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Churches, 1899

3,112 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 156

St. Matthias' Church Lads' Brigade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 3

On Sunday morning the first church parade was held in connection with St. Matthias' Church Lads' Brigade, Paddington. The whole of the members of the brigade, numbering 40, under the command…

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The Australian Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star, The Daily Telegraph

A successful conversazione in connection with the Newcastle Australian Church took place at the Masonic Hall to-night, and was very largely attended. The Rev. Donald Fraser, M.A., presided,…

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Woollahra Congregational Church. Presentation to the Rev. John Fordyce, M.a

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7

The anniversary services of the Point Piper-road (Woollahray Congregational Church and the tenth anniversary of the pastorate of the Rev. John Fordyce, M.A., were celebrated by a public meeting in…

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Church Arrangements at Chatswood

The Australian Star · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 7

A meeting was held in Chatswood Hall, Chatswood, last night, to arrange for a deputation to wait on his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney with a view to arrangements being…

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Promotion of Public Morality. the Brisbane Council of Churches. a Deputation to the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A deputation, representing the Council of Churches, waited on Mr. Foxton, Home Secretary, to-day, in reference to matters which in their estimation affected…

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The Affairs of a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 April 1899 · page 6

GRENFELL, Wednesday.--At the Easter meeting last night the report showed that the rector's stipend was £150 in arrears. Acrimonious proceedings took place. The rector conducted the…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

The Alexandria Mission Hull was crowded on Wednesday night to witness the ninth of the series of pleasant evenings entertainments in connection with the Waterloo and Alexandris branch of the…

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Sydney Mission to Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

A successful entertainment was given last evening at the Seamen's Institute, George-street North, in aid of the piano fund There was a large audience, which showed its appreciation of the programme by…

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Church News

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Parramatta and District Ministers' Association was held in Parramatta on Monday last Reports were presented in reference…

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Presbyterian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 7

The Rev. G. A. Gordon is reported to be slowly recovering from the effects of his recent serious accident. The Rev. Cadwallatlor Jones, for some years a…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 7

A diocesan conference will be held on Wednesday next at St. Mary's Cathedral. The Reva. Fathers Hegarty, Barry, and Hunt (Redemptorists) are conducting a mission for men…

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 17

HIS Eminence the Cardinal will bless St. Charles' new school, Eyde, on Sunday next, 23rd instant, at 3 p.m. The recently-formed choir at St. Brendan's…

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Sydney City Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 9

The City Mission Hall in Banks-street, Chippendale, which has been recently opened, was crowded to excess last evening, the occasion being the anniversary of the Band of Hope in connection with the…

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Presbyterian Federal Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 10

The Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia and Tasmania met in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street, Sydney, on April 12 and 13, the Rev. John Russell (the Moderator),…

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Mission at Mount Carmel

The Catholic Press · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 15

The Redemptorist Fathers continue their mission at Mount Carmel, the present week being for the men. The Fathers conducting it are the Rev. Fathers Hegarty, Barry…

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A Progressive Catholic Firm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 20

THE year 1886 in Sydney saw the erection of a handsome pile of buildings in Liverpool-street, over which the pious proprietors had placed the inscription "Deo Fideus Proficio." In the same year, in…

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The Mission at North Sydney

The Catholic Press · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 15

The mission for men and women, conducted by the Rev. Fathers Colgan, S.J., and M'Inerney, S.J., at St. Mary's, North Sydney, terminates on Sunday. The church…

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How Catholic Doctors are Treated

The Catholic Press · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 1

A public meeting of the members of the medical profession, convened by the Council of the Irish Medical Association was hold in the Royal College of Surgeons, recently…

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