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Churches, 1885

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Victorian Presbyterian Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1885 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Presbyterian General Assembly commenced its sittings to-day. Notice was given by the Rev. Mr Henderson of his intention to move that the commission invite…

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The Roman Catholic Plenary Council

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1885 · page 5

Archbishop Gould, of Victoria, has convened a synod of the Roman Catholic clergy of the archdiocese of Melbourne, to meet in St. Patrick's Cathedral on the 19th May, to discuss and arrange…

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The Church Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 May 1885 · page 5

At the committee meeting of the Church Society held on Monday last, the Lord Bishop in the chair, the following grunts were made:-- £50 towards the stipend of curate for all Saint's,…

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Anglican Synod of South Australia. Church Mission in Port Darwin. Adelaide

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 6

The annual meetings of the? Anglican Synod began yesterday. Bishop Reunion has agreed to consider the Northern Territory portion of his diocese if personal visitation is not required. The…

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Presbyterian Jubliee MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 6

The Presbyterian Commission to-day fixed on 1888 for the Jubliee Tear of the Victorian Church. The Rev. James Clowfegon preached the first Presbyterian sermon in Port Phillip in the year 1838…

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Melbourne Scots' Church. Submission by Ballot

Evening News · Thursday 7 May 1885 · page 3

Circulars were issued to the members of tho Melbourne Scots' Church congregation on Sunday, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Melbourne Presbytery on February 24, with the view of…

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The Victorian Presbyterian Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1885 · page 5

At the meeting of the Presbyterian Commission to-night, after a long discussion, a resolution was passed expressing a general approval of the code of rules for the government of the federated churches in the…

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N. Shore Congregational Church

Evening News · Friday 8 May 1885 · page 3

A sacred cantata, entitled "The Choicest Gift," was given in the North Shore Congregational Church on Thursday evening. The Rev. W. G. Robinson acted as conductor, Miss Robinson as pianist, and…

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The Church Army

Evening News · Friday 8 May 1885 · page 4

The Church Army, recently organised in Sydney under the auspices of the Church, of England, is about to enter in earnest upon the work for which it was started. By advertisement, it will be seen that…

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An Anglican Bishop on Catholic Generosity and Sacrifice

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 7

BISHOP Barry, the Anglican Primate, preached a special sermon on education at St. Philip's Church on Sunday evening. His Lordship, having enlarged, upon the necessity, for religious…

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Catholic Directory. MAY

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 4

Saturday, 9.—St. Gregory Nazianzus BCD dup. V a cap seq (mut v) coin praec (O Doctor) et SS Gordiani ac soc Mm. A Next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, Rogation…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral Building Fund

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

THE new energy which his Grace the Archbishop has infused into the movement for the completion of the cathedral has been caught by the old workers, and there is every appearance of the sum…

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Roman Catholic Episcopate. Appointments in the Colonies

Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 4

Anent Roman Catholic episcopal appointments in the colonies, a Rome telegram says :—" The statement to the effect that negotiations are now going on between the British Government and the Holy See in…

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How General M'NEIIiL'S Force Was Surprised by the Arabs. Bravery of a Catholic Priest

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 8

ON the 22nd of March the Berkshire Regiment, with the Naval Brigade and the 20th Hussars, went out from Suakim under Sir John M'Neil to reconstruct Baker Pasha's old zareba, six miles on…

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The Archbishop at Hurstville Founding a School-church and Convent

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

THE Most Rev. the Archbishop, on Saturday afternoon, was very pleasantly occupied in the now important surburb of Hurstville. It was only a few months ago that the railway was…

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Rome. Church and State

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 6

Only this week (writes a correspondent under date March 28) a new proof was given that the Vatican is unshaken in its attitude towards the conquerors of Home. Two new regiments have…

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Scots Church Balloting

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1885 · page 39

Circulars were issued to the members of the Melbourne Scots' Church congregation on Sunday, in accordance with a resolution adopted by the Melbourne Presbytery on February 24, with the view of…

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Mr. R. T. Booth's Mission. Piling Up the Agony

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1885 · page 5

Mr. Booth has concluded a successful mission in I Canterbury (N.Z.). He received several pieces of plate, and Mrs. Booth was presented by the Chair with a jewel case, in the drawers of which were…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 May 1885 · page 6

At the Protestant Hall, last night, the twenty-third annual meeting of the Sydney City Mission was held, Mr. Josish Mullens presiding. The mission brass band performed musical selections from 7.30 until 8 p.m., when the…

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Sydney City Mission. Annual Meeting

Evening News · Wednesday 13 May 1885 · page 3

The friends of, and subscribers to, the Sydney City Mission held their twenty-third annual meeting in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday night. There were a large number of ladies and gentlemen present, and…

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