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Churches, 1900

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 18

At all the Catholic churches in Hobart and Launceston on Sunday last a circular was read from Archbishop Murphy appealing for subscriptions to the Indian Famine Fund. The Archbishop was for…

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Proposed Union of Presbyterian Churches. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 7

The Federal Assembly of the Presbyterian Church concluded to-day a two days' discussion on a scheme of union of the Presbyterian Churches of Australia and Tasmania. The scheme laid before…

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Mission at MIOHFiLAGO

The Catholic Press · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 11

A Mission was begun in St. Patrick's Church, Michelago on Sunday, March 4, by Rev. Father Henry C.M. The Mission was an unqualified success owing in a great…

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The Catholic University Question

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 5

The Catholic University Question (says the Dublin FREEMAN, February 17) will come on for discussion in Parliament in spite of the Government. The amendment which raised the question on the…

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Presbyterian Federal Assembly. Scheme of Union Adopted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Presbyterian Federal Assembly to-day continued its lively debate on the union question. The Rev. George Tait denied that clause 4 for the protection of…

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Catholic Students at the University. Matriculation Examination

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

The following Catholic competitors were successful in the Matriculation Examination lately held at the Sydney University :—Benbow, Clement B., Mr. F: J. Butler, B.A…

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The Catholic University in Ireland. Another Block

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 18

LONDON, March 25.—A proposal to establish a Catholic University in Ireland has been negatived in the House of Commons by 177 votes to 91 votes. Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland…

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A Secret Mission. a Large Cavalry Column. Traverses' Barkly West

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- Colonel Drummond, with 3000 mounted troops, three batteries of artillery, and pontoons traversed the Barkly West district, north of Kimberley, on…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Playmate's Prizes

The Catholic Press · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

Dear Playmates,—I am sorry to again disappoint you, but I have not been able to add up the votes and draw the prizes yet. You see I have been inoculated against the…

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The War. the Forward Movement. Delayed Temporarily. Methuen Recalled to Kimberley. a Secret Mission. Australians with Clements. a Peaceful March. Commissions for Colonials. Lord Roberts' Plans. on to Kroonstad

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 9

LONDON, Friday. -- It is not expected that Lord Roberts will commence his advance northwards from Bloemfontein for some days yet…

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Wesleyan Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 4

Penrith—11, Rev F Walker; 7.30, Mr M'Kelly Castlereagh—3 and 7.30, Rev E King Emu Plains—3, Mr M Kelly Mount Druitt—3, Rev F Walker; 7.30, Mr C…

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The New Church at Tighe's Hill. Opened by Bishop Dwyer

The Catholic Press · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 20

The new Catholic Church erected at the corner of Bryant and Union streets, Tighe's Hill—the foundation-stone of which was laid by the Bishop of Maitland on the 17th…

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The Church In France

The Catholic Press · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 15

The following telegrams appears in a home paper:— Paris, February 8. The "Crolx" this evening publishes a…

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The Cathedral Churches of the World. Iv.—the Monastic Orders—the Freemasons

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 24

THE Cathedrals of the Middle Ages cannot be pro-perly described without some reference to the Monastic Orders for whom they were built, and the men who built them. When St. Benedict, in the…

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Summer Hill Wesleyan Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 7

The combined choirs of the Summer Hill and Lewisham Wesleyan churches rendered the cantat[?] "Esther" in the Summer Hill Wesleyan Church on Wednesday evening in the presence of a large…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 7

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday morning preached in the Cathedral, on Monday afternoon presided at a meeting of the standing committee, on Tuesday evening presided at the annual meeting of…

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Century Commemoration Fund. The Organising Secretary's Letter. Wesley Church

The Methodist · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 2

Since my last letter, written before the Conference opened, I have held meetings with…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 10

Good Friday this year falls on April 13, and Easter Sunday on April 15. It is estimated that there are 25,000 "declared Wesleyans" amongst the British troops in South…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 8

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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The Churches. The Rev. John Penman's Farewell

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1900 · page 11

Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather, the pretty little Primitive Methodist Church at Baulkham Hills was well filled Wednesday evening, on the occasion of the farewell…

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