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Churches, 1899

3,112 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 156

Sydney Mission to Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 10

A concert was given at the institute on Tuesday lost, when a programme of vocal and instrumental music was arranged by Mr. M'Coy, assisted by Misses M'Coy, Pickering, Perry, and Messrs…

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Books for Catholic Readers

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 15

His Eminence the Cardinal, in a circular, notifies that he has great pleasure in intimating to the very Reverend the Clergy, and to the Religious…

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Correspondence. Metropolitan Mission. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

SIR,—Referring to Mr, Carruthers' letter in your issue of 7th instant, I feel compelled to reply, more especially to his remark in regard to the alleged shortage of…

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Melanesian Mission. Work in the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

Mr. L. P. Robin, who has for the past 10 years labored as a missionary in the Tories Group of islands, returned to Sydney by the steamer Victoria, having been first of all…

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The Metropolitan Mission. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 7

SIR,—"They will not face the arithmetic of the business," was the remark made to me by a distinguished member of the Conference on coming away from one of the…

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Death of a Catholic Millionaire. Richard Craven

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 10

There passed away at Waverley last Tuesday morning one of the richest Catholics in Australia, in the person of Richard Graven, mineowner and speculator…

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Anti-catholic Calumnies. the Massacre of St. Bartholomew

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 20

Mr. W. G. E. M'Dowall, of Oxford-street, Sydney, one of the authors of "The Story of '98," and a well-known writer to the press, has interposed in a controversy in the Singleton ARGUS, between the…

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Papers for the People. Catholic Books for Public Libraries

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 23

"Of making many books there is no end." That sentence was written long, long ago. before the printing press was invented, and when books were made under great…

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New Offices for the "Catholic Press." a Story of Progress

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 11

The "Catholic Press" has boon in existence only about throe years, And the story is on a of progress, In the past the cry was that a Catholic…

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

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

A graphic account is published by the "Missions Catholiques" of the murder of the French missionary, Rev. Father Chanes, and 13 native Christians at Paktong, 50…

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The Children's Columns. for Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." a Story

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 3

Nearly all are now plunging again in the depths of school studies, for the holidays are gone. I should expect that all returned with beaming faces on opening…

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An Interview with the Cardinal. The Nailing of Dr. Roseby. Catholic and Protestant Countries: Another Comparison From the "Statesman's Year Book." Illiteracy and Illegitimacy

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 16

Some days back the Sydney daily papers gave the substance of an address on the progress of education by the Rev. Dr. Roseby at the Evangelical Alliance of New…

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Fire at the Franciscan Church, Paddington

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 15

About 6.30 a.m., last Friday, a fire took place at St. Francis' Church, Oxford-Street, Paddington, and resulted in considerable damage being done to the Crib…

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A New Church For Hook. Will Outrival Any Rural Church in Ireland

The Catholic Press · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 1

A new and stately parochial Catholic church has, says tho 41 Wexford People," arisen in the isolated parish of Hook, which for size; substantiality, and architectural…

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Fire in St. Francis' Church, Paddington

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 17

ALL who have visited the beautiful Crib in the handsome church of St. Francis', Paddington, or are acquainted with the devoted Franciscans in charge of it—the Rev. Fathers Joyce and P. B. Lawler—…

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The Australian Church

Evening News · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 5

Since the Rev. George Waiters retired from the pastorate of the Hyde Park Unitarian Church the services in connection with the new organisation have been in charge of an interim…

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Stealing From a Church

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 9

Yesterday, it was discovered that thieves has entered the Catholic Church, West Terrace. Valuable candlesticks and a crucifix were missing. Detective Jones undertook the case, and in half…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 8

An anonymous donor has sent a cheque for £1000 to the Universities Mission to Central Africa. The Rev. E. R. Gribble, left Sydney on Saturday, on his return journey to the Bellenden Ker…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 January 1899 · 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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Breaking into a Church. The Desperate Burglar Sold

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 12

About 3 p.m. on Wednesday, it was discovered that some person or persons had been guilty of feloniously breaking and entering Christ Church, Gladesville, some…

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