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Churches, 1885

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Lecture at the Presbyterian Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 2

The usual weekly lecture, under the auspices of the Social fellowship Association, was given at the above Church on Wednesday evening. The lecturer was the…

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Catholic Orphanages

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 15

ACCORDING to the annual report of the Subiaco Catholic Orphanages in Perth, "Western Australia, just issued by the Very Eev. M. Gibney, V.G., it appears that during the past year, the institutions…

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Goulburn Catholic Art Union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 15

AT a meeting held in the Goulburn schoolroom after Mass on Sunday, it was decided that an Art Union be held for the purpose of helping to liquidate the debt contracted in the erection of the…

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Catholic. Archbishop Vaughan's Anniversary

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 14

THE solemn ceremonies at St. Mary's Cathedral on Tuesday morning had a double significance. On the one hand the beautiful memorial service testified to the grateful affection in which the…

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Primitive Methodist Sunday School

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

THE anniversary of the Primitive Methodist Sunday school, Macquarie-street, Parramatta, was celebrated by special services on Sunday last and a public meeting on Monday evening,…

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Quarantine Station and the Catholic Estate

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 17

IT would appear from a circumstance that has just come to light that the quarantine station at North Head is to some extent a source of danger to the residents of Manly. We are informed that…

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America. an American View of Catholic Progress in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 7

The growth of the Church in Australia (says the Boston PILOT) is one of the marvels of modern religious history. Fifty years ago, the tangible evidences of her existence there were a few rude…

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Presentation to the Catholic Sailors of H.m. Warships

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 15

AT the last council meeting of St. Vincent de Paul Society, it was decided to present a prayer-book, as a souvenir, to each Catholic man on board H.M.S. Nelson and the other war vessels of the fleet…

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The Appalling Exposures of London Vice. What a Catholic Paper Says

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 9

THE following is from the London TABLET, July 11, to hand by the mail:— All during the week men have been startled and scandalised because the PALL MALL GAZETTE has…

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Devotion and Heroism of the Catholic Natives of New Caledonia. Reception and Profession of Native Sisters. Translated Specially for the Freeman's Journal From the Revue Catholique De La Nouvelle Caledonie

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 18

SUNDAY, the 7th June, will be for ever memorable in the annals of the Vicariate of New Caledonia, for on that day, for the first time, took place a religious Profession, to which a very special…

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Church for the Rev. Chas. Strong. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 4

A number of gentlemen have secured a piece of laud ia Flinders-street, between Exhibition and Spring streets which will be handed over to the committee of management for the Rev. Charles…

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The Administrator at the Hosking-town Church Blessing

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 14

ON Sunday last the Very Eev. J. J. Carroll, Vicar General and Administrator of the Archdiocese, in the presence of a large concourse, and under circumstances which invested the ceremony with…

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The Luck of the Darrells. Chapter Xli.—in the Churchyard

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 402

After the party had left the Castle, Hester went on foot to the town. Even had there been room in the carriage for her she would have been averse to accompanying them to the jetty, not only because she always avoided the company of…

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The Masquerade at Christ Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 3

For the benefit of visitors at Christ Church on Monday night, the 10th August, a programme was issued. A cross headed it, and another was at the…

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Church Society Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 August 1885 · page 7

The conference of the Church Society has been fixed for the 27th and 28th lasts. On the afternoon of the first day (Thursday) the Primate will open the proceedings with an…

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Leichhardt Presbyterian Church. Laying the Foundation Stone

Evening News · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 3

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Leichhardt Presbyterian Church, Norton and Marian streets, was performed on Saturday afternoon by Alderman A Dean. After hymns had been song, the…

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Leichhardt Presbyterian Church. Laying of the Foundation Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 7

On Saturday afternoon, Alderman Alexander Dean laid the foundation stone of a new Presbyterian church at Leichhardt. Though practically a church, for as such it will be used for…

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Presbyterian Church at Leichhardt. Laying the Foundation-stone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 4

The ceremony in connection with the laving of the foundation-stone of a new building, to be used for church purposes by the Presbyterian congregation of Leichhardt, was performed by Alderman Alexander Denn, of Sydney, at…

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Anglican Vagaries. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 3

Sir, -- In your issue of the 19th inst., a correspondent, signing himself "Protestant Churchman," called attention to the manner in which divine service is being celebrated at Christ…

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A New Church at Leichhardt

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 August 1885 · page 5

The Presbyterians of Leichhardt have commenced the erection of a building to be used temporarily as a place of worship for the congregation there, eventually to give place to a…

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