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Churches, 1877

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Catholic School Wellington

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 18

ON Saturday last, the children attending the above school and a large number of their parents and friends attended the school for the purpose of presenting the teachers (the Misses Bourke)…

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The Liverpool Catholic School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 15

A PARLIAMENTARY paper published last week by order of the Assembly on the motion of Mr. Long, contains a correspondence between the Rev. E. J. Luckie and the Council and Minister…

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Church Guilds

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 31 March 1877 · page 6

"The Stockport Advertiser reports a scene at St. Matthew's, Edgley. On Wednesday last, the vigil of the patron saint, the services in commemoration of the dedication and the harvest,…

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Religious Memoranda. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1877 · page 8

March 13.—A valedictory address was presented by the Dean, in the name of the Synod, to the Bishop of Sydney, about to visit England. His Loithhip repliod, took formal leave of the clergy at the communion rails, and proceeded…

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India. Sir E. Temple on the Catholic Church in India

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 8

We learn from the Englishman of Calcutta that, before leaving Bengal, Sir Richard. Temple presided at the distribution of prizes at St. Francis Xavier's College, and after…

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Father Fabian, The Monk of Malham Tower. Chapter Ix. the Methodist Gardiner

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 April 1877 · page 3

"Ave Maria! thou whose name All but adoring love may, claim, Yet may we reach thy shrine; For He, thy Son and Saviour, vows…

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New Hebrides Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 17 April 1877 · page 6

Yesterday evening the Rev. John Inglis and Mrs. Inglis, and the Rev. Joseph Copeland, were entertained at a farewell tea meeting in the lecture-room of St…

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Catalogue of Anglican Bishops

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 6

The favourite theory of High churchmen is, that the British Church was planted by Apostolic hands; that it was duly organised under bishops, priests, and deacons, long…

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Catholic Directory. APRIL

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 12

Sunday, 22.—3rd Sunday after Easter. Patronage of St. Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, dup 2 cl Ad Mat L ult ad L com ad Mis com et ult…

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Very Catholic Toleration

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 6

It is well known that Roman Catholics are among the staunchest advocates of religious liberty in the world--when they are the ones to gain by it. In Germany, in England, and…

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Germany. Death of a Catholic Poetess

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 7

The death is announced, at Paderborn, of the well-known Catholic poetess, Louisa, Hensel, a sister of the painter (brother-in-law of the composer Mendelssohn Bartholdy), in…

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Church Hill, Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 April 1877 · page 20

WE present our readers this week with a view of Chnrch Hill, Sydney, looking from Charlotte Place. Church Hill is full of old associations. The Rev. Richard Johnson, the chaplain who arrived with the "first…

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Destructive Fire in Free Church-Street, West Maitland

Evening News · Wednesday 25 April 1877 · page 3

Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the unusual tone of the fire-bell awoke many of the inhabitants from their slumbers, and on proceeding to find the fire, it was found to be in Free-church-street, on the river…

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St. Joseph's Church, Woollahra

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 15

ON Sunday last (feast of the Patronage of St. Joseph) High Mass was celebrated in the above Church Coram Episcope. The celebrant of the Mass was the Right Rev. Dr…

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France. Churches in Paris

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 7

For exton cost, and magnificence the churches [?] Paris rival, if they do not exceed. the palaces. The. metropolitan cathedral of Notre Dame stands at the head of the list…

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Destructive Fire in Free ChurchStreet, West Maitland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 April 1877 · page 10

SHORTLY after midnight on Sunday, the unusual tone of the fire-bell awoke many of the inhabitants from their slumbers, and on proceeding to find the fire, it was found to be in Free-ohwrch-strcet, on the rivet…

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New Church at Gladesville

Evening News · Monday 30 April 1877 · page 2

The foundation-stone of Christ Church, Gladesville, was laid at 4 p.m. on Saturday, the 23th instant, by the Dean of Sydney. A special steamer was chartered to convey friends from and to Sydney, but owing…

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The Anglican Mythology

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 13

WHEN an Anglican is asked hew he can feel safe outside the Catholic Church, it is amusing to mark hie answer. If he is ignorant or irreligious, he is sure to say—…

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The Abbey Church of St. Alban

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1877 · page 7

The Abbey Church of St. Alban, an illustration of which we give in our fifth page, is all that now remains of the great monastic foundation dedicated to the first English martyr, and that threatens to…

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Church of England iu Australia

Evening News · Tuesday 8 May 1877 · page 2

The following paragraph occurs in the address of the Bishop of Adelaide at the opening of the Synod on the 1st May:-It may be asked, perhaps, if each colony when grouped into dioceses is to have its own…

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