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Churches, 1896

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 10

The annual picnic of the Mission Band of Hope, No.3, connected with Brisbane-street, was held at Coogee on Thursday. About 150 children were present, and every attention was given to their wants…

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Sussex-street Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 10

On Sunday last 100 destitute men, representing nearly all trades and professions, sat down at the breakfast which is provided every Sunday morning for men who are unable to obtain food. The eagerness…

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Catholic Debating Societies

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 16

On Monday evening, March 13, at 8 o'clock, in St. James' Hall, Forest Lodge, and interesting debate took place between the members of St. Benedict's Literary Club and of St. James…

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Ryde and Sherebrook News East Garlingford. Proposed Anglican Church. A Splendid Meeting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 7

[?] OF the Church of England in East Carlingford have been working energetically during the past few month in the way of collecting funds towards erecting a church in…

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France. a Great Catholic Festival

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 7

The following extracts from the letter of his Holi­ness the Pope to Cardinal Langenieux will be read with interest: "Towards the close of the present year, on the very day of the…

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The "Catholic Press." Enthusiastic Meetings

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 13

DURING the week a number of meetings were hold to advance the internists of THE CATHOLIC PRESs, with the most happy and satisfactory results. So convincing are the reasons for a Catholic paper in…

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Catholic. the Cardinal at the Cathedral. Passion Sunday Sermon

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 17

HIS Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop of Sydney, at the cathedral on Sunday morning last, concluded his series of Lenten Sermons on the Sacred Passion of Our Lord…

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Our Catholic Institutions. No. Iv. St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill

The Catholic Press · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 17

AT Hunter's Hill, on the right bank of the Lane Cove River, stands the College of the Marist Brothers. The landing place, which is one of the prettiest on the river, is some four…

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Catholic, the Bishop-elect of Dunedin. Discourse on St. Patrick at St. Mary's Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 15

ALTHOUGH it was a very wet night-the rain was probably " held over" from sunny St. Patrick's Day -the cathedral was filled in every part on Sunday last. The great congregation was, doubtless, to due…

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St. Brigid's Birthplace. Erection of a New Church in Faughart

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 6

Father P. Segrave, P.P., Faughart, writes to the Belfast Irish Weekly, Feb. 15 :- "At the north end of Louth rises the hill of Faughart, and here St. Brigid was born…

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Sacred Concert in a Church. the " Stabat Mater at St. Francis'

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 15

ALL concerned are to be congratulated on the success of the Sacred Concert given on Tuesday evening in St. Francis' Church. The object was to assist Father B. M'Donnell in reducing the parochial debt, and as the church was filled, almost crowded…

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The Passionists' Church, Marrickville. Sermon on St. Patrick

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 15

THE congregation at St. Brigid's Church, Marrickville, on Sunday evening last, heard an excellent sermon on "The Glories of St. Patrick," by thel Rev. Father Reginald, C.P. The preacher, in powerful…

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Church of England Association of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 10

A meeting of the committee was held on Wednesday afternoon at the rooms of the association, 11 Barristers'-court. Conespondence received since last meeting, which included some encouraging…

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The Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 7

The Brooklet Factory, Alstonville, for the month ended February 20 received 30,503gal of milk. The total receipts were £455, and the working expenses were £41. Suppliers received 3¼d…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 March 1896 · page 8

The Rev. W. G. Marsh has been nominated to the incumbency of St. Luke's, Adelaide, S. Australia. The Rev. H. F. Miller has been appointed to…

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Churches on the Warpath. the Battle Between the Jackdaws & the Rooks. Parr and Papa. Council of the Churches. The Council of the Churches interview "Papa" Brunker to ask him to put-down betting," heading em," the totalisator, dancing-saloons, vagrant boys, and all sexual intercourse except where sanctioned by the Church. Papa" Brunker, being an old and popular sportsman, to whom the "National Game" is not unfamiliar, promises to think about it all

Truth · Sunday 29 March 1896 · page 5

A DEPUTATION from the Council of the Churches, consisting of the Ven. Archdeacon Langley (representing the Primate), the Revs J A Ewen, J Fordyce, T Farr, M.A., J E…

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Methodist Mission for Seamen. the Sabbath in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 3

There were large congregations at the Centenary Hall yesterday, when special sermons were preached. the occasion being the anniversary of the Central Methodist Mission for Seamen…

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St. James's Church

Evening News · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph

In St. James's Church yesterday, special services were held. Palms were placed on the pillars. The Rev. W. J. Carr preached morning and evening. In the evening Stainer's Crucifixion"…

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The Churches. Ashfield Wesleyan Jubilee

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1896 · page 6

The celebrations in connection with the jubilee of the Ashfield Wesleyan Church were continued with undiminished success during last week, the festival being brought to a close…

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