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Churches, 1888

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The recent display of Roman Catholic Disloyalty

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 8

The real reason why the Roman Catholic children were placed in the front rank and did not sing "God save the Queen" as the other children, from the National schools did, at the…

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Catholic. Off to the Old Country. Mr. Michael Meagher

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 17

"A BUMPER at parting," that immemorial form of leave-taking, still lingers among us as one of those customs which time cannot change nor usage stale, and if there is any pleasure to be…

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Catholic. Dr. O'brien's Arrival and Welcome. the New Rector of St. John's College

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 14

IT was expected that the Orient Co.' s s.s. Austral, on which the Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien, late Vice-President of All Hallows, Ireland, and recently My appointed Rector of St. John's University…

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The Irish Question. a Catholic Priest Imprisoned. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 13

Father Kennedy, of Cork, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for having attended a meeting of a branch of the National League, which had been…

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The New Church at Lucknow

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 17

THE proceedings in connection with the opening and blessing of St. Mary's Church at Lucknow, near Orange, on Sunday last, were of a most gratifying character. His Lordship the Right…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lord Randolph Churchill at Oxford. London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 13

Lord Randolph Churchill, in the course of a speech at Oxford, denounced Home Rule as a desperate and insane policy. He feared that we were on the brink of a gr[?]…

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The Church Association. (To the Editor of the Protestant Standard.)

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 5

SIR,--Since the establishment of the Church Association in the Diocese of Sydney, I have heard a great number of people say that its establishment was premature, and not required,…

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Church Association of New South Wales

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 10

The first meeting of the recently formed Prayer Union of the above Association took place in the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, on Monday afternoon last at four o'clock. In…

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Two Yorkshire Churches. (See illustrations on page 396.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 10

In connection with the notice and portrait of Bishop Camidge, of Bathurst, two illustrations of churches in that part of England in which he labored so long and so successfully will he found…

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Melbourne Scots' Church. the New Minister

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 10

The Rev. Alexander Marshall, the new minister of the Scots' Church (wrote a London correspondent), is certain to create a favorable impression on his arrival in Melbourne; and his record…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 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 Fob 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 25 February 1888 · page 10

We have already noticed the infamous character of the Bull published by Pius V. for the "damnation and excommunication of Elizabeth Queen of England and her…

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Latest Cables. Massacre of Arabs Near Lake Nyassa. Natives Devoured Bt Crocodiles. Attack Oh an English Mission London

The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 5

A terrible massacre of natives is Central Africa is reported. A strong well-armed party of Arabs overpowered some villages on the shores of Lake Nyassa. The…

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Orthoepy in Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 4

Sir,—The correspondence on the above subject in your paper recalls to my mind a case in point. In the special hymn book used in the chapel attached to Wellington College, England, and at a time, too, when the head master…

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Meetings. Wesleyan Church Centennial Thanksgiving Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 5

The first of what is intended to be a series of public meetings was held in the Wosleyan Church, Bourke-street, last night, for the purpose of raising contributions towards the Wesleyan Church Centennial Thanksgiving Fund…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) the Roman Catholic Seminary at Manly. London, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 February 1888 · page 10

His Holiness the Pope has conferred the title of Monsignor upon the Rev. Father Verdon, rector of the Roman Catholic Seminary at Manly, Sydney…

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The Bulgarian Difficulty. German Mission to England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Count Bismarck, the eldest son of the German Chancellor, has arrived in London. His mission is believed to be in connection with Russia's…

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Reading in Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 10

Sir,—I quite apree with the remarks of your correspondent "Churchman," published in this morning's issue, with reference to bad reading in churches. A good reader among the clergy is the exception, not the rule. It is no…

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Catholic. Consignor Verdon

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 14

LONDON, Feb. 27.— His Holiness the Pope has conferred the title Monsignor upon the Rev. Father Verdon, rector of the Roman Catholic Seminary ar Mantly Sydney…

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Our New Catholic Hall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 3 March 1888 · page 14

THE Sydney Catholic Hall, in Princes-street, was officially inspected a few days ago in the presence of a number of prominent citizens. The hall, which has been erected by the Marist Fathers of…

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