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Churches, 1881

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Catholic Directory. JUNE

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 4

Saturday, ll.— Fast Day.— 7th Day within the Octave, semid. V seq com tant Dom I post Pent. Next Thursday, Corpus Christi, Day of…

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A Rather Peculiar Trouble in a Presbyterian Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 41

The effort to depose Rev. Charles B. Ramsdell from the pulpit of the North Presbyterian Church, of Washington, D.C., is the absorbing topic of the day. The "trial," so far as the Washington…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Pro-cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 14

ON Whit Sunday his Grace the Archbishop pontificated at High Mass in the pro-Cathedral. The Rev. T. Harrnett, and Rev. Edmund Butler, M.A., St. John's, were the deacon and…

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A Beautiful Church Window

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 15

ON the anniversary of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, in August last, a stained-glass window from the establishment of C. Lavergue, in Paris, erected near the altar of St. Patrick…

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St. Patrick's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 14

THE Whit Sunday services at the Church of the Marist Fathers were very largely attended, and at the early Masses great numbers of the congregation approached the Holy Table. At…

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Petersham Roman Catholic School

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 June 1881 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Downey, who conducted the Roman Catholic School, Petersham, during the past eight years and a half were presented on Wednesday evening last with very handsome…

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Walking Past Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1881 · page 6

Sir,—The practice of fining licensed cabmen, and tnereby preventing the public from driving past certain churches on Sundays at a pace beyond a walk, is an illegality and a public [?]injustice which needs remedy…

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Church and School Lands. CARCOAR

Evening News · Wednesday 15 June 1881 · page 2

The first church and school land leases were held to-day. 44 lots were submitted at an average annual rental of over 10s per acre. Not a single bid was made, and great indignation was…

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Death of a Catholic Bishop

Evening News · Thursday 16 June 1881 · page 2

LONDON, June 15.—The Right Rev. James Danell, D.D., Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, is dead. He was 60 years of age…

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The Church of Scotland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1881 · page 3

We leam from the Edinburgh correspondent of the Times that an attempt hits been made to give the disestablishment movement a practical direction by the Scottish Council of the Liberation Socicty, which has published suggestions for…

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Roman Catholic Jubilee

Evening News · Friday 17 June 1881 · page 2

The Apostolic Letter of Pope LEO XIII, which has been read in all Roman Catholic Churches throughout the world, and in which be proclaims a special Jubilee, is…

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Catholic Pere Breton

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 14

"How lovely are the fool, of him that cometh upon the mountains !" Anyone who has been privileged to witness the departure for the foreign missions of the youthful clerics of our continental…

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Death of a Catholic Bishop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 9

LONDON, June 15— The, Right Rev. James Danell, D.D, Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark, is dead. He was 60 years of age…

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The New Marriage Regulations of the Church of England. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standara.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 6

SIRS,--The Diocesan Church Synod is to meet on the 21st instant, and one important question respecting the new marriage regulations, affecting numerous families, is to be submitted under…

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How to Contribute at Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 June 1881 · page 5

We are frequently asked regarding the best manner of dropping money into the contribution box,says the Boston Courier, and after carefully considering the subject, we suggest the following…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Wednesday 22 June 1881 · page 3

THE Second session of the fifth synod of the diocese of Sydney was commenced yesterday. Divine Service was held in St. Andrew's Cathedral in the moraine at 11 o'clock. The…

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The Church of England Synod

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 June 1881 · page 3

The second session of the Fifth Synod of the Diocese of Sydney was opened yesterday afternoon at the Church Society's House, Phillip street. There were in attendance 56 clergymen and 107 lay…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 3

The PRESIDENT (Dean Cowper) in his address on Tuesday, after referring is the absence of the Bishop and other matters, stated that accommodation had been provided for 30,000 people, that 57 substantial…

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The Church of England Synod

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 June 1881 · page 3

The Church of England Synod met pursuant to adjournment at half-past 3 o'clock p.m. yesterday, when the Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney took the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read…

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Church of England Synod

Evening News · Friday 24 June 1881 · page 3

The Synod of the diocese of Sydney, was continued on Thursday, the President (Dean Cowper) occupied the chair, and there was a large attendance of clerical and lay representatives. Questions were…

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