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Churches, 1899

3,112 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 156

Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 10

Members of St. Mary's Choir, numbering about 35, accompanied by the cathedral clergy, held their annual pi[?] on Sunday last after High Mass.At Garden Island luncheon was provided, and then a…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 12

St. Canice's Fair, well attended during the week, closes to-morrow (Saturday) evening. The Cardinal-Archbishop will visit St. Francis' Church, Paddington, this Saturday afternoon at…

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Methodist Union

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 4
Also in The Daily Telegraph

We reprint the following, which appeared as the leading article in the last issue of the Primitive Methodist. It is from the pen of the Rev. E. Crozier,…

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Primitive Methodist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 10

The Annandale Sunday School celebrated its anniversary on Sunday, March 26. Suitable sermons were preached in the morning by the Rev. J. W. Holden and in the afternoon and evening by the…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 10
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Thursday afternoon at the mission office. The Rev. George Campbell presided. The Rev..W. M. Dill Macky was present-on-[?]behalf of the Lang…

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Mission at Mount Carmel

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 15

A fortnight's mission is being conducted by the Redemptorist Fathers at Mount. Carmel Church. Large congregations are being attracted, and every evening the…

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The Presbyterian Federal Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 9

The Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia and Tasmania, which has been meeting in Sydney during the week, has had before it the question of union among the…

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The Proposed Catholic Congress

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 15

On Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m. a meeting of the general committee of the proposed Catholic Congress will be held at St. Mary's. His Eminence the Cardinal will preside…

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"Catholic Friendly Societies' Gazette."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 11

A special issue of the "Gazotte," containing matter of great interest and a full report of the "Hibernians breakfast," will be published with next week's "Catholic…

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Methodist Union. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 8

SIR,—I have read your able leaders of the 18th and 25th, and desire to thank you for them. You have most certainly raised the paper in the estimation of the great…

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Dr. Whately, Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Camidge, Logic, and the Catholic Church. (To the Editor, Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 9

SIR,—I desire to state that Dr. Whately, in his Treatise on Logic, advised Protestants not to urge logical reasoning in their controversies with Catholics. He gave no reason for his advice. The…

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Circuit News. Temora (Home Mission).—MR. W. H. THOMPSON

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 4

Missionary W. H. Thompson of the Wesleyan Church Temora, N. S. Wales, after a residence of 4 years in that town was recorded a farewell social in the Oddfellows Hall on the evening of…

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How the Letter Has Been Received. the Comments of Catholic Papers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 6

We take the following from the San Francisco Monitor, March, 4 :— The long looked for Papal letter on " Americanism" has come. For some time back we have heard…

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Archbishop Carr in the United States. Visit to Washington Catholic University

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 12

THE Archbishop of Melbourne, we learn by cable, is the guest of Cardinal Gibbons, at Baltimore. His Grace has inquired into the working of the Catholic University at Washington. He probably…

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Notes and Comments. The Passing Shot. Father Dunne and the "Catholic Press."

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 9

Our venerable and aggressive friend, the Very Rev. Father Dunne, of (Albury, now writes to the "Freeman's Journal" in denunciation of the "Catholic Press."…

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The Children's Columns. for Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Edited by Playmate. a Child's Wish. Before an Altar

The Catholic Press · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 2

I wish I were the little ky That looks Love's Captive in, And let's him out to go and free A sinful heart from sin…

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Pope Leo on "Americanism." Full Text of the Letter to Cardinal Gibbons. Controversy on "Father Hecker's Life." "The Church Should Shape Tier Teachings More in Accord with the Spirit of the Age and Relax Some of Her Ancient Severity and Make Some Concessions to New Opinions." the Falsity of These Ideas

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 5

We give this week the full text of the Holy Father's very important letter to Cardinal Gibbons. "We use the London Tablet's translation:—…

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A Chat with the Cardinal in a Railway Carriage. His Eminence's Fiscal Views. Naval and Military Affairs. the Value of Our Church Property

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 18

RECENTLY I had the privilege of a long conversation with his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop on several subjects of interest to the public. It was not in the sense of a prearranged interview, but…

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