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Churches, 1888

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Cardinal Moran and the Anglican Bishop of Ballarat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 10

IN our last issue we gave portion of an interview between a newspaper representative and Cardinal Moran on the subject of the remarks of Dr. Thornton, the Protestant Bishop of Ballarat,…

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The Government Inspection of Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 15

His Lordship Dr. Lanigan, Bishop of Goulburn, speaking at Gundagai on Sunday, said :-Your keeping at your own expense a Catholic school has been, since the passing of the Public Schools Act,…

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Catholic. the Patrician Brothers' New School

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 15

0N Sunday afternoon the Cardinal-Archbishop, assisted by the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, Bishop of Grafton, blessed and opened the new school of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern. Little over two…

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An Eminent Presbyterian. (See portrait on page 289.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 10

In the religious world of London the name of Thain Davidson is almost ai generally known and esteemed as that of John Bright is the sphere of politics; though the preacher is by no…

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Bishop Barry on Ecclesiastical Precedence in Public Affairs. the Anglican Primate's Views

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 8

THE EVENING NEWS of Tuesday publishes a report of an interview with Dr.Barry. What has your Lordship to say in reference to the claim of precedence?…

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An English Catholic of the True Type. His Views on Home Rule

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 7

Mr.Weld-Blundell (a relative, by the way, of the late Archbishop Vaughen of Sydney), spoke out manfully at a charity meeting held at the end of December in Liverpool…

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Catholic. the Cardinal-archbishop on Federation. a Plea for Unity in Charity and Christian Enlightenment

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 17

HIS Eminence Cardinal Moran made a particularly interesting speech at the opening of the new School of the Brothers of St. Patrick, afc Redfern, on Sunday…

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The Holy Father's Treasury and the Cost of Governing the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 19

THE amount said to be derived from Peter Pence, £80,000 per annum, we have reason to believe, is much below the mark. That is absolutely the only certain revenue that the Holy Father relies…

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COUNTRY. Church Bazaar at Stockton

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, This Day,--The bazaar in mid of the parsonage fund of the Church of England at Stockton wan opened yesterday, and numerously attended, a good [?]…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 9

"Sweet day so pure, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky."…

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Tercentenary Commemoration of the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. History of the Conspiracy for the Extinction of Religious Liberty in England. the Defeat of the Spanish Armada. Reminiscences of Forgotten Events: Extracts from Records published in 1882 by Roman Catholic Ecclesiastics resident in Great Britain. (Continued.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 February 1888 · page 7

The recovery of the jurisdiction of the Apostolic See in England was a matter that the Pope had specially at heart, and Olivares writes to Philip II. that the Pope, on the last…

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Primitive Methodist Assembly. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—The annual assembly of the Primitive Methodist Connexion commenced in Brown-street Church yesterday, the Rev. J. Ashmead presiding. The Rev. John…

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New Roman Catholic School-hall. Laying the First Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1888 · page 5

Despite the unsettled state of the weather yesterday afternoon, a couple of thousand people assembled in the vicinity of St. Benedict's Roman Catholic Church to witness the…

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Newcastle Primitive Methodist Connexion. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1888 · page 8

The annual assembly of the Primitive Methodist Connexion commenced its sittings in the Brown-street Church, Newcastle, yesterday morning. The retiring president, the Rev. J. Ashmead, was in the chair, and upwards of 40…

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Roman Catholic Lenten Pastoral Letters in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1888 · page 7

To-day the usual Lenton pastoral letters of the Roman Catholic Archbishop to the clergy and laity were road in all the churches of the archdiocese. Inter alia the pastoral letter enjoins the clorgy to warn the…

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Jubilee of the Baptist Church in Victoria. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1888 · page 7

The Rev. Dr. Alexander Maclaren will leave for Melbourne in September next to attend the jubilee of the Baptist Churh, in Victoria, as the representative of the Baptist Union of…

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The Primitive Methodist Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 9

The annual assembly of the Primitive Methodist connexion commenced its sittings in the Brown-street Church, Newcastle, on Saturday morning, the retiring president, Rev. J. Ashmed, occupying the chair. The meeting was…

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The Primitive Methodist General Assembly. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The numerical report presented to the Assembly of the Primitive Methodist connection now sitting here shows that the connection has in the colony 65 local…

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Newcastle Primitive Methodist Connexion. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1888 · page 8

The report submitted by the Primitive Methodist Connexion to-day shows that the Connexion has in the colony 22 ministers, 145 local preachers, 86 class leaders, 1[?]69 members, 76 churches, 13 other preaching places, 61…

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Primitive Methodist Assembly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1888 · page 12

The business sittings of the above were resumed in the Brown-street Church, Newcastle, on Monday morning, the president in the chair Encouraging reports were received from the committees of the various connexional…

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