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Churches, 1890

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Successful Catholic Pupils

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 14

OUT of a very limited number of successful candidates the following Catholic pupils passed the recent Civil Service Examination held at the University: Emily Campbell, Convent of Morey…

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Catholic. a Collegiate Gathering

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 14

To-MORROW (Saturday) evening the students and ex-students of St. John's College will hold their annual re-union with the genial rector as their chairman and toast master…

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A Wealthy Catholic's Bequests

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 18

THE late Thomas Gaunt, the well-known Melbourne watchmaker, left £41,454. A sum of £300 is bequeathed to the Mother superheroes of the convent of the Good Shepherd Abbotsford, to…

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Government Inspection of Catholic Schools

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 14

WE learn from the Brisbane AUSTRALIAN that the annual examination, by the Inspector of the Department of Public Instruction, of the pupils attending St. Stephen's Girls' School was held…

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The Catholic Question in America

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 9

Since 1865 the Roman Catholic priests, with the most admirable ability, have massed their Irish legions into the great cities of the United States, and the Amercians must be very blind…

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Roman Catholic Ceremony at Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 184

On Sunday the twenty-eighth anniversary of St. Mary's Star of the Sea branch of the Australian Holy Catholic Guild, Newcastle, was celebrated by a great ceremony. At 9 o'clock a special mass was held and…

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Catholic. Guild Festival at Newcastle. a Successful Celebration

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 18

SUNDAY, 26th July was, to use a hackneyed phrase, a Red-letter Day in the history of St. Mary's Star of the Sea Branch of the A. H. C. Guild. It was the twenty-eighth anniversary of…

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Mission to the Aborigines. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 9

The delegates from the Presbyterian Assembly who are visiting the colony in connection with the proposed establishment of a mission to the aborigines addressed a public meeting to-night in…

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A Catholic Charity Conference. St. Vincent De Paul Society Annual Meeting. the Cardinal Presides

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 15

ALTHOUGH the weather on Sunday last was decidedly against the united gathering of the members of the Catholic charitable organization familiarly known as the Society of St. Vincent de…

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Some Remarks on the Twelfth of July. Dr. O'brien at the Catholic Heading Rooms

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 15

IN his "Sa[?]sfield" lecture at the Catholic Reading Rooms on Monday night the Very Rev. Dr. O'Brien made some allusions to the recent Twelfth of July celebrations…

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Tales About Ireland. Chapter Iv.—suppression of the Catholic Association and Orange Societies in Ireland

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 17

THE year 1825 was an eventful one, not only in Ireland, but in England. The Catholic Association, which was called into existence through the unceasing insults and revolting attacks made by…

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St. Canice's Church, Darlinghurst

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 14

THE monthly meeting in aid of the building fund of this church was held on last Sunday evening after Benediction. A large portion of the congregation remained. The Rev. Father…

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The Newcastle Church of England Synod. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 9

The Synod sat till past 11 last night, and resumed its sitting at half-past 9 this morning. Routine business was dealt with for several hours. A motion by the Rev. S. Simon, "That there be placed upon the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 9

Under this heading, sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, 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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News of the Australasian Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 July 1890 · page 10

The Rev. Wm. Allen, of Carlton, Melbourne, has received a very cordial and unanimous call to the pastorate of the Congregational Church, Petersham…

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The Sydney Pulpit. Second Series. Ii. St. John's Presbyterian Church. Paddington. Rev. Dr. Gilchrist

Evening News · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 3

"There is nothing," said Lord Palmerston, " so misleading as figures-except facts." And his Lordship was probably not far wrong. To the ordinary lay…

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Newcastle Church of England Synod. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 July 1890 · page 5

The Synod sat till past midnight, and then adjourned sine die. The additional business transacted comprised the preparation of, and appending signatures of the members of the synod to,…

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Methodist Holiness Association

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 5

The annual meeting of the United Methodist Holiness Association was held last night in the Mission-room attached to the Centenary-hall, the Rev. J. W. Holden, ex-president of the…

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United Methodist Holiness Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 3

The annual meetings of the United Methodist Holiness Association were held at the Centenary Hall yesterday. At the afternoon meeting the Rev. J. S. Austin presided ever a good gathering. The annual…

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The Harmony.—an Arctic Mission Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 July 1890 · page 7

A ceremony possessing many points of interest was performed at the London Docks on the 18th ultimo (says an English exchange) in the speeding of the missionary ship annually sent to the M[?]avian stations on the north-east…

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