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Churches, 1888

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Church of England Services

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 5

The services in St. Andrews Cathedral on Sunday, the 22nd inst., will be follows:--Morning, 11 o'clock; afternoon, 3.15; evening, 7.30. At each of these the special form of…

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Church of England Centenary Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1888 · page 6

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 the special form of service will be used. The Bishop of…

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Australasian Wesley an Methodist Church. Annual Conference

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 6

The fifteenth annual session of the New South Wales and Queensland Conference of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Church was commenced in the Wesleyan Church, Bourke-street, Surry Hills. yesterday evening…

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The Wesleyan Methodist Conference. Opening of the Annual Session

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

The annual session of the New South Wales and Queensland Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Australasia was commenced yesterday. In the morning…

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The Bungendore Church Dispute. the New Incumbent Locked Out. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--The dispute in connection with St. Philip's Church of England, Bungendore, has not as yet been settled. The Rev. Mr. Hutchison was announced to preach…

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Picnic to Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 6

The picnic to the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday next will, it is expected, be a very grand affair. The tickets we are informed are selling very fast, and the committee have completed all arrangements…

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The Bungendore Church Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 January 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Wednesday. -- In connection with the Bungendore church dispute, an indignation meeting of the congregation will be held shortly, when the Bishop of Goulburn will be…

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Bathurst City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 5

BATHURST, Thursday.--A cake and flower fair held this evening in the Oddfellows'-hall in connection with the City Mission Fund was largely attended. The show of flowers was…

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Notorious Church Patrons

The Australian Star · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 3

The Liberator for December calls special attention to the fact that the Earl of Lonsdale,the Marquis of Ailesbury, and the Duke of Marlborough, whose names…

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Church Parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1888 · page 5

A church parade or the metropolitan forcea has been ordered for Sunday, the 29th instant, at 3 p.m. The troops will probably fall in at the Outer Domain and then march to St. Androw'a Cathedral…

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Catholic. the Catholic Centenary Celebrations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 14

THE following arrangements have, been made :- Saturday, January 21st (to-day), public opening of the new wing of St. Vincent's Hospital by Lady Carrington at noon…

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Mission at St. Patrick's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 18

THE Passionist Fathers' Mission at St. Patrick's was brought to a close last Sunday night with an immense congregation. It must have been most gratifying both to the Passionist Fathers and…

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The Roman Catholic Celebrations

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 10

The arrangements in connection with the celebrations of the Roman Catholic Church have been definitely made. The first event of the somewhat elaborate series takes place to-day at noon, when the new wing of St. Vincent's…

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Roman Catholic Centennial Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 10

St. Mary's Cathedral will be the scene to-morrow of the opening centennial religious service. The [?] will be commenced by a [?] of [?] and Pont[?] High Mass, at which [?]…

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The Proposed Catholic Congress

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 36

LONDON, December 9— The congress or conference of English-speaking Catholics which it is proposed to hold in London, in the summer of 1888, is now assuming definite shape. The work…

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The Roman Catholic Programme

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 5

To day the Human Catholic portion of the community begin their Centennial programme with the public opening of the new wing of St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst. The…

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Opening of the Roman Catholic Church at Moss Vale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 156

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

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Presbyterian Manse. Laying the Memorial Stone

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 6

The ceremony of laying the memorial stone of the new Presbyterian Manse, on Saturday last, passed,off (most successfully, The site selected is indeed a most suitable one, and the building Will…

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Irish History in Catholic Schools. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 18

SIR,— In reference to P. E. Q.'s reasons, in your last issue, why Irish History should be taught in our Catholic schools, I may say, I was under the impression that our schools were established to…

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The Church and the Centen­ary. an Account of the Foundation and Development of Religion in Australia. Some Memorials of the Pioneer Priests and Prelates

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1888 · page 4

TO-MORROW in St. Mary's Cathedral the religious celebration of the centenary of the colony commences. It is fitting that the celebration should take place in St. Mary's for the site on…

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