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Churches, 1879

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Intercolonial. Victoria. the Catholic Question

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 8

A MEETING of Catholics, to form a branch of the Education Defence Association, was held in St. Joseph's schoolroom here, after mass, on Sunday week. About 180 persons were present, and…

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Catholic Education Controversy MORPETH

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 387

The Rev. A. Mack lectured in the Wesleyan Church last night, on the third Pastoral. He argued that the present aggressive attitude of the Roman Catholic Church was in accord with her past policy, and should…

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Correspondence. Parramatta Asylum and Catholic Education. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 6

SIRS,--Reading the correspondence between Mr. J. W. Smart, J.P. (!) and the Rev. R. Williamson; which lately appeared in the Herald, certain things struck me referring…

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Catholic Education. the Third Pastoral Letter of His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 17

ROGER BEDE, by the Grace of God and the favour of the Apostolic See, Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan, to the Clergy, Secular and Regular, and the faithful of the…

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The Roman Catholic Bishops Agitation in Vic Oria. (To the Editor of the Southern Cross.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 9

SIR.--There can be no doubt that the Roman Catholics of this colony are menacing the Government with a very serious agitation, with a view, as they put their case, to obtain payment…

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FATHER McNAMARA'S Letter to the Irish Catholic Public of New York City and Vicinity:--

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 9

BELOVED BRETHREN:-- After the experience of the past two years you will not think it strange that I now address you as a priest of the (Anti-Roman) Irish Catholic Church…

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Home and Foriegn. England. a Convent's Work. an Interesting Chapter From the Wonderful History of the Church in the Nineteen Century

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 5

Some thirty years ago there lived in the little town of Deal, on the south-east coast of England, a Protestant lady named Boys. well bred, highly educated, and gifted with the…

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Church of St. Francis De Sales, Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 15

SUNDAY, 21th August, was truly a grand day at this church, one hundred and ninety-seven children, having the inestimable happiness of making their first Holy Communion at the…

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The Additions to St. Mary's Church, Warwick

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 19

THE ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the additions to St. Mary's Church (Roman Catholic) took place last week, says the local paper. The day was observed as a holiday…

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The Church of England Synod at Goulburn [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 5

At the sitting of the Church of England Synod on Thursday night, the ordinance regulating the appointment of clergymen to vacant cures was read a second time and pro forma agreed to. The…

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Goulburn Church of England Synod. [By Telegraph.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 September 1879 · page 11

GOULBURN, Wednesday.—The Church of England Synod was held at the Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon. The Bishop of Goulburn presided, and in his opening address made…

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A Roman Catholic Priest Drowned. QUEANBEYAN

Evening News · Monday 8 September 1879 · page 3

ABOUT 6 o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, the residents of Queanbeyan were startled by the intelligence that the body of Father M'Auliffe, the priest in charge of the Queanbeyan district, had…

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Melancholy Death of a Roman. Catholic Priest. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 September 1879 · page 3

The Rev. Father McAuliffe of St. Gregory's Queanbeyan, has been found drowned in a small waterhole in a lonely part of the bush near the town It is supposed he slipped in while…

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The Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland on Education. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 September 1879 · page 5

Dr. Murray, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland, delivered an important address on Education on Sunday evening, at St. Michael's Church, Tamworth, preaching from the text, "Seek first the kingdom of…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England. Bishop Barker on Education

Evening News · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 3

The fourth session of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in New South Wales was opened yesterday afternoon. Divine service was held in the Cathedral at 11 a.m., the service being choral throughout. The lessons for…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 September 1879 · page 3

The fourth session of the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in New South Wales was opened yesterday. In the morning, divine service was held at the Cathedral. The prayers were intoned by the…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 September 1879 · page 3

The Synod met yesterday afternoon at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock, the beginning of the proceedings being delayed for half an hour by the want of a quorum of the representatives of the Sydney diocese. Archdeacon…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England. Third Day-thursday

Evening News · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at 5 minutes past 4 p.m. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. The Hon. G. H. Cox was appointed chairman of committees for the remainder of the session…

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Provincial Synod of the Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 September 1879 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Daily Telegraph

Yesterday afternoon the Synod again met at the Church Society Rooms, Phillip-street. The president (Archdeacon Child, B.A.), took the chair at 4 o'clock, and read prayers The clerical secretary read the minutes of the last day's…

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