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Churches, 1897

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Presbyterian General Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 8
Also in Evening News

The thirty-second session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales was commenced in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, Sydney, on the evening of May 4,…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 11

Tho committee of the City Mission met on Thursday afternoon. The Rev. George Campbell presided. The finances for April were reported as; Receipts, [?] is 11d; and the expenditure [?] 15s 9d, leaving a credit…

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Redemptorist Mission at Wollongong

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 14

A FORTNIGHT'S Mission was opened in St. Francis Xavier's Church on Sunday morning, 26th April, by the Very T. O'Farrell, C.SS.R., and Rev. Father Hunt, C.SS.R. The rain, though greatly needed,…

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Queensland. Presbyterian General Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 10

BRISBANE, Friday.—At the sitting of the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day the Rev. Dr. Hay read the report of the committee on the subject of the proposed federated Church. The…

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The Isitt Temperance Mission

Evening News · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 6

A meeting of the general committee of the proposed mission to be conducted by the Rev. L. M. Isitt, the well-known temperance lecturer, was held at the Temperance Hall yesterday…

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Catholic. the Cardinal Entertains

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 14

ON Sunday—his Silver Jubilee Day—the Cardinal Archbishop entertained at dinner in St. Mary's presbytery all the prelate, most of the priests, and several of the laity. At St…

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Some Catholic Heroes. (Concluded.)

The Catholic Press · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 3

Don Fernandes, the enterprising nephew of the Governor of Madeira, made another successful attempt this year, and reached 110 leagues beyond Cape Verde. He was…

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The Primitive Methodist Church. Welcome to the Rev. J. PENMAN

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 7

If the cordiality of a reception and the favorable nature of mutual first impressions be auguries of continued popularity, then anyone who was present at the welcome meeting to the…

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Progress of the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 18

Our friends will be glad to learn that the "Catholic Press" has made a decided step in advance. The Directors of the Company have found themselves in a position to take…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Fourth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 10

The Moderator (the Rev. Dr. Bruce) took the chair at 10 o'clock. Assessors were appointed for the Lachlan Presbytery, in which at the present time there is only one…

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Tragic Fire in a Catholic Bazaar"

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 9

SAD news has come by cabie. A fire occurred at a bazaar which was being held in Paris on Tuesday, when 200 persons were killed and 100 injured. Among those killed were the Duchess Alencon, the…

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Catholic Literary and Debating Societies St. Benedict's

The Catholic Press · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 18

The usual weekly meeting of St. Benedict's Literary and Debating Society was held in the school buildings, on the evening of Wednesday, April 19. Mr. J. V…

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Presbyterians in Session. College Reports. a Presbyterian Catechism

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 10

The Presbyterians got to work at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, the Rev. Dr. Bruce (Moderator) taking the chair promptly at that hour. Assessors were required for the Laehlan…

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Catholic. the Month of May (For the Freeman.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 7

THE Month of May, the Month of Mary, The Church of God lifts up her voice. She bids us speak our Mother's praises, And with the Saints of God rejoice…

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Death of Monsignor A. W. Petre. One Time on the Sydney Mission

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 7

Monsignor Augustus William Berney Petre, senior priest of St. John's Catholic Cathedral, Portsmouth, who died in Sloane-street on the 21st March was born in 1850, and was the son of…

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A Methodist Layman. a Welcome Home to Mr. S.[?]. Gannon. of Lithgow

The Methodist · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 8

Mr. S. H. Gannon, onf Lithgow, is one of the Methodist laymen of this colony of whom our church may well be proud, because the influence of his…

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England. the Dalley Memorial in St. Paul's. Lord Rosebery Unveils the Marble Medallion. a Catholic Honoured in a Protestant Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 6

At the recent unveiling of the statue erected by public subscription in Hyde Park, Sydney, to the late Right Hon. William Bede Dalley, one of the speakers—Sir Patrick Jennings—made a point of…

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Wesleyan Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 4

Penrith—11, Mr D J Worboys; 7 (Endeavour Rally —subject, "The Call to Action"), Rev J Tarn. Consecration meeting, Saturday, Rev., J. Tarn. District Endeavour Rally and Social, Monday, Rev…

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Rellgious. Baptist Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 4

Mr Parker will hold Services at the Baptist Church, Rooty Hill, on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. and evening at 7 p.m…

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