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Churches, 1891

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 16

ST. Patrick's C. D. Confraternity hold their annual excursion to Chowder Bay on Tuesday next. Steamers leave the Circular Quay, new wharf, every half-hour…

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Baulkham Hills. Opening of a New Church Anglican Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon last a large congregation assembled in the new edifice at a special service held in connection with the opening ceremonies…

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The Meeting of the Anglican General Synod

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 8

THE prelates of the Church of England in Australasia, with the representatives of the clergy and laity, assembled in General Synod on September 22, in the Chapter…

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The Meeting of the Anglican General Synod

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 8

THE prelates of the Church of England in Australasia, with the representatives of the clergy and laity, assembled in General Synod on September 22, in the Chapter…

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Conference of Roman Catholic Truth Society

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 3

The Tablet, July 4, 1891, reports that the Annual Conference of the Catholic Truth Society was held on the 29th and 30th June, and 1st July, at Westminster,…

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Catholic. Profession at St. Vincent's Convent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 14

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop officiated at an imposing Profession ceremony in the chapel of the Sisters of Charity, Victoria-street, on Friday morning last. The Sisters professed were—Miss…

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General Cable News. the Methodist Oecumenical Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- The Rev. Henry Price Hughes, of the West London Wesleyan Mission, is one of the delegates to the Methodist OEcumenical Conference now…

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Anglican General Synod. (Continued and Concluded.) Seventh Day—september 30

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 10

The President opened the afternoon session on Wednesday in the usual manner, and two important reports were received on " the appointment of assistant bishops," and on the co[?]ration of…

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Catholic. at St. John's College. a Brilliant Commemoration. Lord and Lady Jersey Present

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 17

COM[?] EMORATION Day, 1891, at St. John's College, within the University, will become historic if only for the interest and significance attaching to the presence for the first time in the College…

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The Pyrmont School-church. Opened by Bishop Higgins

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 16

ON Sunday morning last—St. Francis' Day—his Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Higgins blessed and opened the now Catholic School-Church of St. Francis Xavier at Pyrmont. The altar…

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At the Franciscan Churches. Festival Celebrations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 14

THE Feast of St. Francis was celebrated in the Franciscan churches on Sunday last with accustomed devotion and dignity. At St. Joseph's, Woollahra, the Very Rev. P. Slattery, O.S.F. (the…

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Nunnery Life in the Church of England. Chapter Xiii. (Continued.) of What Religion Is Father Ignatius?

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 6

The altar is for the occasion adorned with about 105 lighted candles. These are intermingled with vases of exquisite flowers. I have known them to cost £60…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 11

The Rev. F. Haviland, from South Grafton, preached his first sermon at Gulgong on Sunday. He will be inducted by the Bishop of Bathurst on the 18th instant…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 9

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date October 5: In the Wharf-street Congregational Church, on Sunday morning, a service was held in memory of the late Rev. E. Griffith, the first and…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 9

Under this h[?]ing 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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Methodist Partitions. London, October 11

The Australian Star · Monday 12 October 1891 · page 5

At yesterday's sitting of the Methodist (Ecumenical Conference being held at New York a proposal to abolish the partitions of Methodism was received with great…

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General Cable News. the Methodist [?]Cumenical Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. -- At the Methodist [?]cumenical Conference at New York great enthusiasm has been shown over a proposal to abolish the partitions into…

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Church Matters at Young. Young

The Australian Star · Monday 12 October 1891 · page 6

During the past two Sundays the Rev. R. Edgar, the respected minister of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church here, has been unable to occupy his pulpit as he is suffering from…

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The Methodist Ecumenical Conference

Evening News · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 4

LONDON, October 12.—The Methodist Ecumenical Conference, which is being held in New York, has decided to federate the British American Methodist Churches…

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The Methodist œCUMENICAL Conference. London, Oct. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 October 1891 · page 5

The Methodist œcumenical Conference, which is being held in New York, has decided to federate the British and American Methodist bodies…

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