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Churches, 1900

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Catholic Items

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 17

To-morrow (Friday) the Cardinal will, at 3 o'clock, give Confirmation in St. Benedict's Church, THE next monthly meeting of the Third Order of St. Francis at Waverley will be on Eftster Sunday…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 11

The rite of confirmation wns administered by Cardinal Muran at St. Benedict's yesterday. A general nicoting; of the Australasian Catholic Congress was held at St. Mary's Piesbytory on…

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Primitive Methodist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 11

After five years' successful labour in the Primitive Methodist Church, May-street, St. Peters, the Key P.S. Young bade good-bye to his congregation last week at a crowded tea and public meeting Speeches…

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The Catholic Congress

The Catholic Press · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 17

This afternoon (Thursday), at 4 o'clock, there will be a general meeting of the Aus-tralasian Catholic Congress committee at St. Mary's presbytery, the Cardinal taking…

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The Presbyterian Federal Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 10

The Presbyterian Federal Assembly met in the [Assembly Hall, Collins-street, Melbourne, on the evening of March 27, when the retiring Moderator preached an effective sermon on "Social Worship,"…

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A Fashionable Catholic Marriage

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 6

The marriage of the Hon. Frank Russell, son of the Catholic Lord Chief Justice of England and Lady Russell of Killowen, with Miss Mary Ritchie, daughter of the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, M.P…

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Melbourne and the Catholic Congress

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 8

His Grace the Archbishop is evincing much interest in the forthcoming Australasian Catholic Congress to assemble in your capital in October or thereabouts. The Sydney Central Committee had…

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The Australasian Catholic Congress. Attracting Attention in London

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 20

THE CATHOLIC TIMES reproduced from the Sydney Freeman's Journal the interview with the Cardinal-Archbishop on the subject of the Catholic Congress, which is to be held in Sydney towards the end of…

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

The Catholic Press · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 24

Dear Playmates,—The competition has been drawn at last, mid the three successful candidates are as follow:— W. CONDON…

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St. Patricks Day Celebration. More Than £570 Cleared. All of Which Goes to Catholic Orphanages. the Cardinal's Congratulations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 18

ON Tuesday evening the final meeting of the at Patrick's Day Celebration Committee was held St. St. Mary's presbytery. The Cardinal-Archbisop presided. Among…

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Our Melbourne Letter. the Archbishop's Lecture in the Town Hall. Things Musical. the Bible Lessons Comedy. Evidence of Catholic Progress

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 11

LAST Monday evening the Town Hall was well filled by an enthusiastic audience, representative of all classes of the community, when his Grace the Archbishop delivered his…

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A Dream of Heaven. Story told by Captain Trevarry on board the Maplemore, and recorded for the Methodist by Chaplain Captain Green

The Methodist · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 2

I was away down in my own country— Cornwall, and I went to my mother's chapel to hear a local preacher who had some fame amongst the people in the…

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St. Maroun's Church. Holy Week and Easter Ceremonies

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 18

ON Palm Sunday St. Maroun's Church, Redfern (Father Joseph priest in change), will enter upon the Holy Week ceremonies. The church will be specially decorated. At 11 o'clock Miss the pa'ms…

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St. Michael's Church, Waterloo

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 17

THE ceremonies for Holy Week and Easter will commence on Palm Sunday. On Holy Thursday there will be a High Mass and procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose. In the…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 11

The Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday morning preached in the Cathedral, on Monday afternoon presided at a meeting of the committee of the Church Society, in the evening presided at a lecture…

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Literature. Books Up to Date. the Two Churchills

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 6

There are two Winston Churchills. We reiterate this fact for the benefit of the multifarious readers who persist in regarding the oldest son of the late Lord Churchill, now adding to his laurels…

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Church of Ireland Lights

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 6

Dr. George Thomas Stokes was himself a learned and high-minded ornament of the Church of Ireland. Nevertheless, one appreciates the delicacy of the task Professor Lawler, the…

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The Churches and the Plague. a Day of Humiliation. to Be Proclaimed by the Government

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 11

The desire has been expressed amongst representatives of the different Churches that a day should be set apart for humiliation and prayer on account of the plague. The Premier has been…

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Granny Was Green. (Scene: Exterior of a Fashionable Church.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 14

Public Schoolboy (to his grandmother from the country, whom he is showing the sights): "Yes, gran, it's a wedding. The groom's an old crony of mine--Captain Jack Johnson of the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1900 · page 10

Cardinal Moran was one of the candidates for inoculation against the bubonic plague. The income of the Bishop of London's Fund for the past year amounted to £26,198, an increase of…

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