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Churches, 1874

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A Few Non-catholic Testimonies

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 January 1874 · page 6

THERE was a meeting lately at Ipswich of the "Congregational Union," at which 500 delegates attendee. The President, E. R Cende, M. A., concluded his address by saying :—"The…

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Laying the Corner-stone of St. Saviour's New Anglican Cathedral. (From the Goulburn Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 January 1874 · page 3

THIS ceremony was performed on Thursday last by the Bishop of Goulburn, assisted by the Hon. John Campbell, the Bishops of Newcastle and Bathurst, and the Dean of Goulburn. Morning service was held at 11 o'clock in the…

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To His Grace the Roman Catholic Archbishop Vaughan. (Per favour of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 2

MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE,--A great flourish of trumpets has filled the valleys and re-echoed "the glories of Rome," rising as it were even to the ancient altars of Mount Hermon, and the…

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St. Stephen's Church , MACQUARLE-STREET. To the Editor of the Empire

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 2

Sir,—In your piper of the 14th instant there appeared a characteristic letter from the Rev. Dr. Lang, complaining of the procedure taken in his absence in relation to the onion of my congregation with that of Phillip-street. If he had been…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 5

December 16.—A meeting was held at Cowra, at which it was resolved to commence, the erection of a new church. 20.—The foundation-stone of a schoolroom at Balmain, to be temporarily used as a church, was laid by the…

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St. Stephen's Church, Macquarie-street. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Saturday 24 January 1874 · page 3

SIR,—In your paper of the 14th instant there appeared a characteristie letter from the Rev. Dr. Lang, complaining of the procedure taken in his absence in relation to the union of my congregation with that of Phillip-street. If he had been…

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Ritualism in Mr. Gladstone's Parish Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 4

The Liverpool Mercury states that since the appointment of the Rev. Stephen Gladstone to the rectory of Hawarded that there has been gradually introduced a more elaborate ritual than…

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Opening of the Catholic Church, Albion Park

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 6

WE reprint below from the Illawarra Mercury the report of the proceedings in connection with the consecration of this church :— The Roman Catholic Church recently erected…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guild

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 12

THE Half-yearly meeting of the Parent Guild of St. Mary and St. Joseph took place on Wednesday last in the hall of St. Mary's Seminary. The Chaplain (the very Rev. M. J. Pwyer) occupied…

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The Irish Catholic Hierarchy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 12

THE Catholic Hierarchy presents, at the present moment, peculiar features in relation to the episcopal standing of its members. The twenty-eight sees are filled, and there…

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Western Australia. New Church, Albany

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 January 1874 · page 5

Not long since we gave a description of a very handsome church—Star of the Sea—which is being erected in Albany, K.G.S., under the guidance of the Rev. Bernard Delany, and on an…

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Australian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1874 · page 4
Also in Empire

THE annual general meeting of the Australian Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society was held at the Wesleyan Church, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, last night. The attendance amounted to…

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Australian Wesley an Methodist Missionary Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1874 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of the Australian Wesleyan Me[?]ist Missionary Society was held last evening at the W[?]yan Churoh, Bourke-street, Surry Hills Just before the horn of meeting a thunderstorm broke over the city,…

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Third Synod of the Church of England in the Diocese of Sydney. First Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1874 · page 4

YESTERDAY the first Session of the third Synod of the Church of England, within the Diocese of Sydney, was commenced, with all the accustomed forms, at the Church Society's House, in Phillip-street…

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Third Synod of the Church of England In, the Diocese of Sydney, First Session. Second DAY.—The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1874 · page 3

Prayers having been said, the minutes of the last meeting were read by the clerical secretary (Rev. W. Lumsdaine) and confirmed. DRA[?]T CHURCH DEED…

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Church Sustentation and Extension Society.— Recommendations From Districts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 February 1874 · page 3

The Rev. W. CURNOW read a series of resolutions pasted by the Sydney District Committee, having reference to alterations in the present constitution of the Distribution Committee, and the mode of managing the society's affairs…

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Third Synod of the Church of England in Ihe Diocese of Sydney. First Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1874 · page 3

THIRD DAY.—The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday. Prayers having been said, the minutes of the last meeting were read by the clerical secretary (Rev. W. Lumsdaine)…

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Archbishop Vaughan and Catholic Charity

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 2

At the annual meeting of the Benevolent Asylum, Dr. Vaughan, in moving the adoption of the report, said:--"Up to the present time he had been engaged in matters concerning the…

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Religious "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." From the Paris Correspondent of the True Catholic

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 February 1874 · page 4

With matters purely civil we, as true Catholics, do not interfere; that "Zimri dies or reigns" is chiefly of interest to us as the government of either affects that kingdom which is not…

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