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Churches, 1883

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Scene in a Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 November 1883 · page 4

The Times states: The sentence of three year's suspension for intemperance recently pronounced at York by Lord Penzance against the Rev. E. J. A. Fitzroy, in[?]bent of St. Judo's, Liverpool, has not put an end to the scandal…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Roman Catholic Appointments. London, Nov. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 7

The Rev. James Moore has been appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat. The appointment of a successor to the late Dr. Vaughan, as Archbishop of Sydney, remains…

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New Congregational Church

Evening News · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

The foundation stone of the new Congregational Church now being erected at Homebush will be laid by Mrs. Jefferis at 8.80 o'Clock to-morrow (Saturday)…

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The Catholic Archbishopric

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 10

LONDON", November 28.— In connection with. the appointment of a snccessor to the late Dr. Vaughan, Archbishop of Sydney, no decision has yet been arrived at by the Holy See,…

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Catholic. the Archbishop of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 14

THE loading article of the Dublin FREEMAN'S JOURNAL on the Archbishop of Sydney, reprinted and commented on in our paper last week, has evidently attracted more than ordinary attention…

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Catholic. the Bishop of Maitland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 18

HIS Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Murray has issued a Pastoral to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Maitland, dated November 21st, 1883. The Pastoral has been issued in connection with…

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America. Panic in a Catholic School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 7

The New York SUN of the 20th Septem­ber says:— A paric occurred yesterday afternoon among the pupils of St. Mary's Catholic…

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The Victorian Presbyterian Assembly. MELBOURNE, Nov. 23

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 1023

The Presbyterian Assembly was unable to-day to get through the whole of their business, and adjourned the meeting accordingly until Tuesday next. The work transacted to-day was chiefly routine business, The…

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The Redmond Mission. Lecture at the Gaiety Theatre

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 5

Mr. J. E. Redmond, M.P., delivered a lecture last evening at the Gaiety Theatre on "A Chapter of Irish History." Mr. J. G. O'Connor occupied the chair, and the building was crowded in every…

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Important News by Cable. Catholic Bishop of Ballarat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 15

LONDON, November 23.—The Very Rev. Monsignor James Moore, who was Vicar-General to the late Bishop O'Connor, and Administrator of the diocese of Ballart after the latter's decease, and…

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St. John’s Church Choir. to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 December 1883 · page 4

SIR,—When I penned you my last communication respecting the inefficiency of the singing by the choir of St. John’s Church Parramatta, I little expected to have elicited…

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New Congregational Church at Homebush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 4

The foundation-stone of a Congregational church at Homebush was laid on Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Jefferis, wife of the Rev. James Jefferis, paster of the Pitt-street Congregational Church. The building is to occupy a site…

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New Congregational Church

Evening News · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon the foundation stone of a Congregational Church was laid at Homebush by Mrs. Jefferis, the wife of the Rev. James Jefferis, of the Pitt-street Congregational Church. The site of the…

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The Bishop Elect of Sydney on Church Feeling in Australia. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 4

Sir,—It was with no little surprise that I read in your issue of Saturday last an article calling in question the accuracy of a recently-uttered opinion of the Bishop elect of this diocese to the effect that there does exist especially in the laity, " a…

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York-street Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 3

Last evening, the choir of the York-street Wesleyan Church, assisted by several ladies and gentlemen from the choirs of other city churches, rendered Sir Arthur Sullivan's oratorio, " The Prodigal…

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St. John’s Church Choir

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 3

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERCURY SIR,—The correspondence of the “Loyal Churchman,” as well as that of “Sympathy,” affords me so much pleasure, and such great…

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Catholic. Inspection of Roman Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 14

THE following correspondence has been printed by order of the Assembly:— "Goulburn, 23th February, 1883. "Hon. Sir,—At the class of last year…

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Mission at Murrumburrah, and Cootamundra

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 15

ON Wednesday, 21st November, a mission was opened in the stirring little township of Murrumburrah by the Very Rev. Father Moore, O.C.C., from Melbourne. Murrumburrah is a pretty…

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Government Inspection of Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 12

ALTHOUGH the Bishop of Goulburn has failed—as will be seen from the printed correspondence—to obtain Government inspection of the Catholic schools in his…

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The Redmond Mission in Australia. Mr. J. E. Redmond's Farewell Lecture

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 17

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