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Churches, 1888

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Mission at Wagga Wagga

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

THE Rev. Fathers O'Farrell, Hegarty, and Mangan, of the Redemptorist Order, are conducting a fortnight's Mission in Wagga Wagga. Up to the present, we learn, the mission has been…

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Country. a Mission of Temperance

The Australian Star · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, This Day.—At Stockton last night 110 people took the pledge from Matthew Burnett. He closes his mission in the Newcastle district on Monday…

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Catholic. the Tempe Refuge Ball

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

THE date of the ball in aid of the Magdalen Refuge at Tempe was originally fixed for Wednesday, 5th September, but for several reasons it has been deemed advisable to alter the…

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Catholic Dignitaries at the Melbourne Exhibition

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 18

HIS Grace the Most Rev. Dr.Carr, Archbishop of Melbourne, was among the distinguished guests at the opening of the Melbourne Exhibition, for whom special seats were reserved on the dais. His…

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The Mission in the Loyalty Islands. London, Aug. 7

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 278

In the House of Commons this evening Sir James Fergusson, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that her Majesty's Government had no hope that the French Government…

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French Protectorates in the Pacific. the Four-fingered Queen. Native Constitution and Mission Work

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 6

By the last mail from No[?]mea we learn that the islands of Wallis and Futuna, in the Central Pacific Ocean, have been solemnly proclaimed under the protection of France. The…

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The Protestant Mission in the Loyalty Islands. the Expulsion of the Rev. Mr. Jones

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 9

London, Aug. 7.-In the House of Commons this evening Sir James Fergusson, Under-secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that her Majesty's Government had no hope that the…

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Catholic. a Sham Persian Priest Convicted of Fraud. Exposure and Punishment of a Swindling Empostor

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 18

AN extraordinary discovery was made towards the end of last week by the gaoler at Darling hurst when searching a prisoner who had been remanded on a charge of having obtained money by means…

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Australian Schoolmasters. No. X.—the Rev. W. H. FITCHETT, B.A., Principal of Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 28

The Rev. W. H. Fitchett, B.A., the Prinoipal of the Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorn, Melbourne, waa Bet apart by his church in 1881 to organise the college of which he is now the head. Mr, Fitchett is…

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The New Church at Petersham

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

THE handsome new church of St. Thomas at Petersham is now a waiting only the finishing touches. The solemn blessing will not take place till the Cardinal's return, the ceremony being…

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Entertainment in aid of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Leichhardt

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

One of the most successful entertainments that has been given in Leichhardt for some time was given in the Brighton Hall, on Monday evening, in aid of the…

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"The Church of England Guardian."

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 3

The Church of Rome makes no bones about her claims to a world-wide spiritual empire over all the nations of the earth, and she uses every possible effort to make…

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The Martyrdom of Alfy. Arnold. To Father Genuflexion-Cope, S.J., English Church Disunion, London. From the Rev. Chasuble Biretta-Brown, The Gridirons, Sydney

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 11 August 1888 · page 5

Most excellently blessed Father,--Yesterday was the festival of S. Laurence, the Patron Saint of the Gridirons; Low mass was duly celebrated at 6 a.m., Solemn High Mass at 9 a.m.;…

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The Churches. "O day most cairn, most bright! The week were dark but for thy light." George Herbert. Sermon for the Home

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

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

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COUNTRY. Matthew Burnett's Mission

The Australian Star · Monday 13 August 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- Up to yesterday afternoon 4500 people had taken the pledge from Matthew Burnett in this district, and at a mass meeting of seafaring men at…

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Country. a Mission of Temperance

The Australian Star · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 5

Newcastle, This Day.—Matthew Burnett was encertained at a farewell tea meeting Inst night. Mr. J. Oreer, M.L.A., presided…

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The Pan-anglican Conference. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 4

Sir,—In the Herald of Friday, August 10, appeared a letter, signed "A Nonconformist," so intelligent and to true that, with your liberty, I would like to supplement it by quoting from a writer that I am absolutely certain none…

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Mr. Matthew Burnett's Mission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 August 1888 · page 5

A farewell [?] and public meeting to mark the close of Mr. Matthew Burnett's mission took place to-night. Five hundred sat down to tea. An adjournment was afterwards made to the Congregational Church, where a public meeting…

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Lectures. Antiquity and Independence of the British Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1888 · page 4

A lecture in connection with the Association of Lay-Helpers of the Diocese of Sydney, was delivered by the Rev. Canon Kemmis, in St. James Parish-hall, Phillip-street, yesterday evening. The subject of…

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Matthew Burnett's Mission

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 August 1888 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- The exact number of pledges taken from Matthew Burnett during his mission here was 4546…

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