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Churches, 1885

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Thursday, March 12

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 9

The Assembly met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10.30 a.m., in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, Rev. R. M'Kinnon (Moderator) presiding, The Ber. Peter Robertson, from Queensland, was…

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Blessing the New Church at Moree

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 9

On Sunday, the 23rd ultimo, the solemn blessing of the Catholic church 'was performed by Dr. Torreggini, O.S.F.C., the Bishop of Armidale, in whose diocese Moree is situated, who, at considerable personal…

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St. Patrick's Day in the Churches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 14

AT St. Mary's Cathedral the High Mass will be commenced at nine o'clock, and everything will be done to make the religious service worthy of the occasion. We understand that the Very Rev…

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School-church, Redfern

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 14

THE contract for the amount of £1500 has been let to Messrs. Jones, and M'Intyre for the erection of tho new school-church at Newtown, which will occupy a site near the post-office. The building…

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Church Home

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1885 · page 559

The opening ceremony in connection with the Home established under the auspices of the Church of England Temperance Society at 242, Forbes-street, Darlinghurst, was performed by the Bishop of Sydney, in the…

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New R.C. Church in Ashfield

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1885 · page 3

The corner stone of a new church in connection with the Convent of the Sisters of Charity in Ashfield was laid and blessed on Sunday afternoon by Archbishop Moran. On the platform were Mr…

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Archbishop Moran at Ashfield Corner Stone of a New Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1885 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large and influential gathering of Roman Catholic ladies and gentlemen, the Most Rev. Dr. Moran performed the ceremony of placing in position and…

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St. Peter's Evangelistic Mission

Evening News · Tuesday 17 March 1885 · page 3

The first quarterly report and balance-sheet of the A. Peter's Evangelistic Mission, Woolloomooloo, have been published, and they are of a very satisfactory character. From the report it appears that during…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1885 · page 5

The Irish national festival was fittingly honoured both in St. Mary's Cathedral and at St. Patrick's Church. At St. Mary's the service was attended by 4000 or 5000 persons, and the High Mass was…

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News by Telegraph. St. Patrick's Church, Gundagai

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 March 1885 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--The foundation stone of St. Patrick's new church was laid to-day by the Right Rev Dr Lannigan. The ceremony commenced at 9 o'clock with a procession from the…

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Catholic. Temperance Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 10

MORE than ordinary interest is attached to the temperance mission which commences on Sunday evening at half-past 7 o'clock in St. Mary's Cathedral. This mission, the discourses in…

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Catholic. Bethlehem Church, Ashfield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 7

HIS Grace the Archbishop of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon, performed the ceremony of blessing the corner stone of the new church, now in course of erection, on a site adjoining the Convent of the…

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The New Moderator of the Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 604

The Rer. Roger M'Kinnon, whose portrait we publish in this issue, has been raised to the office of Moderator of the Presbyterian Church by the suffrage of the presbyteries. The honour has, in this case, been well earned, and…

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Correspondence. Roman Catholic Protestants (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 7

SIR,--The above heading is characteristic of a number of persons resident in the town, from which I write. Many of your readers may not fully comprehend the meaning of the term--…

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St. Patrick's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 March 1885 · page 18

The Marist Fathers and the true-hearted Irish people of this important and extensive parish have faithfully and lovingly every year honoured the festival of the Saint whose name their…

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South African Affairs. Colonel Warren's Mission

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1885 · page 4

LONDON, March 21.—A telegram from Cape-town says that there is every probability that the mission of Colonel Sir Charles Warren, who was dispatched to South Africa to suppress the Boer…

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Establishment of a Roman Catholic Temperance Association

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1885 · page 5

Last evening an enormous congregation filled St. Mary's Cathedral. It had been announced that the Rev. Father O'Malley, S. J., would open a special mission in connection with establishment…

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Opening of a Roman Catholic School at Macdon Aldtown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1885 · page 7

The Roman Catholic Archbishop opened at Macdonaldtown yesterday afternoon two buildings which are to be devoted to the education of the Catholic children of that suburb. The site whereon the schoolrooms stand has a…

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The South African Difficulty. Probable Success of Colonel Warren's Mission. Settlement of Affairs in Stellaland. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1885 · page 9

Intelligence is to hand from Capetown, stating that there is every probability that the mission of Colonel Sir Charles Warren, who was despatched to South Africa to…

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Archbishop Moran on Education Religion and Morality. Opening of a Shool-church at Macdonaldtown

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1885 · page 8

Yesterday afternoon Archbishop Moran performed the ceremony of opining the new school church under the title of St. Mary of the Suburbs, Macdonaldtown. The ceremony took place shortly…

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