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Churches, 1897

2,606 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 131

Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 10

Last Wednesday evening Mr. Walter Lewis, of Strathfield, gave an entertainment in the City Mission Hall, Chippendale. Mr. G. Bayer, superintendent of the local Band of Hope, presided. Miss…

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Catholic Country News

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 13

The services at SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral, Goulburn, on Master Sunday were marked by splendour and solemnity. Early Masses were celebrated at eight o'clock and…

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Leo. XIII and Anglican Orders

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 23

The following is a translation of the Allocution delivered by the Pope in answer to the congratulatory address of the Cardinals on the recent anniversary of his Holiness…

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The New Hebrides Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 7

The Rev. J. D. and Mrs. Landels, Dr. Agnew, and the Rev. Wm. Watt, who left Sydney late last night in the steamer Katoomba for the mission fields in the New Hebrides, were, earlier in…

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Some Catholic Heroes. (Continued.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

But though the prince every year stimulated his explorers by increased rewards, they had not yet succeeded in doubling Cape Bojador. In 1434…

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Catholic Literary and Debating Societies St. Francis', Paddington

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 9

The business at the last meeting of this Society was a debate, "That State Rights should be guarded by equal representation in the Federal Senate." It was opened by…

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Readings in Catholic Doctrine. the Ceremonies of Holy Week Explained. Good

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 3

The service of to-day consists of a series of distant actions. We shall divide our explanation into four parts:—1. History, containing the Prophecies and the…

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CATHOLIC. [Unavoidably held over from our last issue.] Third Order of St. Francis

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 21

THE monthly meeting of the members of the Third Order of St. Francis at Waverley was held on Easter Sunday at 3 p.m. in St. Charles' Church. There was a large attendance. The opening prayers…

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Treatment of Refractory Ores. Rev. J. Campbell's Process. His Mission to England. Two Large Syndicates Formed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 3

The Rev. Joseph Campbell, incumbent of St. Nicolas', Coogee, and principal of St. Nicolas' College, Randwick, has long been known as a practical scientist. For some 15 years. in fact,…

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Catholic. Home and School for the Blind. St. Patrick's Institute, Lewisham. the Cardinal at the Opening Ceremony

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 14

THE Catholic Home and Training-school for Blind Children at Lewisham, now known as St. Patrick's Institute, was on Sunday last blessed and opened by the Cardinal-Archbishop. The Home is under the…

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CORRESPONDENCE. [We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.] Cocky Carruthers. (To the editor of the "Catholic Press")

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 10

Sir,—Mr. Joseph Hector Carruthers has returned to Sydney, and unburdened himself to a "Daily Telegraph" man. The ambitious and self-satisfied young man, who…

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Society, Fashions, and House hold Mems. [All communications for this column should be forwarded to Eblana, "Catholic Press," not later than Tuesday in each week.]

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 15

On Thursday afternoon his Excellency the Governor and Lady Hampden attended by Mr. Campion, visited the Australian Fair. On their arrival they…

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Church of St. Vincent de Paul, Redfern

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 3

The Holy week services were conducted in the above church by the Rev. Father O'Regan in the presence of crowded congregations, the most noteworthy feature being the…

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Sale of Church and School Lands. Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 9

Nearly 100 people assembled at the courthouse, Carcoar, to-day, to attend a sale by the Crown lands agent of church and school lands, known as North Errowanbang, for pastoral and farm leases…

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Council of the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 10

The Council of the Churches held their monthly meeting on 27th April. It was noted with satisfaction that the new Sydney-Melbourne mail trains had been arranged so as to encroach as little as possible…

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The Church Society

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Granville Auxillary to the Church Society was held on the 20th ult., under the chairmanship of the vicar. Mr. F. H. Dare presented the the statement of…

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Runaway in Church-street

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 6

On Wednesday, a pony, which hud bern driven by Miss Hines, commenced kicking, and then bolted in Church-street. The runaway was eventually caught near Mr. Dixon's…

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Contributed Article. Methodism and the Church of England

The Methodist · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

How wonderfully things have changed since the days of the Wesley; and how strangely blind to the drift and logic of things some men are. In these…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 8

Stock valued at £30,000 has been recently presented to-the Church Missionary Society. The Rev. B. W. Maturin, the well-known Cowley father, has been received into the Church of Rome…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 May 1897 · 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 stockman,…

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