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Churches, 1898

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St. Peter's, Surry Hills. Fancy Fair in Aid of the Parish Funds

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 10

ON Saturday afternoon Father Furlong, Administrator of St. Peter's, Surry Hills, had the happiness of seeing the school-hall crowded at the opening of the Fancy Fair in aid of the parish funds. Very…

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Sir Henry Irving at Archbishop's House. Lecture on Behalf of the Catholic Social Union

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 6

The reception-room at Archbishop's House was, on Tuesday afternoon, May 17, crowded with a distinguished company at a reception given by Cardinal Vaughan on behalf of the Catholic Social Union…

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The Australian Catholic Congress. the Cardinal Outlines the Programme. Great Questions to Be Discussed

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 16

SOME few weeks back it was our privilege to make the first public announcement of the proposal to hold a Catholic Congress, representing the whole Australian Church, in Sydney. We then indicated the…

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Catholic Gathering at Ben Lomond. Presentation to the Rev. J. J. O'neill, of Tamworth

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 9

THE Catholics of Ben Lomond, near Armidale, gathered in great force on Sunday, June 19th, to present an address and gold watch and chain to the Rev. J. J. O'Neill (late of Armidale, but now of…

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Melbourne Letter. Archbishop Carr's Audience with the Holy Father. James Grotty's Will. Attempt to Interfere with the Bequests to the Church. the Widows Attitude. a "Michael Dwyer" Branch of the I. N. Foresters

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 19

IN my last letter I gave the particulars, fresh from Borne, of the audience granted to our Archbishop by his Holiness the Pope. Since then a letter has been received by the Very Rev, Dean M'Kenna…

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An English Judge Received Into the Church. a Distinguished Convent

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 18

THE news of the reception into the Catholic Church of Sir Henry Hawkins, whom the London Daily Chronicle in announcing it has called "one of the greatest ornaments of our judicial Bench,"…

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West Maitland. Church News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 17

THE Very Rev. James Byrne, CM., President of St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst, is at present conducting a Retreat for the nuns at St. Mary's Dominican Convent. He preached to a large…

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St. George's Church. Sale of Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 13

At St. George's Lecture Hall, Glenmore-road, Paddington, on Thursday afternoon, a sale of work was opened in aid of the Church Completion Fund. The hall was prettily decorated with flags,…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 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 2 July 1898 · page 7

The Bishop of Bath and Wells, during his recent diocesan visitation work, made his rounds upon a bicycle. The Rev. J. H. Shearston, and seamen's friend in…

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The Melanesian Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 6

The Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross arrived at Auckland from an Island cruise on the 25th ult. Reports from the various stations called at where the work of the mission is being…

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Church News. the United Mission at the Criterion Theatre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 6

The united mission at the Criterion Theatre, which commenced on Sunday in last week and terminated yesterday, was marked by very gratifying success. The evening meetings were splendidly…

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Mission in the Criterion Theatre

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 2

The final service in connection with the eight days' evangelistic mission, which has been conducted in the Criterion Theatre during the past week, was held last night. On the whole, the…

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Protest From Newcastle Churches

Evening News · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-At most of the Protestant churches in the Newcastle district on Sunday an appeal was made by the officiating clergyman protesting against the opening of…

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Sydney City Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 9
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The annual tea meeting in connection with the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission took place last evening in the Alexandria Town-hall. Subsequently a crowded public meeting, presided over…

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Guildford Presbyterian S. SCHOOL. Anniversary Services

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 6

The anniversary services of the Guild ford Presbyterian Sunday-school were held on Sunday List. The afternoon service was conducted by Mr. George, and his…

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Sydney City Mission. Waterloo and Alexandria Branch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 8

The annual tea and public meeting of the Waterloo and Alexandria branch of the Sydney City Mission took place last evening, and proved to be one of the Most successful of the kind yet held. The gathering at the tea, which…

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Church News. Sydney Monthly Preachers' Meeting. Difficulties of Church Work in Great Cities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 July 1898 · page 4

The institution known as the monthly meeting of Wealeyan munsters of the Sydney districts has recently been reorganised, and on Monday morning the first of a sones of papers was read in the Centenary…

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A Mission to St. Petersburg

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 8 July 1898 · page 3

M. Pobiedonostzeff, who granted an interview to a deputation recently, expressed himself to the following effect:—"No one really believes that the Jews are a bad lot. On the…

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