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Churches, 1881

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Ancient Irish Saints and Modern Roman Catholic Bishops on the Free Use of the Holy Scriptures

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 4

No one can read any of the writings of St. Patrick without perceiving that he felt he had found a sacred treasure in the Holy Volume, and that he took the…

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The New R. C. Church, Uralla

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 14

sON sunday last the ceremony of laving the foundation-stone of the now church at Uralla was per-formed by his Lordship Dr. Torrogiani, assisted by the Rev. P. J. O'connor. The Catholics of Uralla…

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St. Joseph's Church, Woollahra

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 14

IMMEDIATELY after 11 o'clock Mass last Tuesday according to previous announcement, a public meeting of the parishoners of Woollahra, wan held in the above church. After a few…

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Fashionably Late Church Goers

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 May 1881 · page 7

"Is there no way of making habitual late comers to church ashamed of themselves? Whether the evil habit is more prevalent now than formerly we cannot say, but; that it is far…

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Arrest of a Catholic Priest

Evening News · Monday 23 May 1881 · page 2

LONDON. May 22.—Father Sheehy, an Irish Roman Catholic priest, has been arrested tinder the Coercion Act for the activity he has displayed in furthering the…

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Destruction of a Catholic Church by Fire

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 18

In a recent issue we chronicled the fact; that St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nelson, New Zealand, had been destroyed by fire. A correspondent of the New Zealand Tablet furnishes the following…

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Correspondence. Easter Decorations of Anglican Churches. (To the Editors of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 6

SIRS,--Your correspondent "George W. Cuke," asks several questions, under the above heading; kindly allow me to reply to them…

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Arrest of a Catholic Priest

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 9

LONDON, Mar 22— Father Sheehy, an Irish Roman Catholic priest, has been arrested under the Coercion Act for the activity he has displayed in furthering the…

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Catholic. St. Bede's Presbytery, Pyrmont

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 14

HIS Grace the Archbishop blessed and opened the new Presbytery attached to St. Bede's Church, Pyrmont, on Sunday afternoon, and delivered an appropriate address to the Catholics of the parish, '…

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Church Music

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 May 1881 · page 17

WHATEVER opinion may be entertained by those interested in the subject, touching the superiority or otherwise of the Gregorian chant an church-music over the chefs [?] of the masters, all…

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St. Francis' Church

Evening News · Tuesday 31 May 1881 · page 3

On Sunday morning his Grace Archbishop Vaughan administered the sacrament of confirmation to over 100 children in St. Francis' Church, Haymarket. Before the ceremony was performed "Mi[?]a Cantata"…

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The New Catholic Church at Walcha

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 17

ON Sunday, 22nd ult., the foundation stone of St. Patrick's, tho new Catholic Church at Walcha, was laid with the usual impressive ceremonies by his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Torregiani,…

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Catholic. Opening of St. Charles' Ecclesiastical Seminary, Bathurst

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 14

THE opening of St. Charles' Seminary, which will take place on Trinity Sunday, June 12th, is an event in which every Catholic in Australia should fool a deep interest. It is the first institution of…

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Confirmation at St. Francis Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1881 · page 14

FOR some considerable time past the Rev. Fathers of the Good Samaritan, have been zealously engaged in preparing a number of children…

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Rev. Ramsdell's Catholic Wife. a Rather Peculiar Trouble in a Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Tuesday 7 June 1881 · page 3

THE effort to depose Rev. Charles B. 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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Church of [?]And Synod

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1881 · page 8

The second seasion of the Fifth Synod of the Diocese of Sydney will be opened on Tuesday, 21st instant. The members of the Synod will, as usual, meet in the evening at the Cathedral, and in the afternoon at the Church Society's…

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Balmain Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1881 · page 3

The 10th anniversary of the Balmain Presbyterian Church was celebrated last night by a public meeting held therein. The Rev. J. Cosh, minister of the church presided, and addresses were delivered by…

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Petersham Presbyterian Church

Evening News · Thursday 9 June 1881 · page 3

A public meeting was held in the Presbyterian Church, Petersham, on Tuesday evening to celebrate the induction of the Rev. J. Paton as its minister, there being a good attendance. The Rev J. Paton…

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"Boycotting" in a Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 7

The Kanturk correspondent of the Correspondent, writing on Friday, 15th April, says :—" The inhabitants of Mill-street, now no inured to Land League excitement, were…

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Roman Catholic Jubilee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1881 · page 6

We have received from his Grace Archbishop Vaughan the following copy of an Apostolic Letter of Pope Leo XIII., which the Archbishop has received from tho Holy See, and in which the Pope proclaims an Extraordinary…

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