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Churches, 1891

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Something About Protestant Nuns. the Cardinal-archbishop and the Anglican Sisterhoods

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 17

The Cardinal-Archbishop, speaking at the open­ing oi; the new school in St. Peter's district, Surry Hills, on Sunday last, touched on the subject o2 Protestant sisterhoodc. His Eminence said :- Nothing {?sve him greater pleasure tba;ii to assist at such ceremonies as the one which had brought them together that days and he availed himself of the opportunity to con-gratulate not only the Catholics of that parish but all other Catholic citizens on the great change…

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America. for the World's Fair. Search to Be Made for Historical Records in the Archives of the Catholic Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 7

At the request of the Latin-American Bureau of the World's Columbian Exposition, Cardinal Gibbons bus requested the proper officers of the several religious Orders of the Catholic Church,…

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The American Methodist Con­ference. a Disorderly Scene

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 19

PRESIDENT Harrison of the United States, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister at Washington (we learn by cable), have attended the sittings of the Methodist (Ecumenical…

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Catholic. Death of the Rev. M. E. Athy, O.s.b One of the Old Benedictines

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 14

Good old Father Athy passed away amidst calm and religious surroundings at the Priests' Home, Ryde, on Monday night, and with his death we lose one of the last of the old band of…

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Goulburn Circuit Court. Civil Side. (Before His Honor Sir William Windeyer.) A. A. HOBDEN v. Dean O'keefe, Roman Catholic Priest

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 6

This was a claim for £1,000 damages for slander. Mr. J. H. Want, Q.C., with Mr. Colonna-Close (instructed by Davidson and Johnston),…

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Grand Concert at the Town Hall. in Aid of the New Church at Manly

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 14

WE shall be very much surprised if the concert, which is to be held in the Centennial Hall on Tuesday evening next in aid of the new church at Manly does not prove a brilliant success. As a…

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Life in London or Thereabout. Chronicled by Henry Lucy. a Conquering Australian—mr. Disraeli's Successor—a Dual Family—lord Randolph Churchill—the New Postmaster-general— Mr. Gladstone—his Health and Speech—what He Thinks of Ghosts—a Statue for an Australian—a Child of Miracle. Westminster, Sept. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 4

Lord Randolph Churchill will by this time have had discomforts of life in Mashonaland, more or less pleasantly vaired by an item of domestic news. His sister, who in the…

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Nunnery Life in the Church of England. Apparitions and Miracles. Chapter Xvi

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 8

It will be as well, before making the very few remarks I am able to give on the alleged " apparitions at Llantbony," that I should give my readers a few extracts from Father…

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Parramatta Baptist Church

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 5

The Anniversary services of the Parramatta Baptist Church were held on Sunday last, when the Rev. Seth Jones of Newcastle, preached two powerful sermons to large…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 11

Our Nowra correspondent writes under date October 20: The Rev. J. Kemp Bruce was inducted to the charge of the Nowra Presbyterian Church on October 14, when the church was…

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Queensland Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 10

Our Brisbane correspondent writes under date October 19: A hearty welcome was tendered to the Rev. D. Becker, the new pastor of the South Btisbane Lutheran Church, on Wednesday…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 October 1891 · page 9

Under this healing 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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A Presbyterian Minister Censured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 October 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A telegram from Bendigo states that a coroner's jury at Barnedown censured the Rev. J. Haussman, Presbyterian minister, for neglect in connection…

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Church Fair. Bourke

The Australian Star · Monday 26 October 1891 · page 6

The fancy fair held in aid of the Catholic Church realised over £140, of which considerably over £100 will be net profit…

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Woman's Work in the Churches. to the Editor Op the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 October 1891 · page 6

Sir,--Mr. J. H. Plunkett comes forward again in your columns to-day with the old stock story invented and held by Roman Catholics, that the Church of England was…

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The Jews in Russia. Attack by Orthodox Churchmen

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The orthodox members of the Greek Church at the town of Starodoub, in the government of Tschernigoff, situated on a tributary of…

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The Pope and Italy. an Insult to the Catholic Church

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Pope Leo XIII. has issued a circular letter, in which he states that through the recent action of the Italian Government the majesty of…

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Church Fair. Bourke

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 6

The fancy fair hold in aid of the Catholic Church realised over £140, of which considerably over £100 will be net profit…

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Dean of Christ Church. London, October 20

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 5

Canon Fraser Paget, of Christ Church, Oxford, has been appointed to succeed Br. H. G. Liddell as Dean of Christ Church…

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Labouchere and Churchill

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 October 1891 · page 7

SURELY Lord, Randolph has gone to the bad when Mr. Henry Labouchere abandons him (writes an English contemporary). Mr. Labouchere and he were the closest of…

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