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Sydney · Churches

Churches, 1895

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

The Primate administered the rite of confirmation at St. Michael's Wollongong, on Sunday morning, at Fig Tree in the afternoon, and preached at St. Michael's in the evening. On Monday afternoon he…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

The Rev. W. Hewitson, of Melbourne, has accepted a call to the Knox Church, Dunedin, New Zealand, signed by over 800 members of the church, which has on its roll 1000 names…

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Woman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

To-morrow being Trmity Sunday Dr. Higgins will preach at St. Mary's Cathedral at the 11 o'clock Mass. On Thursday next, which will be Corpus Christi,…

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Mission at Woollahra

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 15

A VERY crowded congregation took part in the closing of the women's mission, which throughout was most successful. The men's mission during the present week has attracted large numbers, and the…

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Sussex-street Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

At the Sussex-street Mission Church Mr. George Lewis has started a reading-room, and it has proved already to be of great benefit. Some hundreds have taken advantage of the benefits it offers, and during…

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Review. the Catholic Church in Australasia. Third Notice

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 17

THE new era which opened for the Australian Church with the arrival of Fathers Therry and Conolly was unquestionably an improvement upon the old. The anti-Catholic spirit which cut short…

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Mission at St. Benedict's

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 16

THE mission which is being conducted at the above church by Fathers Hanly, Henry, and Hagarty of the Vincentian Order, has during the past three weeks been attended by overflowing congregations…

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Catholic. Bishop Murray's Recovery

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 15

BY the express train on Sunday evening last his Lordship Dr. Murray, accompanied by the Rev. Father Corcoran, of Morpeth, left on what is to be an extended visit to Brisbane. His Lordship is in…

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The Catholic University of America

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 7

The Very Rev. John A. Keane, Rector, makes the following official announcements:— On Wednesday, October 2, 1895, the Catholic University of America will open four departments…

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Prior Vaughan's Mission. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 20

SIR,— It seems that "Irishman" is becoming more and more angry, and affording ample proof that I was right when I wrote that he appeared to manifest a spirit of racial hostility. His lust letter…

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Prior Vaughan's Mission. Meeting at the Town Hall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 15

IMMEDIATELY on entering the pulpit of St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday last Prior Vaughan made the following announcement:— Will you kindly take notice that on Tuesday, the…

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Wagga Notes. Proposed Presbyterian to Dr. Gallagher

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

HIS parishioners are determined not to allow the Very Rev. Dr. Grallaher's elevation to the episcopal dignity to pass without some tangible recognition of his services in connection with the…

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Newcastle. the Hospital Matron and "No Catholic Need Apply

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

A COMPLAINT was made in a Sydney journal last week of alleged bigotry on the part of the matron of the Newcastle Hospital. Tt was stated that a lady trained in St. Vincent's Hospiial applied for…

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Catholic. at Golden Grove. the New Convent of Mercy. Speeches by the Cardinal, Bishop Higgins, and Prior Vauquan

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 17

THERE was a very large attendance at the blessing and opening of the new Convent of Mercy at St. Kieran's, Golden Grove (within St. Benedict's parish), on Sunday afternoon. On arrival, with…

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Is the Church an Enemy of Civilization? Father Ryan, S.j., at the Guild Hall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 16

"Is the Catholic Church an Enemy of Civiliza-tion?" With this question as his theme the Very Rev. John Ryan, S.J., Rector of St. Ignatius' Col-lege, Riverview, interested a large audience at the…

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Public Services for To-morrow. (As Advertised in the S. M. Herald.) Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 10

St. A[?]drew's Cathedral; Morning, the Primate; afternoon, the Dean; evening, Bishop of Newcastle. St. John's Darlinghurst; Morning, afternoon, and evening, Rev. H. M. Trickett…

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The Need of the Church

The Methodist · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 2

'Let a church,' said Dr. Wayland, 'have nothing to rely on but its antiquity, its wealth, its conservatism, the piety of its founders, its polar distance from all…

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Church News

The Methodist · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 3

ASHFIELD.—A People's Choral Service was held in the Ashfield Church last Sunday evening, and was very successful. The church was full, and the…

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Correspondence. Church Finance Committee. to the Editors

The Methodist · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 7

SIRS,—Permit me to urge that the superintendents of circuits, &c., send in the circuit and trust returns as per forms supplied, as quickly as possible. The sub-committee…

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Re-union of the Churches

The Methodist · Saturday 8 June 1895 · page 7

THAT is to say, the re-union of the Roman and Anglican Churches. The proposal of His Holiness reads more like a joke than anything else, and yet…

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