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Churches, 1896

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Wesleyan Church, Bourke-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 6

A week of united prayer in connection with the Evangelical Alliance of the World was commenced at the Bourke-street Wesleyan Church on Monday evening The Rev. G. Preston…

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Scots Church, Church-hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 6

A meeting under the auspices of the New South Wales Evangelical Alliance was held at the Scots Church. Church-hill, on Monday evening. The Rev. R. Noake led in prayer, and in the absence of the…

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Attempt to Burn a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1896 · page 6

COBAR, Tuesday.--An attempt was made to burn the Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening. Hymn books were stacked upon the carpet and ignited. The minister, Mr…

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Catholic Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

The Church, says the letter subsequently, had always insisted, and would always insist, that religion must be positively taught at school as well at the home. Less than…

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Hindrances to Catholic Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

Having spoken thus hopefully of the prospects of the Catholic Church in these colonies, the prelates advert to some of the grave obstacles that beset further…

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Mission Work at the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 4

When the R.M.S. Monowal called at Honolulu, en route to Sydney, last month, she mot the American missionary schooner Robert. Logan. The vessel hailed from San…

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Catholic Plenary Council. a Pastoral Letter Prospects of the Church. Some Hindrances to Progress

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

Tho Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Australia, who attended the second Plenary Council in, Sydney, some little time ago, have issued a pastoral letter to…

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Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 6

A meeting under the auspicos of the New South Wales Evangelical Alliance was held in the Congregational school-hall, Pitt-street, last evening. The Rev. E. Treayne Dunatan occupied the chair, and…

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Sudden Death in a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A very sudden death occurred at the Wesleyan Church, Mount Gambler, to-night. A meeting was being held, and at its close Mr. Robert…

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The Church Courts Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1896 · page 3

The Catholic Church, says the letter, has never shrunk from inviting inquiry into her works. Conscious of being the witness and reacher appointed unto mankind by…

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Central Methodist Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

The annual outing given by the workers in connection with the Central Methodist Mission to the poor children of the city unconnected with any Sabbath school took place under very favourable…

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Central Mission Picnic

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 2

At the Drummoyne Park yesterday, the annual outing given by tie Central Methodist Mission to poor children of the city, in connection with any Sunday school, was held. About 300 children…

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Church News. Sydney Women's Prayer Union

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

The tenth annual new year convention of the Sydney Women's Prayer Union was held in the Temperance Hall yesterday. There was a large attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mrs. Ward. The…

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The Churches. Entertaining the Children

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1896 · page 6

The Central Methodist Mission, with its .headquarters in York-street, and branches at Pyrmont, Hayraarket, and Princes-street, la noted for Its charitable work. Yesterday they…

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Church News. Anglican

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 10

The Primate preached on Sunday morning and evening at St. Simon and St. Jude's, Bowral, and administered the rite of confirmation in the afternoon…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 16

JUDGE Real, who had been on a visit to Sydney, returned to Queensland on Monday. ST. Aloysius' Jesuit College, Sydney, re-opens on Tuesday, 21st instant…

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Catholic Literature

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 15

MESSRS. Louis Gille and Co., Catholic publishers and church providers, of Liverpool-street, having purchased the stock-in-trade in equity of the late firm of Messrs. Finn Brothers and Co.,…

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Catholic News

The Catholic Press · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 8

IT is proposed to open a subscription in France for the erection of monuments at Chambery to Joseph and Xavier de Maistre. A telegram from Winnepeg says : "The Rev…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 18

A SUCCESSFUL concert, in aid of the local church funds, took place in Parkes lately. This week the Sisters of Mercy who are to take charge of the Catholic schools at Wyalong and…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1896 · page 10

An impressive ceremony took place at the Good Samaritan Convent, Pitt-street, on Wednesday morning. The fesitval was a double one, being both a reception and a profession, and 15 Sisters…

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