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Churches, 1887

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Mr. Matthew Burnett's Temperance Mission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1887 · page 10

In the Wesleyan Church, Wagga, on Monday evening, Mr. Matthew Burnott concluded his mission for the promotion of temperance. All the services have been well attended, and at his valedictory the Church was crowded…

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The Roman Catholic Church. New Sees and Vicariates

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1887 · page 5

Rome, Tuesday.--The Pope has created the following new bishoprics in Australasia : --Grafton, Wilcannia, Sale, Pert Augusta and Christchurch…

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Mr. M. Burnett's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 April 1887 · page 5

WAGGA, Tuesday.--Mr. Matthew Burnett, whose temperance mission in the colonies extends over many years, has just finished a successful tour in Wagga, previous to travelling in…

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New Roman Catholic Sees in Australia. (Reuter's Telegram.) Rome, April 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 April 1887 · page 10

His Holiness the Pope has created six new sees and four vicariates in Australia and Oceania. LATER…

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The New Roman Catholic Appointments

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1887 · page 5

The authenticity of the very interesting cable news which appeared in yesterday's Daily Telegraph concerning the establishment of new Roman Catholic Sees and the appointment of…

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Primitive Methodist Church, Trafalgar-street, Annandale

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 2

A meeting was held Tuesday, 26th, to welcome Rev. George Smailes as second minister to Sydney 3rd circuit (which includes Leichhart, Annandale, and Forest…

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Catholic. the Vincentian Fathers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 18

IN another part of the paper will be found a list of contributions towards the House of Missions and Retreats which the Vincentian Fathers contemplate erecting on the Pennant Hills. It will…

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The Catholic Chancellor of the Melbourne University

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 8

DR. Brownless on Saturday last (says the Melbourne ARGUS) occupied an honourable position, which, was well merited, and has been long due to him. For the best part of a lifetime, he has…

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Catholic. the Progress of the Church in Australia. Honours and Privileges From the Holt See. New Dioceses and Episcopal Appointments

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 14

ON Wednesday, during the annual diocesan Synod at St. Mary's, the Cardinal-Archbishop announced to the assembled clergy that he had that day received a cablegram from Rome, conveying…

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New Roman Catholic Sees in Australia. Rome, April 26

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 898

His Holiness the Pope has created the following new bishoprics in Australasia:—Grafton, Wilcannia, Sale, Port Augusta, and Christ-church, Vicariates have been established at…

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Clevedon Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 7

"They laid him by the pleasant shore, And in the hearing of the wave." In Memoriam, XIX. Westward I watch the low blue hills of Wales,…

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The New Archbishops of the Australian Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 14

THEIR Lordships Dr. Dunne, of Brisbane, Queensland, Dr. Reynolds, of Adelaide, South Australia, and Dr. Redwood, of Wellington, New Zealand, have been raised to Archiepiscopal rank…

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The Church Army

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 2

We call the attention of our readers to an announcement in our columns this morning to the effect that a Corps of the Church Army is to be inaugurated at St. Thomas's School…

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Endowments of the Church of England. to the 0Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 6

Sir,—While thanking you for your courtesy in inserting my letter in your issue of to-day, I feel sure you will permit me, as a student of Church, history, to take exception to the matter contained in your editorial note…

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The Church of England at Quirindi. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Quirindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 13

A numerously-attended meeting of members of the Church of England was held here on Wednesday night. Between 60 and 70 persons were present, and Dr. Atkins was chairman. The object of the meeting was to protest…

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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

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 April 1887 · page 7

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…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. London, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1887 · page 7

Dr. Carr, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, will sail for Australia in the R.M.S. Iberia…

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Munificent Gifts Towards a New Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1887 · page 4

The new Roman Catholic church, bearing the name of St. Canice, at Darlinghurst, the foundation-stone of which was laid by Cardinal Moran yesterday afternoon, will cost £8000. The late…

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New R.c. Church at Darlinghurst. Remarkable Generosity

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1887 · page 7

A large crowd assembled yesterday afternoon to witness the ceremony of the laying of the foundation-stone of a new church in Roslyn-street, Darlinghurst, which is to bear the name…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1887 · page 5

The 25th annual meeting of the Sydney Mission was held in the Y.M.C.A.-hall last evening, under the presidency of Lord Carrington, who was accompanied by Lady…

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