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Churches, 1888

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Typical R. Catholic Saints

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 4

Leo Reed gives in the Converted Catholic, from undoubted Roman Catholic sources, some ridiculous lives of R. C. Saints [?] Intelligent Protestants…

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A Plea for the Catholic Press

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 17

THE Rev. Father O'Malley, S.J., of St. Ignatius College, Riverview, preaching in Goulburn on Sunday, said that the words of the Gospel, " He was subject to them," naturally led him to speak…

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Catholic. Profession and Reception at St. Vincent's Convent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 17

THE ceremony of Religious Profession and Reception took place at St. Vincent's Convent, on the 5th inst. His Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop performed the ceremony., assisted by the Very…

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Catholic. Our Centennial Issue.special Number of the Freeman's Journal

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 15

NEXT week's issue will be one of special character and special interest. The celebration of the Centenary of the colony being a fitting occasion for reviving memories of old days, and of the…

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Latest Cable Intelligence. England and the Pope. the Duke of Norfolk's Second Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 9

London, Jan. 9.—It is announced that the mission of the Duke of Norfolk on the second visit which he is taking to Rome is of an entirely unofficial character. He is merely the bearer of…

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Italy and the Pope. the Relations Between the State and Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 9

London, Jan. 10.— The RIFORMA, an Italian newspaper, contains an article on the relations between the State and the Church, the authorship of which is attributed to Signor Crispi, the Italian…

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Church Association

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 7

The Autumn Conference of this Society was (reports the English Protestant Times) held at the Gentleman's Concert Hall, Manchester, on the 3rd and 4th November, when, in the…

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High Mass in a Protestant Church!

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 7

That our readers may understand the sort of service the Romanising Ritualists in the Protestant Church of England, perform, and understand how illegal, and Roman, and…

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Lord Sandon's Speech at the First Wolverhampton Church Congress

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 7

We (St. James's Chronicle) are indebted to the proprietors of the Staffordshire Advertiser for the opportunity of publishing the following reprint of their very…

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The Minister and the Money. Scene in a Melbourne Church

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 3

THE congregation of Clarendon-street Presbyterian Church, Melbourne, gathered in their kirk Wednesday evening to the number of 150 to nominate six members…

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Cables. Panic in a Church. Eight Persons Crushed to Death. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 5

Whilst a service was being held in a church at Lavis (? Paris), a panic was caused through one of the women in the building taking a fit. The…

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A Church of England Sisterhood. a Recent Case Before the Chancery Court. Some Plain Rules

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 9

It will be remembered that at the Church of England synod held in July, 1985, the question of the establishment of an order of deaconesses and the formation of sisterhoods in the diocese…

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Congregational Church Services

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 5

A circular with regard to the centenary has been issued by the Rev. Dr. Jefferis, chairman of the Congregational Union, and the Rev. S. Savage, secretary. It states that at the…

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Congregational Church, [?]rramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 2

THE anniversary, services in connection with the Congregational Church were held on Sunday evening last. Large congregations assembled, and the celebration was of a…

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.Melbourne Scots' Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 10

The Rev. James Marshall, who, as we announced last week, has accepted the charge of the Melbourne Scots' Church, is a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, and at present…

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Peculiar Theft From a Church

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 10

In the Glasgow Western Police Court latoly, a well-dressed young woman, Jane Watson, who is engaged in one of the city warehouses as a sales woman, was charged with theft, in somewhat…

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The Churches. Sweet day so pure, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky." Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 January 1888 · page 9

Under this headine, sermons by eminent prcachern are published in thin widely-circulated journal, in order that, in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the stockman, the minor, the…

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Opening of the Roman Catholic Church at Moss Vale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 8

The new Roman Catholic church, erected by Mr. James Cashman at a cost of £350, was solemnly blessed and opened here this morning by the Right Rev. Monsignor Rigney, of Sydney, who delivered an appropriate and…

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Opening of a R.c. Church at Mossvale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1888 · page 5

MOSSVALE, Sunday. --The new Catholic Church here was solemnly blessed and opened by the Rev. Monsignor Rigney, of Sydney, today. The building, which is of brick, was,…

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Church of England Centenary Services

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 3

THE services in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Sunday, the 22nd instant, will be as follows:--Morning, 11 o'clock; afternoon, 3.15: evening, 7.30. At each of these…

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