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Churches, 1888

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Catholic Apostolic Church, Elizabeth-street, Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 7

The ceremony of laying the corner-stone of a building to be used for the services of the Catholic Apostolic Church, took place on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a majority of the members of the congregation. The site is…

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County Intelligence. Granville. Opening of Primitive Methodist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 3

ON Sunday last the recently-footed Primitive Methodist Church, Granville, was opened by a series of special services. At 11 a.m. the Rev. J. W. Holden (Sydney) officiated,…

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The Mission to the Aborigines

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 2

ON Sunday last a united children’s service was held in the Town Hall in connection with the Aborigines’ Mission. Upon the platform were the Revs. J. B. Gribble, G. Darcy-Irvine,…

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The Church Congress

Evening News · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 5

LONDON, October 2.—Bishop Kennion, of South Australia, preached the inaugural sermon at the Church Congress in Manchester…

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Church Congress at Manchester. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 9

Most of the colonial prelates now in England are present at the Church Congress which is being held in Manchester. The Congress is presided over by the Bishop of Manchester…

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Cable News. Bishop Kennion and the Church Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Bishop Kennion, of Adelaide, yesterday delivered a sermon to the members of the Church Congress now sitting at Manchester…

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Protestant Episcopal Church of America

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1888 · page 2

In connection with the Association of Lay Helpers (Diocese of Sydney), the Venerable Archdeacon Gunther delivered a lecture entitled “Some Notes on the Protestant Episcopal…

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The Church Congress. Remarks by the Bishop of Manchester. London, October 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 4 October 1888 · page 5

The twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Church Congress was opened at Manchester to-night, and was presided over by the Bishop of Manchester, Dr…

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The Church Congress. Sermon by Bishop Kennion. His Views on Colonial Legislators. the Divorce Extension Bill. London, Wednesday.--The annual meeting

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 October 1888 · page 5

of the Church Congress was opened at Manchester yesterday, when the Bishop of Manchester (the Rev. Dr. Moorhouse) delivered the inaugural address. Over 4000…

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Granville. Opening of the Primitive Methodist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 2

ON Sunday last the opening services took place—as stated in our last issue—in the new Primitive Methodist Church, Sydney road, Granville. On Tuesday evening last a tea…

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Clever Catholic School-children

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 18

AT the late show in Yass held on the 19th and 20th of September last (writes a correspondent), the pupils of the Yass Convent schools sent up a number of exhibits in writing, drawings, and…

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An Anglican Bishop on Colonial Morals

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 16

London, October 2.—Bishop Kennion, of Adelaide, when preaching are Halford, England, condemned the irreligious tendency of law-making in Australia, particularly legislation with regard…

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A Distinguished Catholic University Student

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

WE are pleased to see the name of Mr. Frank Leverrier in the list of candidates who on Friday last were called to the bar. Mr. Leverrier before entering upon his University course in 1881 won…

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The Catholic Deaf and Dumb Institute

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 14

BISHOP Murray will have the gratification on Sunday of seeing the fine new institution for the deaf and dumb at Waratah blessed and opened. The Bishop of Maitland, taking as he does a…

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Progress of Catholic Education the Diocese of Maitland

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

HIS Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, [?] of Maitland, in the Pastoral Letter just addresses to the clergy and laity, devotes special attention to the progress of Catholic education in the…

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Catholic Schools at the University the Senior Examinations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 17

THE following are the results of of the senior public examinations for 1888. A means first class; B, second class; C, third class :— ST. VINCENT'S CONVENT COLLEGE, SYDNEY…

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Catholic. Our Libel Action. What the Melbourne " Advocate" Says

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 17

THE ways of a Catholic or Irish journalist (says our Melbourne Catholic contemporary) are not always pleasant or free from peril. However prudently he many labour in his vocation, he is…

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Catholic. Requiem Sunday. the Memoey of the Dead. Solemn Services in the City and Suburbs

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 14

IN the midst of all the joys and splendours of his glorious golden jubilee, the Sovereign Pontiff was not unmindful of the poor suffering souls in Purgatory, and it was indeed a holy and a…

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New Altar in the Yass Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 18

THE new marble altar which was purchased in Ireland by the Very Rev. Dean O'Keefe during his late visit to Europe was erected last week in the sanctuary in St. Augustine's Church by Mr…

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Address by Cardinal Moran at Callan, Ireland. the Progress of the Church in Australia

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 18

THE KILKENNY JOURNAL, August 22, reports :— It being announced that Cardinal Moran would arrive from visiting bis Grace Archbisshop Croke on Saturday, the utmost anxiety was evinced by…

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