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Churches, 1886

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The Church Home at Surry Hills. the Formal Opening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 6

A little over twelve months ago some members of the Church of England established a home for fallen women in Forbes-street. The commencement was unpretentious, the building secured being capable of receiving only 25 inmates…

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Election of Church Wardens

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 6

ST PAUL'S, BURWOOD.—At the annual vestry meeting (the Rev. A.R. Bartlett, M.A., in the chair) the following officers were appointed:—Churchwardens: Messrs. E. Burton, M. A. Felton, and H. Hammond; for the parochial…

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Church Society for the Diocese of Sydney. the Annual Meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 6

The Church Society for the diocese of Sydney held its thirteenth annual meeting in the Y.M.C.A.-hall last evening. The attendance was very large, every part of the building being…

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The New Church Home. Opened by Lord Carrington

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1886 · page 6

The new "Church Home," on the south-west corner of Crown and Albion streets, was opened yesterday afternoon by his Excellency Lord Carrington. The establishment of this home…

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Roman Catholic Diocesan Synod

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 May 1886 · page 5

The annual, synod of the Roman Catholic clergy of the diocese of Sydney was held yesterday at St. Mary's Cathedral. Between 80 and 90 clergymen attended, and the…

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Catholic. New Church at Redfern

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 14

ON Sunday morning the new schbol-church of St. Vincent de Paul, at Redfern, will be blessed and opened by the Cardinal-Archbishop. The ceremony will take place at 11 o'clock, and Mass…

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Catholic. Jubilee Pastorals

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 17

By the courtesy of their Lordships of Maitland, Goulburn, and Bathurst, we place before our readers the Pastorals issued in connection with the Jubilee:—…

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Roman Catholic Synod

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 973

Cardinal Moran presided at the Roman Catholic Diocesan Synol, which commenced and concluded on Thursday, in St. Mary's Cathedral. The priests of the diocese meet annually, and generally immediately before Easter; but…

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Mission by the Vincentian Fathers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 15

THE Moss Vale Scrutineer states that a mission by the Vincentian Fathers was opened at Moss Vale and Sutton Forest churches on Sunday last, concluding on Wednesday morning. The…

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Church off England Temperance Society

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 2

An entertainment in connection with the Church of England Temperance Society was hold in the Schoolroom, Adolphus-street, on Monday evening. At…

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The Church of Ireland and Home Rule

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 9

The following memorandum and resolutions were adopted by the joint diocesan councils of Dublin, Glendalough, and Kildare, at their quarterly meeting held on the 11th of…

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Fifty Years in the Church of Rome

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 8

The Protestant Pillar, of Montreal, says that Father Chiniquy has said enough in his book, " Fifty Years in the Church of Rome," to be prosecuted before the law, if untrue…

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Romanising the Church of England. To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 6

SIR,--I read with much surprise and regret the paragraph on the above subject which appeared in your last issue. Surprise to think that you should admit such childish abuse in your columns;…

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Rookwood. Congregational Opening Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1886 · page 3

THE opening of the enlarged church was celebrated by a tea and public meeting held therein on Monday evening last, which served also as an expression of welcome to the Rev. J…

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St. Vincent De Paul's Church School. the Cardinal's Address. Attitude of the Church Towards Learning. the Divorce Question

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1886 · page 4

The Church School of St. Vincent de Paul in Redfernstreet was formally dedicated on Sunday morning by his Eminence Cardinal Moran. The building, which is of brick, will accommodate over 200 people, the school being in charge…

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Cardinal Moran at Redfern. the Church and Science. the Divorce Ball Condemned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1886 · page 7

With appropriate ceremony Cardinal Moran yesterday blessed and opened tho new school-church in North Redfern. The new building, which has been dedicated under the…

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The Church and Science

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1886 · page 4

We may safely accept as a recognition of the great power and influence of science at the present time the laborious attempt made the other day by Cardinal…

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An Anglican Archbishopric for Australia. Hobart, This Day

Globe · Friday 14 May 1886 · page 5

At the Anglican Synod now sitting at Hobart, a motion was carried among others favouring the establishment of an Archbishopric for Australia. The Synod…

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Catholic. What the Church Has Done for Science and the Arts. the Catholic View of Divorce. an Eloquent and Instructive Address Bt Cardinal Moran

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 17

AT the opening and blessing of the new school-church, of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern, on Sunday last, the Cardinal-Archbishop after Mass addressed the congregation at the request of the…

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John Redmond, M.p., on English Catholic Opposition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 May 1886 · page 6

Mr. J. E. Redmond, M.P., in a letter to the Melbourne Advocate, says: — One of the most notable features of the recent public discussion here in England on the Irish…

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