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Churches, 1887

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The Church Centennial Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 November 1887 · page 6

Sir,—The above fund is likely to be a matter of s[?] consideration to many of the clergy. On Friday last, at the close of the Provincial Synod, the foundation of the was laid. Well laid by those clergy who, without depriv[?]…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 November 1887 · page 8

Underthis 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…

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Dr. Dale at Pitt-street Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 November 1887 · page 4

It has been the privilege of most men who have travelled to hear the noted preachers of the time, and many have come from these experiences with a strange sense of disappointment. The fault lies, not always…

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St. Peter's Church, Surry Hills

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 November 1887 · page 3

Yesterday morning Cardinal Moran blessed and opened the addition to St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Surry-hills, which has just been completed. In connection with the…

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The Melbourne Scots Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 November 1887 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--An arrangement has been made by which Dr. Marshall Lang, of Glasgow, will proceed to Australia and occupy the pulpit of the Scots Church,…

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New Catholic Bishop

Evening News · Tuesday 8 November 1887 · page 5

LONDON, November 7.—Father Navarre, who was some time since appointed to the position of Superior of the Catholic mission to New Guinea, has been promoted to the Bishopric of Issoadun,…

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The Celebration of the Centenary. What the Roman Catholic Church Intends Doing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 5

Cardinal Moran is to have a centennial celebration on his own account, and the programme which he proposes is not without Some very interesting features. Sydney being the parent…

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Church Extension Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 4

At half-past 7 the annual meeting of the Church Exten[?] sion Society was held in the church. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Dr. Jefferis, and the following gentlemen occupied seats on the platform:—The Revs. S…

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Sydney City Mission Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 November 1887 · page 8

The Sydney City Mission, No. 1 Band, hold a picnic at Tennyson on the Parramatta River yesterday for the purpose of raising funds to clear off a debt owing on their instruments and likewise to pay for the uniform recently…

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Presentation to a Roman Catholic Priest

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 November 1887 · page 5

GOULBURN, Wedneiday.--To-night the very Rev. Father Gallagher was presented with a number of valuable presents by the professors, students and ex-students on the occasion of his…

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The Church Extension Society

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 November 1887 · page 3

In the evening there was a fair attendance In the Pitt-street Church on the occasion of the annual meeting of the Church Extension Society. The Rev. Dr. Jefferis presided, and on…

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The Church Centennial Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 4

Sir,—In your issue of the 5th instant appears a letter from a "Clergyman's Wife" respecting the Church Centennial Fund. She well describes the many demands made upon a clergyman's income of £300 per annum…

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Catholic. Enlargement of St. Peter's Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 17

THE additions to St. Peter's Church, Surrry Hills, which provide ample accommodation for the parishioners, who had been inconvenienced by the smallness of the building as it originally stood…

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The Roman Catholic Mayor of London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 17

The election oF the new Lord Mayor oF London, which took place yesterday (says the London correspondent of the S. M. HERALD writing on September 30), is an…

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Australasian Holy Catholic Guilds. the Guilds Gift to the Pope

Nepean Times · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 6

On Sunday last a number of members of the parent society from Sydney, and members of branch societies from Parramatta and suburbs visited Penrith for the…

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Catholic. Presents to the Pope. a Chalice, Casket, and £3500

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 15

BY the Orient Co.'s s.s. Austral on Tuesday the gold chalice and the illuminated address from the A.H.C. Guild to the Holy Father were forwarded to Rome. The chalice, during the few days it…

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Proposed New Church at Five Dock

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 17

A PRELIMINARY meeting of the Catholics residing in the eastern portion of the municipality of Five Dock was held at Hayes's Hotel, Birkenhead, on Thursday evening, for the purpose of…

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Inverell. Additions to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 9

Seeing the necessity of enlarging the church of the Sacred Heart, Inverell, to make further accommodation to hear Mass on Sundays, and at the same time provide room for the members of the Third Order of St. Francis, which…

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The Bishop of Bathurst at Avoca. Building a New Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 15

THE Right Rev Dr. Byrne, Bishop of Bathurst, visited the Fish River district on Sunday last, for the purpose of laying the foundation-stone of a new church at Avoca, about fifteen miles from…

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Armidale and Its Church and Convent. a Travelling Reporter's Impression

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 15

THE travelling reporter of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD in Tuesday's issue has the following:— There are in Armidale three imposing ecclesiastical edifices—an Anglican Cathedral, a Roman…

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