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Churches, 1876

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Controversial Mission in Ireland

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 6

A FIRST visit to Connemara is very pleasant. To the visitor from England the country has all the charm of resembling a half foreign land. The luxury of…

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Mission at St. Matthias's From 28th May to 4th June inclusive

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 8

The following address has been circulated in the parish : -- MY DEAR FRIENDS, Having the happy tidings to announce,…

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Tales. Edina [The right of publication in Australia has been purchased by the proprietors of the Sydney Mail.] Chatter Xiv.—mr. Pellet in the Churchyard

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 1

TRENNACH churchyard was a lonely place at all times: bat it looked particularly so in the twilight of a dull evening, The trees took fantastic shapes to the eye; the grave-mounds and the head-stones reminded you…

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Partizan Dealings in Christ Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 7

A CORRESPONDENCE has been handed to us for publication which exemplifies the mode by which what are called High Church ideas are made to prevail in…

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Lecture by Rev. F. HIBBERD. In answer to Archbishop Vaughan's pamphlet entitled "The Church of Christ Indefectible." Part Ii

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 3

We bestowed great care upon the consideration of the questions naturally related to the arguments employed to demonstrate the indefectibility of the Roman Church. The so called…

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All Saints’ Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 March 1876 · page 2

We learn that the position of organist has been resigned by Mrs. Woodgate, in conseque[?] of ill-health, and that the situation has been taken by a gentleman…

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Sydney City Mission

Evening News · Wednesday 29 March 1876 · page 2

A public meeting of the above was held at the : Mariner's Church last evening. The church was pretty well filled with a very attentive audience, amongst whom were a large number of sailors who were all…

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America. Murder of a Catholic Priest in Vancouver Island

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 7

In November last, a canoe arrived in Victoria, from Barclay Sound, with natives bea ring letters to Bishop Seghers, from Fr. A. Brabant, in which he stated he had been…

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Pastoral Letter of the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland, To the Catholic Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Maitland, on the Holy Season of Lent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 17

DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN CHRIST,—The Holy Season of Lent with all its blessings and responsibilities, with its graces and duties, has again come upon us, and it…

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St. Benedict's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 13

SUNDAY last was a red letter day in the history of St. Benedict's church. It being the Sunday within the octave of the Feast of St. Benedict, Solemn High Mass coram Poatifice was celebrated…

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Punctuality at Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 5

IF the worshippers be not as punctual as the minister—if there be steps heard in the aisle from the earliest whisper of the organ to the announcement of the text, and the sound of opening doors keeps time with the footfall of every new addition…

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Lecture by Rev. F. HIBBERD. In answer to Archbishop Vaughan's pamphlet entitled "The Church of Church Indefectible." Part Ii. -- (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 1 April 1876 · page 3

Then what does her organization look like when placed beside that of the early Church? Were there Popes, Cardinals, Archbishops, Vicar-Generals, Masters of Ceremonies, or…

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Curious Scene in a Church

Evening News · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 3

A curious scene took place in a Northumbrian church on December 26. A Presbyterian congregario on the northern border of Northumberland were surprised to see their minister ascend the…

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Fatal Accident in a Church

Evening News · Wednesday 5 April 1876 · page 3

Whilst service was being conducted in the parish church of Cherry [?]ton, a village near Beverley, on [?] December 26, the clock weight came to being through the belfry roof and alighted…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1876 · page 6

FEBRUARY 26.—The foundation-stone of a school church to be built at Blacktown was laid by the Rev. E. Smith. March 2.—The annual meeting of St. John's Church, Young, was held, the Rev. F. R. Seanorn, the incumbent,…

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The Roman Catholic Church in the British Empire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 9

THE Catholic Directory for 1876, edited by the Rev. W. A. Johnson, secretary to Cardinal Manning, and published under the sanction of the Roman Catholic authorities by Messrs. Burns and Oates,…

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Original Poetry. Non Possumus. Lines to S. S. Pio Nono by an Old Catholic

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 2

on Possumus. We also have this right To say "we cannot." Father, we cannot more Endure the veiling of God's Living Light…

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St. Patrick's Church Sydney. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 16

SIR,—In looking over the correspondence in your esteemed journal, in which were detailed the many demonstrations made on St. Patrick's Day to do honour to Ireland's Apostle, I was…

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Balmain Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 8

YESTERDAY evening a tea meeting was held at Balmain, followed by a publie meeting, in the Congregational Church, in recognition of the settlement of the Rev. [?] Meadwcroit, as the pastor thereof. Mr. J. Mullens…

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Our Illustrations. St. Mark's Church Darling Point

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1876 · page 457

THE picture on the first page of our supplement is a sketch from the Darting Point Road, showing one of the most pleating bits of rustic scenery near Sydney. When spring is young and trees put on their fresh green apparel, the…

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