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Churches, 1896

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St. Patrick's Day Celebration. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 22

SIR,—In the beginning of his last letter Dr. Kearney promises to overlook mine in silence, and yet he afterwards devotes to it two paragraphs surcharged with boyish desperation. I…

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Catholic. the Hibernian Society. Half-yearly Meeting of the District Board

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 17

THE thirty-second half-yearly meeting of the Sydney District Board of the Hibernian-Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was held at the Guild Hall on Thursday last. The following were in attendance:…

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Dr. Kearney and His Arguments. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 22

SIR,—If Dr. Kearney really thinks I am not to be taken seriously in what I say, why has he deigned to reply? His wild effort to revolutionise our misguided opinions on the St…

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Shall We Secularise St. Patrick's Day? (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 21

SIR,—Allow me to publicly protest against the action of a Sydney paper, claiming to be Catholic, in recently publishing a letter over the signature of Dr. Kearney, in which the…

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The St. Patrick's Day Celebration.—irish Dancing. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 23

SIR,—As a member of last year's St. Patrick's Sports Committee, I consider it only due to my fellow-workers in that cause to contradict in the most emphatic manner the…

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The Press Is a Powerful Organ for Good or Evil. (To the Editor of the Catholic Press.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 23

SIR,—I am glad to see that your leading article, " A Deplorable State" which appeared in your issue of February 8, has brought out some good practical letters from both priests…

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Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Randwick

The Catholic Press · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 19

THE beautiful sanctuary of the Church of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart at Hand wick, which, contains the most artistic marble altar in Australia, the pious gift of Mrs. Esmay Farrell…

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Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. Lucy.) the Succession to the Irish Leadership.— Boom in the Novel Market.—mr. Arthur Balfour's Homburg Hat.—a Reminiscence of Lord Randolph Churchill. Westminster, Jan. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 5

There seems no present appearance of a settlement of internecine quarrels in the Irish Parliamentary ranks to an extent that would permit Mr. Justin M'Carthy to carry out his cherished…

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St. John's Auxiliary to the Church Society

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 10

The annual meeting of St. John's Auxiliary to the Church Society was held in St. Johu's schoolroom, Parramatta, on Thursday evening. Archdeacon Gunther delivered an address on the claims and…

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The Churches. Evangelical Alliance

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 11

The monthly meeting of the council of the Evangelical Alliance was held on Thursday in the room of the Y.M.C.A. The president, Mr. E. A. Ronnie, was in the chair. The…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · 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 is rarely seen, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 8

The Dean of Goulburn (the Rev. W. H. Pownall, B.D.) has been III, and unable for two Sundays to take regular duty. The annual meeting of the Roman Catholic Bishops…

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Parramatta Baptist Church Sunday School Anniversary

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 February 1896 · page 3

THE anniversary services of the Baptist Sunday School were held on Sunday, February 23. The weather was very unfavourable, but the congregations were good. The preacher was…

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Sydney City Mission

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 5

Special services in connection with the Sydney City Mission Sunday School, Waterloo and Alexandria branch, were held in the Alexandria Mission Hall on Sunday afternoon and evening…

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Unitarian Church

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 8

The Rev. Johs Reid, M.A., delivered a discourse at the Unitarian Church, Liverpool-street, on Sunday evening on "A Pioneer of Progress." He prefaced his remarks by stating that the most…

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Hunter-baillie Memorial Church

Evening News · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 8

The anniversary of the Hunter-Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Annandale, was celebrated by special services yesterday. The Right Rev. James Lamont, F.L.S., Moderator of…

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Church Services

The Australian Star · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 3

Bishop Higgins presided at St. Benedict's at 11 o'clock yesterday, when the Mass was sung unaccompanied as is usual during Lent. In the…

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The Churches. Hunter-baillie Memorial Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1896 · page 6

The tenth anniversary of the commencement of services in connection with the Hunter-Baillie Memorial Presbyterian Church, Aunandale, was celebrated yesterday by special…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 6

Special services in connection with the Sunday-school of the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission were held in the Mission-hall, Mitchell-road, Alexandria,…

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Presbyterian Fellowship Union

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1896 · page 6

The Fellowship Union in connection with the Presbyterian Church throughout New South Wales held its annual re-union at the Temperance-hall last evening. Tea was served…

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