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Churches, 1883

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The East. a Catholic Cingalese Nobleman

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 7

We read in the Jaffna Catholic Guardian as follows :-In the person of Saverimuttu Modelyar, Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, the town of Jaffna has…

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England. the Proposed New Catholic Cathedral at Westminster

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 7

We have had sufficient reason (says the Tablet of December 16) for not speaking hitherto of the possibility that the great Cathedral of Westminster may, before long,…

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Primitive Methodist Annual District Meeting. Saturday, February 3

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 8

THE annual District Meeting of the Primitive Methodist Church was opened in the Macquarie-street church, Parramatta, on Saturday last. The following ministerial and lay…

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Catholic. the Very Rev. Dr. Coletti's Departure for Rome

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 15

THE Very Rev. Dr. Coletti leaves to-day (Friday) in the P. and O. Company's s.s. Indus, taking with him all ports of good and tender wishes, and leaving behind many devoted friends…

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Catholic. Lenten Pastoral by His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 18

ON Sunday last the lenten Pastoral bearing the title " Test Points of a Loyal Spirit," by Roger Bede, Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan, was read in the churches of the archdiocese…

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Baptist Church Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1883 · page 4

THE annual excursion in connection with the Parramatta Baptist Church Sunday School took place on Wednesday last. It cannot be said that the affair was a success. No doubt the…

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School-church at Naremburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1883 · page 5

The corner-stone of a school-church was laid by the Very Rev. the Vicar-General (Dean Cowper) at Naremburn [?] known as Central Township), North Willoughby, on Saturay afternoon. The site of the building is an…

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Primitive Methodist Annual District Meeting. Monday, February 6

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 2

THE final consideration of the station reports was taken up. A total of the number of members in the district, as against the number for the report for last year, showed a decrease of 13…

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Baptist Church Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1883 · page 3

THE annivsary services in connection with this Sunday school were celebrated on Sunday last, when pastor the Rev. Mr. Straughan, preached aropriate serious in the morning…

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Mariners' Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 February 1883 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Sydney Bethel Union was held on Tuesday evening last. The public tea in the sailors' reading-room, under the church, was well attended; from 350 to 400 partook of the good things provided. There…

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Mr. Redmond's Mission

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 319

The new land policy of Ireland, as Mr. REDMOND has expounded it in Adelaide, will not, we venture to say, commend itself to the common sense or sense of justice of the…

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Catholic Directory. FEBRUARY

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

Saturday, 17.—Ember Day—St. Hyginus P M dup. V com seq et S Simeoms EM. R Next Thursday will be the anniversary of the election of our Holy Father Lee XIII. Next…

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Bishop Ryle and the Established (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 7

The Evangelical Protestant Union has, through the honorary secretary, addressed the following letter to the Bishop of Liverpool:-- "To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop…

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The Papists Exclusive Use of the Word "Catholic."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

Romanists pride themselves on calling themselves Catholics and assuming to themselves exclusively the right of being considered Catholics, but they are…

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Catholic Death of the Right Rev. Dr. O'connor, Bishop of Ballarat, Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 15

THE Church in Australia has suffered a loss in the death of the Bishop of Ballarat that cannot be overestimated or too deeply deplored. The gifted prelate who finished his apostolic career on…

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A Generous Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 8

There is a Baptist Church in New York which deserves to have its fame sounded through all Christian lands. It is probably the most generous Church in Christendom…

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A "Musical Church."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 9

The London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury says:--Archdeacon Dunbar has at length completed his arrangements for restoring to London on a more magnificent…

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St. John’s Auxiliary to the Church Society

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 4

THE annual meeting of St. John’s (Parramatta) auxiliary to the Church Society was held in the Grammar School, on Tuesday evening last. The Rev. Canon Gunther presided, and the…

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Opening of Wesleyan Church Granville

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 2

ON Wednesday afternoon last the church recently erected for the Wesleyan Denomination at Granville was used for Divine Service for the first time. The attendance on the…

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Church Hill Chambers

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 17 February 1883 · page 14

THAT grand pile of buildings recently erected by the enterprise of Mr. Johnson near the corner of George Street and Church Hill forms the handsomest architectural feature in the neighbourhood. It is…

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