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Churches, 1888

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Church Bazaar

The Australian Star · Monday 10 September 1888 · page 3

THE bazaar and fancy fair in connection with St. Thomas' Church, Petersham, continues to draw large numbers from the suburbs every evening. A concert is also…

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Meetings. St. John's Darlinghurst Auxiliary Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1888 · page 5

The annual meeting of the St. John's, Darlinghurst, Auxiliary to the Church Society took place last night in the schoolroom of the church. The Very Rev. the Dean of Sydney presided, and about 50 ladies and gentlemen…

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Principal Contents of This Day's Paper. the Colliery Strike. Land Appeal Court. Sydney Municipal Council. Supreme Court. Darlinghurst Auxiliary Church Society. the Fatal Collision in the Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1888 · page 6

LEADERS: INTIMIDATION AT NEWCASTLE. THE CONDITION OF THE WESTERN DISTRICTS…

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Mr. Burnett's Temperance Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 September 1888 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--Mr. Matthew Burnett's temperance mission in this district promises to be as successful as those held in other parts of New South Wales. On Monday…

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The Lambeth Conference. Pan - Anglican Gathering of 145 Bishops. the Marriage and Divorce Laws. Use of Wine at the Communion. the Anglican Church and Nonconformists. Revision of the Nicene Creed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 5

LONDON, August 10.--There has been sitting at Lambeth Palace during the post month the most important cosmopolitan gathering that has taken place this century in connection…

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Mission Station on the Barrington. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Copeland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 8

The Rev. J. B. Gribble, superintendent of the aboriginal missions, is here inspecting the native encampments, in view of establishing a mission station on the Barrington. The prospects, in his opinion, are very favourable. The…

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Fatal Fall in a Church. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 5

GOULBURN, Thursday.--James Hodges, an elderly man, for some years employed as caretaker to the Wesley an Church, fell from the gallery of the church about noon yesterday…

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Anglican Apostolic Succession

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 3

Canon Kemmis has been lecturing upon the early British Church and its independence of Rome; and has evoked an angry rejoinder from a holy Roman in…

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The Prince of Wales and the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 7

THE BRITISH WEEKLY states that the Prince of Wales has given the very handsome subscription of fifty guineas to the building of a new Catholic Church at Lynn. The Evangelical party will be…

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Catholic Books and Newspapers. Some Remarks by Father Kavanagh, O.p

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 17

THE Very Rev. Gousalvo Kavanagh, O.P., as we briefly noticed last week, specially touched on Catholic books and newspapers in his interesting address to the members of the Holy Family…

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Catholic. St. Mary's Cathedral Building Fund

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 15

THE monthly meeting in connection with St. Mary's Building Fund was held in the Cathedral after service on Sunday evening last. The Very Rev. Dr. Carroll, V.G., presided, and there…

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The Afghan Revolt. Mr. Durand's Mission Abandoned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--It is rumored that Mr. H. M. Durand, C.S.I., the Foreign Secretary to the Indian Government, who was dispatched to confer with the Ameer of…

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Plurality in the Protestant Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 7

A PRETTY scandal is disturbing the serenity of the sleepy town of Canterbury, England. It appears that by usage the patronage of the livings belonging to the dean and chapter is exercised by…

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The O'connell Memorial Church. Speech by the Archbishop of Cashel

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 6

Wednesday, August 1, was a memorable day in the history of Cahirciveen, and as such the people evidently regarded it, to judge from the unbounded enthusiasm of the vast multitude…

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Church Concert at Randwick

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 18

THE concert in aid of the Randwick church funds was successful to a degree that must have been very gratifying to the promoters, and especially to the energetic secretary, Mr. E Finn. The…

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Organ Recital at St. Mary's Church

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 3

On Wednesday last an organ recital and sacred concert was given in St. Mary's Church of England, in aid of the parochial fund. There was a large attendance. The…

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The Church of Ireland

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 9

The " Life of Archbishop Trench" is one of the books of the season. It consists of letters carefully selected from the various periods of his life and ably pieced together…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 September 1888 · page 10

"O day most calm, most bright! The week were dark, but for thy lisht."…

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Auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop for Sydney. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 September 1888 · page 7

At the request of Cardinal Moran, Dr. Higgins, of Meath, has been appointed by the Pope as auxiliary Roman Catholic Bishop in Sydney…

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O'Connell Memorial Church

Evening News · Monday 17 September 1888 · page 6

LONDON, September 14.—The sum of £12,500 has, up to the present, been subscribed for the O'Connell Memorial Church, towards which amount America and Australia each contributed…

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