Paris correspondent of the Westminster Gazette writes:— The first meeting to take into consideration the formation of a Catholic University in…

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The Church in New South Wales

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 11

I must not leave the subject of Villa Maria without saying something of the missions of which it is the depot in Australia. These are in the South Sea Islands, New Caledonia, and…

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New Church of St. Canice, Aughaboe, Ossory, Queen's County, Ireland. Appeal of Father Matt Keeffe to the People of America and Australia, for and to the Funds for His New Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 11

MY DEAR FRIENDS—A new Church at Aughaboe was felt to be a necessity long before my appointment to the parish. The difficulty which appalled my predecessors still continues…

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Protestant Churches Visited. Saint Matthias' Church, Paddington

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 May 1872 · page 2

To describe this church, or that portion of it at present completed is a somewhat difficult task. It is neither round, nor square, nor oblong; although from its pentagonal chancel…

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Dr. Von Dollinger on the Church Op England

Evening News · Friday 31 May 1872 · page 4

DR. VON DOLLINGER'S latest lecture on the "Reunion of Christian Churches" was devoted exclusively to the religious history and present state of England and Ireland. The Professor…

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The Catholic Bazaar

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 10

On Friday evening last the drawing of prizes in connection with the above Bazaar took place in the Borough Market Messrs. R. B. Wallace, W. W. Capper, F. S. M Dermott presided at…

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Austria. the "Old Catholic" Party

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 4

Austria has thrown a damper on the efforts of the "Old Catholic" party, by a decree ordering that none of its documents, or the actions of its priests, shall be recognised by…

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America. Catholic Institutions in New York

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 3

Work on the Roman Catholic Cathedral on the east side of Fifth avenue, between Fiftieth and Fifty-first streets, has been suspended during the winter, in consequence of…

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Grand Tea Meeting and Soiree in Aid of the R. C. Church and School, Gulgong

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 10

On Thursday evening this long looked-for and much desired treat, was given in the spacious school hall, to about live hundred persons, and was an unprecedented success…

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Opening of the Parramatta Congregational Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 694

The new Congregational church, Parramatta, was opened on Sunday, May 19, for Divine worship. Although scarcely finished, its exterior and interior presented very pleasing appearances. To the pastor, the Rev. Thomas S. Forssith,…

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Protestant Churches Visited. St. Bartholomew's, Pyrmont

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 1 June 1872 · page 2

FOUNDED upon a rock, both literally and spiritually, is the church whose name heads this paper. A prettier little building we have not yet visited, and it affords us great pleasure to…

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Goulburn Church Society. (Abridqed from Saturday's Gonlburn Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 June 1872 · page 8

THE annual meeting of the above society was hold in the hall of the Mechanics' Instituto on Tuesday evening last. The attendance was small, there being only about sixty or seventy people present. The chair was taken by the…

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The Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 2

THE tenth annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission was held last evening at the Temperance Hall. Mr. John Fairfax occupied the chair, and the Revs Dr. Stcol, G. H. Moreten, J. Frazer, G. martin, Mr. W. J. Foster, and…

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A Fighting Mission

Sydney Punch · Thursday 6 June 1872 · page 3

RELIGIOUS differences have caused disunion and discord enough in Australia, but hitherto no bloodshed. The honour of initiating a new state of things belongs to the missionaries at Rotuma. In this favoured island there are Protestant and Catholic missions, which…

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