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Churches, 1886

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Catholic. Christmas Day in the Churches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 14

FROM a weather aspect, Friday last was as unlike an Australian Christmas, as it would be possible to conceive; but if the festivites were less general and less hearty on account of the rain, the…

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The Boasted Unity of the Roman Catholic Church

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 7

That the boasted unity of the Roman Catholic Church is, like most of the doctrines of that Church, false and unreal we have often taken occasion to shew. The real dissensions…

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Catholic Schools and the Public Examinations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 15

THE recently published results of our success at the University examinations must have been very cheering to all who take an interest in Catholic education. With all their heavy…

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Bethlehem Convent Church Ashfield

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 15

THE Cardinal-Archbishop, on Sunday morning last, paid an official visit to Ashfield for the purpose of blessing the handsome little church recently completed. The church is built on the…

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The Pope Speaks. His Holiness on the Relations, of Church and State

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 17

By the last foreign mail we received a copy of the Encyclical Letter of "Our Most Holy Lord Leo XIII., by Divine Providence Pope "concerning the Christian Constitution of States, and…

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Protestant Church Congress

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 8

The Queensland Evangelical Standard knows " nothing more indicative of the strife of parties in the Church of England than the fact as reported in the English Churchman…

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Father Chiniquy's Autobiography "Fifty Years in the Church of Rome."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 7

The recent destruction by the agents of Rome of this work will lend additional interest to the following notice of the book in St. James's Chronicle:--…

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Church for the Chinese

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 10

The Chinese Anglican Church at Botany was opened on Sanday afternoon by the primate. There were present tho Bishop of Goulburn, Archdeacon King, Rev. F. T. Trivett, Rev. Mr. Yarnold, and the…

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"Johnny" and His New Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 January 1886 · page 13

The interesting ceremony performed at Botany on Sunday by tho Primate was, at all events, a fair beginning of what, it is to be hoped, may prove a great work.Others, besides sceptics as…

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Waverley Presbyterian Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1886 · page 6

Opening services in connection with a new Presbyterian Church at Waverley were celebrated yesterday. More correctly speaking, the building should be styled a school-hall, as…

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Bethel Church

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1886 · page 3

The Rev. William Bradley, pastor of the Bethel Church, George-stroet north, delivered his first anniversary sermon in the church on Sunday morning. Speaking of persons who had been called away since…

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Christ Church School

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1886 · page 4

Of the schools which have survived the withdrawal of State aid, the one with the longest history is that at Christ Church in Pitt-street south, The buildings, now used as a primary school were erected at the…

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The Church Troubles in Tonga

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 6

The Tonga correspondent of the Fiji Times writes on November 16:—Accounts are being brought from the north of heartless barbarities, the lashing up of 40 men…

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Bethel Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 5

Nearly every seet in the Bethel Church was occupied last evening, the [?] being a commemoration service in connection with the first anniversary of the pastor (the Rev.W. Bradley)…

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The Church Society

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1886 · page 5

At the monthly meeting of the committee of the Church Society, held on Monday last, the Primate in the chair, it was reported that the free income for the year 1885 had reached…

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New Guinea Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 15

THE Rev. J. F. Durin, missioner of the Sacred Heart, and three devoted religi[?]ses Sister Mary Paul, Sister Mary Magdalen, and Sister Mary Clare, all Sister of Our Lady of the Sacred…

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Catholic Education Triumphs

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 15

THE NEW ZEALAND TABLET, in an article on the education question, makes a graceful allusion to our successes in this colony. The Tablet says : —" Throughout the English-speaking, world…

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The Presbyterian Church. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 6

Sir,--In your issue of Monday, the 28th ult,, there is an article, headed "Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia," in which there are published certain resolutions alleged to…

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Campbell St., Presbyterian Sabbath School

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 2

The Annual Pic-Nic and Excursion in connection with this School having for years been held on the 2nd. of January, is now regarded by many as the closing scene in the week of…

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Catholic. the Cathedral Works. What Has Been Done, and What Remains

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 14

THE Cathedral building fund meeting on Sunday evening last was, in more senses than one, important, significant, and interesting. The occasion was a fitting one for indulging in a grateful…

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