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Churches, 1891

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1891 · page 3

A harvest festival service was held in St. John's, Parramatta, on Faster Sunday. The old church was beautifully decorated, and the superabundance of flowers and fruits, brought…

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St. Peter's Mission Church Sherwood

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 7

The annual meeting was held on Wednesday evening, the 25th inst. The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther presided. Among these present were the Rev. H. Tate, Mr…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 18

WE learn from Dubbo that the annual sports and concert in aid of the convent building fund eclipsed all previous gatherings. This year the day's sports were held on the racecourse, when a…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 15

THE new Catholic church at Crookwell will be opened c n Sunday, April 19. WE learn from Armidale that on Good Friday evening Very Rev. Dean O'Connor preached a…

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Church of England Mission to Seamen

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 11

A meeting of the friends of the Church of England mission to seaman was held in the library at Trafalgar House, Princes-st., yesterday afternoon. The Bishop of Sydney presided,…

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St. Peter’s Mission Church, Sherwood

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 3

The annual meeting was held on Wednesday evening the 26th ult. The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther presided. Among those present were the Rev. H. Tate, Mr. E. A. Oatley, and Mr…

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Meetings. Church of England Mission to Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 7

A meeting of friends of the above mission was held at Trafalgar House, No. 9 princes-street, yesterday afternoon. The Very Rev. the Primate, Dr. Saumatez Smith, presided, and among the clergy present were the…

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The Mission of the Church in the

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 18

ARCHBISHOP O'Brien, of Halifax, is no loss pronounced in bis opposition to the proposed annexation of Nova Scotia to the United States than in his advocacy of a militant policy on the…

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Catholic. Holy Week Ceremonies

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 14

THE solemnities of Holy Week wera very impressively carried out at St. Mark's Cathedral. A. noticeable feature was the presence at all the important ceremonies of the students of St…

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Mission at the Brisbane Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 18

THE AUSTRALIAN, speaking of the Holy Weekly mission in St. Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane, says:— " On Palm Sunday a course of spiritual…

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The Sketcher. The Mission of Railways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 757

"No poetry in railways!" foolish thought Of a dull brain, to no fine music wrought. By mammon dazzled, though the people prize The gold alone, yet shall not we despise…

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Catholic. the Ven. Archdeacon D'arcy

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 17

IN one of the Irish papers received by the mail we find the following in reference to the departure of the Venerable Archdeacon D'Arcy:— The departure his distant mission in the…

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Our Catholic Federation Hall. a Brilliant Gathering

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 15

FINE weather would have put the finishing touch on the opening of our new city Catholic hall on Tuesday evening but even with the rain the event passed of brilliantly. Futher Le Rennetel…

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A Voice From the Apostolic Church of Rome to the Modern Papal Church of Rome. Roman Catholic Brethren

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 10

We address yon earnestly and affectionately, because we believe that you are in error, and we think that we can point out to yon a more excellent way. We entreat your…

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America. the Late General Sherman. He Dies a Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 7

General Sherman, who died last Saturday (says the CATHOLIC TIMES Feb. 20), was married to a Catholic lady of Irish descent a grand-daughter of one of the men of 98. Thanks to…

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Death of the Ron, John Macrossan. an Able [?] Catholic Gone. His Eventful and Distinguished Career

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 16

IN Irish, in Catholic, and in political circles on Tuesday morning the news of the death of the Hon. John Macrossan was received with feelings of the deepest regret. Mr. Macrossan had come…

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Archbishop Walsh and the Freeman's Journal. Archbishop Walsh writes to the Irish Catholic-- Archbishop's House, Dublin, 21st January, 1891

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 10

DEAR SIR--I have read with deep pain, and I must add, not without much alarm, an article in the Freeman's Journal of to-day, in which the question of Mr. Parnell's…

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Easter Monday at Mulgoa. Sports, Tea Meeting and Social in Aid Op R.C. CHURCH

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 4

The good people of Mulgon, Luddenham and Greendale turned out in large numbers on the Hon. G. H. Cox's property to witness the day's sports provided by a strong committee, the proceeds of…

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Easter Vestry Meetings. Christ Church, Castlereach

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 3

Tho Easter Vestry Meeting was held on Tuesday, when there was a fair attendance of the parishioners. Rev. H. Fryer occupied the Chair. The treasurer, Mr. F. Lowe, presented a satisfactory…

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Practical Christianity and Pure Theology. Published for the Benefit of Non-church Goers

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1891 · page 6

True Christian Religion, intelligently understood, comes, not to add to men's burdens but to romove them. "For God sent not His Son into the world, to condemn…

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