Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Churches, all years

Sydney · Churches

Churches, 1887

1,113 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 56

Priests for the Australian Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 15

WE learn from our Irish files of the beginning of June that a number of ordinations had just taken place at Carlow College, the following gentlemen being nominated for Australia:—To Priesthood…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

The Papal Mission to Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 10

London, July 10.—Cardinal Persico, who has been dispatched on a special mission to Ireland by the Pope, has arrived in Dublin and is now the guest of Dr. Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

A Catholic Priest on the Papacy. "A Mere Money-making Machine."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 12

London, Tuesday, July 12. -- The Rev. Dr. M'Glynn has delivered a speech in New York which has caused an immense sensation. The speech was almost entirely devoted…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Special Services in the Churches

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 12

No. 18, Loyal Orange Lodge, Boyne, made special arrangements for marking the religions character of the Orange Institution. On Sunday the 10th inst., at the invitation of the…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

The Roman Church and Home Rule

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 6

Ecclesiastical opinion is much excited, and not as yet conclusive, I judge, as to the imprisoned Irish priests. It brings to a sharper point the whole Home Rule question,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Disorderly Scenes caused by a Ritualistic Vicar at St. John Baptists Church, Toxteth Park

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 6

At numbers of the Church of England vestry meetings in England for the election of churchwardens of churches where the Incumbent is ritualistically inclined the exasperated…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 8

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…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Melbourne- Scots' Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 July 1887 · page 8

A Melbourne resident, who was acquainted with the life and work of the Rev. James Barclay, D.D., during his ministry in St. Michael's Parish Church, Dumfries, Scotland, and…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Marrickville Congregational Church Sunday School

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1887 · page 4

The foundation stone of the Marrickville Congregational Church Sunday School was laid on Saturday afternoon, by Mr. Graham, J.P., Mayor of Marrickville. There was a fair attendance of members of the congregation and friends,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Methodist Episcopal Church in India

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 4

From a copy of the minutes of the second session of the Central Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in India, recently held at Bombay, we learn that special reference was made to the visit ot the Rev. C. P. Hard to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Marrickville Congregational Church

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 8

The foundation stone of the new Sunday school buildings being erected for the Marrickville Congregational Church was laid in presence of a large assemblage on Saturday afternoon by…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Collapse of a Church. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A church in course of erection at Dr. sdale (Vic.) collapsed on Saturday during a storm. A carpenter named Percival White was killed and two others…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The British Naval Estimates. Lord R. Churchill Repeats His Criticism

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday the Naval Estimates were under consideration. On the vote for dockyards Lord Randolph…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Newtown Baptist Church. Sale of Gifts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1887 · page 7

A bazaar or sale of gifts in aid of the funds of the Newtown Baptist Church was opened in the Lion Arcade, Newtown, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The bazaar was to have been formally opened by the Mayoress, Mrs. A…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

The New Roman Catholic Bishops

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 4

Some little time back we published a cable gram conveying the intelligence that he Holiness the Pope acting on the [?] of the Plenary Councilor Australasia…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Catholic. the New Australian Prelates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 15

WE understand that the Briefs appointing all the new Bishops and erecting the new dioceses recommended, by the Plenary Council have just been received by his Eminence the…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Catholic. Return of the Very Rev. Father Hand to Maitland. Addresses of Welcome

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 17

YESTERDAY afternoon (says the MERCURY of the 12th instant), the Very Rev. Father Hand, Vicar-General, returned to Maitland after a lengthened visit to the old country, and was accorded a very…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

All Souls Church, Leichhardt. Laying of the Foundation Stone of a New Parsonage

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 5

On Saturday afternoon the memorial-stone of All Souls' Parsonage, Leichhardt, was laid by Mrs. A. J. Riley, the Mayoress of Sydney. Among others present at the ceremony were…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 July 1887 · page 8

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 tho…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Bush Mission

Evening News · Monday 25 July 1887 · page 3

On Friday, at the Y.M.C.A., the N.S.W. Bush Mission Society held a half-yearly meeting. The proceedings were initiated by a social tea, at which about 80 persons sat down. Mr. John…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →