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Churches, 1902

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 27

An American paper announces that Mr. Irving S. Keyes, editor of a paper at Milford, Connectieut, has become a Catholic. He is a son of the Rev. J. J. Keyes, an Episcopal…

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

Cardinal Moran will this morning, at 10.30 o'clock, bless the foundation-stone of additions to St. Joseph's Convent, Mount-street, North Sydney. During the afternoon he will bless and open the…

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New Parish Hall, Hurstville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

On Tuesday evening the new parish hall of St. George's Church of England, Hurstville, lately completed by Mr. Charles Hill, architect, was officially opened by the rector of the Hurstville parish, the…

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"A Moorland Parish." [All Rights Reserved]

Watchman · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

John Wesley won some of hie noblest triumphs in the West of England. When he carae into Cornwall first the squires and parsons gave him a hostile reception, and…

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St. George C. E. Parish Hall

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 3

ON Tuesday last the parish hall, built in conjunction with St. George Church of England at Hurstville, was..opened and dedicated. It is. intended to…

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N.S.W. Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia Opening Session and Demonstra­tion of Methodist Union

The Methodist · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 1

The first Conference of United Metho­dism was opened in the Town Hall, Sydney, February 25. The Rev. G. Lane, the President of…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 21

On to-morrow (Sunday, March 2) his Holiness Pope Leo XIII. will celebrate the ninety-second anniversary of his birth, and the following day will be the twenty-fourth anniversary…

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The Methodist Conference. Fourth Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

The Mothodist Conference resumed its sittings yesterday. The President took the chair at 10 o'clock. After the singing of a hymn and prayer, the Rev…

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Methodist Union. Amalgamations on the Macleay River

The Methodist · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 9

Owing to a report which appeared in the local papers, of a meeting held by the officers of the Kempsey Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist Churches on…

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The Watchtower. The Leading Catholic Paper of Australia

The Methodist · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 10

Is the modest title of The Catholic Press, published in this city of Sydney, and this is how it " leads," In its last issue (15th inst.), for example, it gives as…

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Temperance Mission and Convention. Seven Centres Exploited. Interest Generally Revived

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

Within a boundary east as far as St Marys and west to Springwood, with Luddenham, Mulgoa, Emu, and Castlereagh splitting points and distances, there has just been conducted…

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TOPICS. Father Masterson, S.J., on the Catholic Press." a High Tribute

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 18

At St. Mary's, North Sydney, on Sunday evening last, the Rev. Edward Masterson, S.J., dwelt at length on the service rendered to the Catholic people by the…

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Hibernian=Australasian Catholic Benefit Society. Annual Meeting of the N.S.W. District. Distinguished Gathering at the Town Hall

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 18

Tuesday's annual meeting (the twenty-second) of the New South Wales District of the H. A. C. B. Society will for many years be looked back to by that body with pride and…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Edited by Playmate. the Story of Little Daffydowndilly. Little Daffydowndilly

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 29

Daffydowndilly was so called, because in his nature he resembled a flower, and loved, to do only what was beautiful and agree­able and took no delight in labour of any…

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Is It Right to Pray for Rain? The "Telegraph's " Theologians. What the Church Teaches. Is Prayer Unreasonable?

The Catholic Press · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 7

A few days ago the Daily Telegraph had a long article under the above heading, with the question, "Is prayer answered?", serving as a sub title. We confesss we were a…

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The Fathers of the Divine Word. the Youngest Order in the Church. Its History

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 15

The Fathers of the Divine Word, to whose care his Eminence the Cardinal has committed the newly-established parish of Drummoy[?]e, belongs to an Order which claims attention by…

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Additions to St. Vincent's Church, Redfern. Foundation-stone Laid by the Cardinal. Over £400 Collected

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 22

In common with other parishes of the Archdiocese, St. Vincent's parish, Redfern, has been growing in population for a number of years, and the attendance of the faithful at the weekly…

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News of the Churches

Watchman · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 8

The Rev. R. B. S. Hammond has consented to take a United Mission at Orange for ten days, commencing on the 3rd of April. Messrs. E. M. Stobo and John Thomson were…

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News of the Churches

Watchman · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 5

The Rev. Scott West and Mrs. West have returned from a pleasant trip to Hew Zealand The average attendance is 48 at the Literary Society of the Newtown Presbyterian Church…

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Church and Hotel

The World's News · Saturday 1 March 1902 · page 2

It is an old, and to a large extent a true, saying that wherever there is a church a public-house will be found near by; but it is not a common occurrence for a church and an inn to be…

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