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Churches, 1885

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Prospect R.C. Church

Evening News · Thursday 4 June 1885 · page 6

The want of a Roman C[?] chapel at the Prospect Reservoir has long been felt. On Saturday last Dean Rigney succeeded in effecting the purchase of the galvanised iron building which has hitherto…

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Christ Church, Enmore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 June 1885 · page 4

A meeting of the parishioners of Christ Church, Enmore, was held in the church last night for the purpose of taking steps to place the affairs of the parish on a better legal basis. The meeting was presided over by the Primate, and there…

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The Trusteeship of Church Property. Important Statement by the Primate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 June 1885 · page 8

Last evening, a meeting of the trustees and members of the congregation of Christ Church, [?]more, was held in the church, for the purpose of putting the siffirs of the parich on more…

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Roman Catholic Celebrations. ARMIDALE

Evening News · Friday 5 June 1885 · page 4

Yesterday being the Feast of Corpus Christi, was celebrated in the Roman Catholic Cathedral with great splendor, Pontificial High Mass celebrated by Bishop Torreggiani, assisted by…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 10

The Bishop Torreggiani congratulation fund, presented in the Armidale Cathedral on Thtirs-day, amounted to about ,£1000. The Rev. Michael Campion has been appointed…

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Opening of All Saints' New Anglican Church, Hunter's Hill

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 1180

A still further addition to the long list of suburban places of worship that have sprung into existence of late was made on Saturday af afternoon, on which occasion the Right Rev. the Primate laid the corner-stone of All Saints' new…

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Mission Ships. Mission Ships of the London Missionary Society. the "Duff."

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 20

THE honor of being the first Association to employ ships in the exclusive service of Christian Missions does not belong to the London Missionary Society, but to the Moravian Church, which led the way in this mode of…

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Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Seminary at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 8

Shortly after his arrival Archbishop Moran approvad of a site at Manly for the establishment of an Ecclesiastical Seminary, and on the eve of the Archbishop's departure for Europe the contracts for the work have been signed,…

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Catholic. the Archbishop and the Temperance! Cause. a Powerful Address at the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 14

IF there is one work more than another in which the Archbishop manifests a warm and earnest interest it is the temperance movement originated by his Grace in our midst, and which has…

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Letter From the Soudan. Roughing It. Alleged Ill-treatment. No Prayer Books' for Catholic Soldiers. the Wind Up of the Campaign. The Camp, Handub April 9,1885

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 8

To follow up my last hurried letter, written just after returning to headquarters after our first engagement, let me begin by saying that Thursday the 2nd April, 1885, to 11 long be remembered by…

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New Church at Prospect

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 16

THE want of a chapel at the Prospect Reservoir has long been felt. On Saturday last the Venerable Archdeacon Rigney succeeded in effecting the purchase of the galvanized iron building…

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St. Andrew’s Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 8

A TEA. meeting and social entertainment was held in the Town Hall on Wednesday evening in connection with St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church. It is some five years since the…

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All Saints’ Church, Hunter’s Hill

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 3

ON Saturday last the Right Rev. Dr. Barry laid the corner alone of All Saints’ church, Hunter’s Hill, in the presence of a large number of persons…

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Religious Education. a Sermon Bt the Rev. J. W. JOHNSTONE, M.A., Incumbent of Christ Church, Enmore, Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 9

"And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart; and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and thou shalt talk of them when thou Bittest in thine house, and when thou walkest hy the way,…

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Church of England Eight- Days' Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 8

The arrangements for the Eight-days' Mission of the Church of England in Sydney and the suburbs are now, we understand, complete. The mission itself is to commence on Sunday…

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New Roman Catholic Appointments and Regulations

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 3

Archbishop Moron, on the eve of his departure for Europe, has issued an important circular letter to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The letter Is for the greater part taken up with…

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Roman Catholic Schools. St. Peter's, Sorry Hills

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 5

The ceremony of consecrating and laying the foundation-stone of a new church-school, adjoining St. Peter's Church, at the corner of Crown and Devonshire streets, Surry Hills, was performed on Saturday afternoon by Archbishop…

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The Unitarian Church

Evening News · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 3

This twenty-eighth annual report of the committee and trus[?] of the Unitarian Church, Sydney, shows that there was a marked improvement in the attendance at the church up to the middle of November last when the…

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Dissolute Lords. Patrons of the Church

Evening News · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 5

The Earl of Shrewsbury took his seat in the House of Lords the other day, and it was noticed by those present that hiS lordship did not take any notice of his fellow cab-proprietor, the Duke of Marlborough…

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The Anglican Synod at Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1885 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The Church of England synod closed yesterday. The principal business transacted was the reading and adoption of the report and balance-sheet in…

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