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Churches, 1880

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Church of England Synod. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 16 November 1880 · page 2

The first session of the sixth Synod of the Church of England diocese, Newcastle, was held this morning at the City Hall after divine service at the Cathedral. His Lordship Bishop Pearson presided over the Synod. There is a…

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Shocking Accident at a Roman Catholic Church

Evening News · Friday 19 November 1880 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred on Sunday, October 3, at the Roman Catholic church of St. Aloy[?]ius, Ardwick, Manchester. Whilst the congregation of between 400 and 500 persons were present…

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Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 15

IT has been decided to postpone the English pilgrimage to Lourdes till next year. THE Rev. Father Slattery, who has been sojourning at the Catholic Presbytery, Queenbeyan…

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Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 982

The Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia commenced its annual meeting on Tuesday, the 2nd instant, at 7.30 p.m., in St. George's Church, Castlereagh-street, Sydney. The Rev. W. S. Donald, the retiring…

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Warangesda Aboriginal Mission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 982

The Rev. J. B. Gribble, superintendent of the above mission, has forwarded to us the following report:— The work of ameliorating the condition of the blacks on this river began about two years ago, when sympathy…

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The Catholic Vote

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 13
Also in The Protestant Standard

THE election for East Sydney has established beyond all doubt that our Catholic organization is complete. The object that was most eagerly sought for has…

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Church of England Lay Readers' Association

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1880 · page 982

The fifth annual meeting of the Church of England Lay Headers' Association was held in the Church Society's House, Phillip-street, on 12th instant, and was largely attended, the Bishop of Sydney presiding…

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A Greek Church for San Francisco

Evening News · Monday 22 November 1880 · page 4

London, October 20.-Funds have been granted by the Russian Synod to erect a Greek-Russian Church in San Francisco. A priest has been appointed to proceed to California,…

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A Methodist Preacher Accused of Immorality. Syracuse. N. Y., Oct. 7,1880

Evening News · Tuesday 23 November 1880 · page 3

The most interesting part of the proceedings of the Central New York Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in this city, is the trial of Rev. George W. Izer, of Cortland, for adultery and…

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Leichhardt Congregational Church

Evening News · Thursday 25 November 1880 · page 2

On Sunday, November 21,a branch Congregational Church was opened at Lei[?]hart. Sermons were preached in the morning by the Rev. S. Savage, and in the evening by the Rev. W. West. On Tuesday…

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Pan Presbyterian Council

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 4

WE have received from America a very full bundle of papers, giving a complete account of the proceedings of the greatest representative assembly of Protestant…

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Shocking Accident at a Roman Catholic Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 41

A shocking accident occurred on Sunday, Octobber 3, at the Roman Catholic church of St. Aloysius, Ardwick, Manchester. Whilst the congregation of between 400 and 500 persons were…

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Catholic. Confirmation at St. Mary's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 14

THE priests of the Cathedral have for some considerable time past been zealously preparing a number of children for their first Communion and also for the more important sacrament of…

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A Methodist Preacher Accused of Immorality. Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1880

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 42

The most interesting part of the proceedings of the Central New York Conference of the Mothodist Episcopal Church, in this city, is the trial of Rev. George W. Izer, of Cortland, for adultery and…

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A Chinaman's View of English Life and Civilization. (Nineteenth Century for October.) Diary of Liu Ta-jen's Mission to England. I. Railways, Mines, &C

Evening News · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 6

THE first time I met Sir Thomas Wade, the British Minister at Perking, he began the conversation by remarking that the end of Government was the preservation of the people, and that…

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A Greek Church for San Francisco

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 November 1880 · page 42

London, October 20.—Funds have been granted by the Rusaian Synod to erect a Groek-Russian Church in San Francisco. A priest has been appointed to proaeed to California, accompanied by…

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St. Saviour's Church, Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 November 1880 · page 6

The temporary church of St Saviour's, lately erected off Young-street, Redfern, was opened for Divine worship on Saturday afternoon, by the Right Rev Dr Barker, Bishop of Sydney. The neighbourhood of the newly-estabhshed…

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Catholic. Sacred Heart Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 15

THE Holy Sacrament of Confirmation was administered to 150 children on Sunday last, in the church of the Sacred Heart by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney. The children, who…

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A Roman Catholic Appeal for Help

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 December 1880 · page 7

At the end of last year, when urgent appeals were made on behalf of the starving Irish, the nuns of Poor Clares, living at Kenmare, county Kerry, endeavoured to divert some portion of…

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