Presbyterian Assembly
The sitting of the Presbyterian Assembly continued during the week. The principal business was as follows:—The report of the commission on missions showed that Mr. J. D. Daniels had been…
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Our Illustrations. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Grafton
The engraving we give on page 595 represents the very handsome church recently erected by the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales in Grafton. and as a specimen of ecclesiastical architecture for country towns is well…
Continued on Trove, page 597 →Re-Opening of the Parramatta Primitive Methodist Church
THE above event was celebrated on Monday evening last by a tea and public meeting. The weather was anything but favourable to the project, still the affair, taking the drawback into…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Roman Catholic Irish Wakes
The subject of wakes, to which we referred at some length in our last month's issue, has some further light shed on it by the reports of some recent police cases in Dublin. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Catholic. the New Archbishop Op Melbourne
IT is anticipated that his Grace Dr. Carr will arrive in the city of his future labours about the 2nd of April. Preparations are being made to give him a cordial welcome. The reception…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Former Roman Catholic Priest Baptised in Brooklyn
In Dr. Fulton's church in Adelphi-street, Brooklyn, Sunday morning, 9th January, a large multitude gathered to hear the converted priest, Rev. James A. O'Connor, preach on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mistakes About the Word "Catholic" As a Designation
The assumption of the adjective "Catholic" by the Roman apostasy, has led to a strange confusion in the use of the term, by persons who are constantly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →M. de Lesseps' Mission to Berlin. Paris, March 15
Baron De Lesseps has declared, after having an interview at Berlin with Prince Bismarck that all danger of war between France and Germany is at an end, satisfactory assurances…
Continued on Trove, page 586 →Catholic. the Christian Brothers and Their Establishment at Balmain
THE Christian Brothers who left Ireland in January last for the purpose of founding a Parent House of their Order in New South Wales arrived in Melbourne on the 6th instant. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Presbyterian Assembly's Divorce Petition. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I am afraid that the Rev. Dr. Steel and his 26 followers are, in their great zeal for divorce extension, taking too much for granted. They appear to assume that every members of Parliament, and every reader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A Sample "Saints" Story. Indulgence of the Portiuncula. (From the Catholic Review, August 1. 1886
Monday, August 2, is the day fixed for gaining the indulgence of the Portiuncula. This indulgence is one granted to all who, having sincerely confessed, devoutly visit, upon the day named,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →St. Michael's New Church, Wagga Wagga
A VERY enthusiastic meeting of the Catholics of Wagga was held in St. Joseph's large schoolroom, on Sunday last, immediately after the eleven o'clock Mass, to consider some important…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →St. Pateick's Church in Rome. a National Undertaking
Amidst all his cares you will be glad to hear (writes the Freeman correspondent in Rome) that there is one which the Holy Father attends to closely, and which is very dear to him. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Campbell-street Church Concert
The choir of the above church, which is known as having a number of the best singers in town among its numbers and as being exceptionally well-trained, gave a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Annual Report of St. John’s Auxiliary to the Church Society, 1886
“Your committee feel pleased at being enabled once more to place before you a fairly satisfactory report as regards the past year’s operations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Churches. "O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light, O balm of care and sadness, Most beautiful, most bright." Sermon for the Home
Under this heading, Sermons by eminent preachers are Published in this widely-circulated journal in order to present sound religious literature in the colony, and especially in the remote interior. By this means the isolated free…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Poets' Corner. "Here a wandering poet signs." —LONGFELLOW. The Old Church Stairs
Two centuries of steps, and then A field of graves! With, many a sculptured tale of men Lost in the waves…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Presbyterian Church at Bexley. Laying the Memorial Stone
A proof of the rapidly-increasing settlement of Bexley and the adjacent townships [?]fferded by the demand for denominational services by the residents of those localities. Bexley already enjoys an Anglican service, held in one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Irish Question. a Parish Priest Committed to Prison. Vehement Speeches in the House of Commons. [Reuter's Telegram.] London, March 18
Pather Keleher, a parish priest of Youghal, in Ireland, has been arrested for refusing to appear in Dublin as a witness against defaulting tenants…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laying the Foundation- Stone of the Australian Church. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The foundation-stone of the Australian Church, in Flinders-street East, was laid on Saturday afternoon with Masonic solemnities by Sir W. J. Clarke. The building is being erected in consequonce of disaffection…
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