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Churches, 1895

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All Saints’ Church, Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 4

There were services morning and evening on Good Friday, but, owing to the illness of the organist, there was no special music in the morning. At night, the “Story of the Cross ”…

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Easter-tide. Easter and Holy Week Services in the District Churches. St. John’s

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 4

The Easter festival was fittingly observed at St. John’s, Parramatta. The pulpit, prayer desk, lectern, communion rails, etc., were clad in greenery and flowers of the season. The…

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All Saints’ Church Exhibition In Parramatta Town Hall. a Striking and Suggestive Display

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 4

A combined exhibition and [?] of work in aid of All Saints’ Church, Parramatta, was opened in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon…

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Dural. Postponed Church Concert

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 7

Mr. Barry’s concert and social in aid of the Church of England Temperance society was postponed until some future date on account of the heavy thunderstorm which broke over the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 7

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…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 April 1895 · page 8

The Rev. Alexander Fraser has been ducted to the pastoral charge of the Presbyterian Church of Glen Innes. The annual session of the…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. the English and Roman Catholic Churches. Question of Their Union. the Mission to Rome. London, April 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 5

Viscount Halifax, president of the English Church Union, his Eminence Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, and other…

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Union of the Churches. a Papal Pastoral

Evening News · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 6

LONDON, April 20.—Viscount Halifax, President of the English Church Union, and other leading Ritualists, and his Eminence Cardinal Vaughan,…

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A Fashionable Wedding Mr. Cruickshank, M.L.A., Married. To Miss Ethel Maude Clarke. Sunbury En Fete--Immense Gathering--The Bridal Costume--Church Decorations

The Australian Star · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 6

Sunbury was en fete on Thursday on the occasion of the marriage of Sir William Clarke's second daughter, Ethel Maude, aud Mr. George Alexander Cruickshank, of…

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Our Special Cables. the Pope and a United Church. a Letter to English Roman Catholics. Rationalism and Materialism

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--His Holiness the Pope has addressed an important letter to 10 of the leading Roman Catholies in England. This letter is…

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Presbyterian Ministers

Evening News · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 2

The Presbyterian Ministers' Association held, a conference at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church on Monday. In the afternoon a discussion took place on the…

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Church News. Presbyterian Ministers' Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 6

A conference of the Presbyterian Ministers' Association was held at the Ashfield Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon and evening. The business of the afternoon session was a discussion on the methods…

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The Catholic See of Goulburn. Reported Appointment of a Coadjutor Bishop

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Intelligence has been received in Melbourne of the appointment by Pope Leo XIII, of Dr. Gallagher, parish priest of Wagga Wagga since 1887,…

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St. Mary's Church. Concord

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1895 · page 3

The ceremony of blessing and opening the school premises that have recently been erected in connection with St. Mary's Church, at Concord, were performed by…

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A Mission Vessel Leaky

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 7

News was received by the Walhora last evening that the Melanesian mission yacht Southern Cross had put back to Auckland leaky. The captain states that soon after…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1895 · page 7

At All Saints', Woollahra, on Sunday, at the morning service, the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale occupied the pulpit, and delivered a powerful sermon, based on the text…

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The Anglican Synod. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

At the Anglican synod to-day a petition from the Rev. G. Tophill, from whom the Bishop had withdrawn his license for the curacy of Tamar, was dealt with. The petitioner asked the synod…

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The Anglican Church in Goulburn. Address by Bishop Chalmers. the Use of Unfermented Wine. "Protestant Nuns."

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--The Goulburn Anglican diocesan synod opened yesterday evening, under the presidency of Bishop Chalmers. Before commencing his…

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The Goulburn Anglican Synod. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

The second session of the eighth synod of the diocese of Goulburn was resumed to-day. The business yesterday afternoon was purely introductory. Bishop Chalmers presided. In his…

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Goulburn Anglican Synod. The Opening Sitting. Dr. Chalmers's Presidential Address. GOULDURN

The Australian Star · Thursday 25 April 1895 · page 5

In his presidential address at the opening of the Goulburn Anglican Diocesan Synod yesterday. Bishop Chalmers said that during the past year 365 persons had been…

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