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Churches, 1898

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The Catholic World. Notes and News Interesting to Everyone. in All Quarters

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 8

The International Committee for the promotion of solemn homage to the Divine Saviour and for the honouring of His august Vicar at the close of the present century,…

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Outrage in China. At a Mission Station. Murder and Maltreatment, LONDON, March 17

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

News has been received from Reuter's agent that the American mission station at Chunking Tu, in China, has been attacked by a mob. They broke into the promises…

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The First Sunday at the Cathedral. the Scenes. an Impression: by a Catholic

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

I know of no religious ceremony in the Southern hemisphere which for grandeur and impressiveness, can compare with the monthly procession of the Blessed…

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Children's Column. for Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." His Sixth Birthday

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 23

He has given up his cradle and his little worsted ball, He has hidden all his dolls behind the door;…

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Tragedy at Rookwood. the Roman Catholic Sexton Murdered His Wife Seriously Injured. Father Kerwick's Testimony

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 16

Early on Saturday morning a terrible tragedy was enacted in the Roman Catholic section of the Necropolis at Rookwood. Mr. King, the sexton, who had been shot in two places, was found in his…

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James Clarence Mangan. His Life and Work. the Story of One of Ireland's Sweetest Singers. Special, for "Catholic Press." a Story in Song

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 14

Nowadays, when nearly every writer of verse is dignified by the name of poet, the appellation loses much of the honour it once possessed. It is not through such a spurious…

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The Life of Cardinal Wiseman. A Study in Biography. Ii. the Career and Stormy Times of a Great Prince of the Church

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 5

It was an article by Dr. Wiseman in the "Dublin Review" on the Donatist schism which first raised a doubt in the mind of Newman as to the tenableness of his…

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St. Michael's Church, Waterloo

The Catholic Press · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 9

A meeting was held at the Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Waterloo, on Friday, 11th instant, to arrange the annual dance, in aid of the funds of the Church. Mr…

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A Vegetarian Church

Evening News · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

There is a vegetarian church in Salford, Lancashire, of shire, of which for the past eighty years no person could be a member unless he or she abstained from animal food and intoxicating drinks. Many…

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In the Holy Land. the "Upper Room" of the Last Supper, to Be Handed Over to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

We announced last week (says the London TABLET, February 5) the projected cession by the Sultan of the Coenaculum, or "Upper-room or the Last Supper," in Jerusalem, to the German…

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England. Munificent Bequests. What the Late Mr. O'byrne Left to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

By the death of Mr. James O'Byrne, architect, who resided at Birkdale, Southport, the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Liverpool (says the CATHOLIC TIMES, February 4) has benefited to a…

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Scene in a Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 12

The service at the Kellyville Anglican Church was interrupted on Sunday evening by the improper conduct of five young men who were laughing and talking during the prayers. Mr…

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Romanising the Church' and the E.c.u

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 3

We have been requested by the Rev. Mervyn Archdall, M.A., to publish the following in reply to the letter from the secretary of the English Church Union in our last Saturday's issue; this…

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The Churches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 10

At St. John's, Parramatta, the following gentlemen have been elected in the room of the late Dr. Brown:--Mr. E. J. Pearson, trustee of the church: Mr. C. W. Lloyd, trustee of the Glebe:…

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Hoxton Park Union Church

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

THE anniversary tea-meeting and concert, in connection with the above church and Sunday-school, took place on Wednesday evening, 9th instant, and thanks to the strenuous efforts of the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 March 1898 · 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 19 March 1898 · page 8

Dr. Talmage was married on Saturday, January 22, in Alleghany city, the bride being a Mrs. Collier. A new Anglican church was opened on Sunday…

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The New Guinea Mission. Appeal by Bishop Stone-wigg

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

The recently consecrated Bishop of New Guinea, Dr. Stone-Wigg, preached at St. Paul's, Burwood, yesterday morning to a crowded congregation. The text chosen was "Whose hath this world's…

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North Sydney Congregational Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 2

The annual harvest festival in connection with the North Sydney Congregational Church was held yesterday. The decorations, which consisted of foliage, fruit, and sheaves of wheat,…

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The Churches Bourke-street Congregational Church. Farewell Sermon by the Rev. James Hill, M.a

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 2

A very large congregation assembled in the Bourke-street Congregational Church last night to hear the last sermon delivered by the Rev. James Hill, M.A., pastor of the church, prior…

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