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Churches, 1884

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Catholic. the Archbishop Vaughan Memorial

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 14

ON Monday afternoon a meeting of the Archbishop Vaughan Memorial Fund Committee was held at St. Mary's, his Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, presiding. Among…

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EDUCATIONAL. Archbishop Moran on Catholic Education

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 879

Archbishop Moran visited Waverley on Sunday afternoon to open a new school erected by the Franciscan Fathers near Vickery-street. The institution is to be under the superintendence of the Sisters of St. Clair…

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Catholic Education Claims. (By Telegraph. From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 14

DR. Mpore, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat, said in St. Arnaud last night (when he responded to an address which was presented to him) that the Roman Catholics came out to this colony, where civil…

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Church Missionary Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 14

The annual meeting of the New South Wales Auxiliary of the above society was held on Wednesday evening, in the Church Society's House, Phillip-street. The Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney presided. The meeting having…

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Correspondence. the Bdind Eye of the Church. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 7

Sir,--One of the most prominent and convenient features of the Church of Rome is its blind eye: it is made to meat the requirements of all grades from the Pope at Rome to the most ignorant Irish…

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Parramatta Baptist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 8

On Wednesday evening a tea and public meeting and sale of plain and fancy needlework, to celebrate the anniversary of the Church, were held at the Town Hall…

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The Roman Catholic Responsibility

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 November 1884 · page 5

At Parramatta yesterday, Archbishop Moran again referred to the relation of the Roman Catholic Church to the question of religions instruction in public schools. "Of late," he…

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St. Philip's Church Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 November 1884 · page 10

Last evening a concert was given in the St. Philip's Schoolroom, Church-hill, by the choir of St. Philip's Church. The shoolroom was filled with an appreciative audience. An excellent programme had been…

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CORRESPONDENCE. Free and Rented Church Seats. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 November 1884 · page 6

Sir,--"Were it not," &c., &c., to use Mr Jos. B. Durham's own phraseology (a most remarkable feature in nearly all his correspondence), that I consider this gentleman's defence much weaker than…

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New Mission Church Harris Park

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 1

On Tuesday evening a tea-meeting was held in the above Church. About 200 people were present. An excellent tea had been provided and the church was tastefully decorated with…

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England. a Great Catholic Wedding

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 6

The marriage of Viscount Feilding, R.H.A., eldest son of the Earl of Denbigh, with the Hon. Cocilia Clifford, daughter of the late Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, and sister to the…

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Catholic. Opening the New Convent School at Parramatta

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 14

PARRAMATTA is generally regarded as a quiet easy-going sort of place, but it must be confessed that the visit of his Grace of Sydney, on Sunday last, awakened something…

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The Abbe Curci Becomes Reconciled to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 16

A STRIKING instance of the supreme disipline of the Church and of the profound veneration throughout the Orders for its visible Head has just been witnessed in Rome, Father Cruci, an…

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Sunday in Balmain. St. Augustine's Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 2

Last Sunday I was tempted to go and hear Mass, shall I say by curiosity; no, by the statement that good music was to be heard in the Roman Catholic Church above…

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Personal Experiences of the Romish Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 November 1884 · page 7

I am told by my Protestant friends that it is very commonly thought in England that the Roman Church in this country is a sort of improved edition of the same communion…

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Meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Australasia

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 November 1884 · page 5

It was pretty generally known when Archbishop M[?] arrived in Sydney that the distinguished prelate bore the special title of Papal Delegate, and that this title, with the attendant powers and…

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St. Jude's Church, Randwick

Evening News · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 7

The ceremony of the induction of the Rev. William Hough to the parish of Randwick was performed on Sunday evening by the Most Rev. the Primate, and there was a large congregation present. After the…

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Free and Rented Church Seats. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 November 1884 · page 2

Sir,--I cannot see what "Outener No. 3" sees remarkable in "were it not;" but whether there be anything remarkable in it or not, I shall again make use of it and say were it not that he has charged me,…

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The Roman Catholic Church in Australia. London, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1884 · page 9

His Holiness the Pope rejoices at the progress made by the Roman Catholic Church in Australia…

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Federation of Presbyterian Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 November 1884 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly, Dr. Nisu presented a report of the conference of intercolonial delegates recently held, to consider the question…

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