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Churches, 1879

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The Proposed Destruction of Church of England and Schools

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 7

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH Sir,--Being in Sydney, I was somewhat startled by noticing placarded conspicuously the following: --"An address will be delivered by the Bishop of…

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Notes and Queries. Payments in Church Porches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 December 1879 · page 17

It was the custom formerly to pay a bride's dower, or to deliver the dead by which land or money was secured to her, at the church porch. This was supposed to be legally necessary, but it does not appear…

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Cardinal Manning on Woman's Mission and Influence

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 December 1879 · page 5

His Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster presided over a woman's meeting at Liverpool on Friday night. The hall was crowded in every part, the meeting being…

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The Bishop of Bathurst on the Progress Op Catholic Education

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 December 1879 · page 15

The last meeting in Bathurst in connection with the breaking up of local schools for the Christmas holidays was that held on Friday morning last at the Sacred Heart Denominational Schools. These…

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America. Samuel Neilson. American Citizens Unite to Honour an Irish Presbyterian

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 December 1879 · page 7

The Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) News publishes the following address from Rev. Dr. Edward M'Sweeny and other citizens of that town, asking for subscriptions to a monument to a…

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St. Josephs Convent School, Church Hill

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 24 December 1879 · page 10

The annual distribution of prizes, and the usual exhibition of the pupils' work, took place in the schoolroom of St. Josephs' Convent, Church Hill, on Tuesday first, in the presence of a large…

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The Church and Stage Guild

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 December 1879 · page 3

Under this title a society has been formed in England, with a most influential provisional committee. The objects are stated as follows The committee sitting with a view to the…

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Catholic Atmosphere. a Lovely Story From the "Ave Maria."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 9

We reprint the following story from the Freeman's Journal:-- Father Hudson, in a recent number of his ever-welcome Ave Maria relates the following:…

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The "Comprehensiveness" of the Church of England

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 27 December 1879 · page 8

THE alleged comprehensiveness of the national Church is one of the questions of the day, which parties of the most opposite views are now endeavouring to solve, though with a scarcely…

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Church and Stage

Evening News · Monday 29 December 1879 · page 2

NOT the least significant sign of the times in the mother country is the reviving interest in dramatic art. A still more notable fact is that a prelate of wide influence and…

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