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Churches, 1902

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Presbyterian General Assembly

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 1225

The thirty-seventh annual session of the Preabyterian General Assembly of New South Wales wag held under the presidency of the Moderator, the Bight Key. John Walter, last week…

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The Rev John Walker. Moderator of the Presbyterian Church

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 1246

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church this year is the Rev. John Walker minister at Woollahra and the General Assembly com- missioner in the Centrenary Thankgiving Fund Mr…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 22

Mercadante's brilliant Mass was performed at St. Patrick's Church on Sunday morning last. At the Offertory Mr. J. Crabtree (the tenor sol[?]ist of the Church), sang Gounod's "Ave…

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Methodist Sunday School Union

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

At the meeting of the Sunday School Union Council held on Friday evening, 9th instant, Mr. H. Bush, superintendent of William-street school, was…

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Lilyfield Mission Sale of Work

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 3

THE sale of work in connection with St. Thomas' Lilyfield Mission closed on Saturday night. As we noted in our last issue, it was opened…

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The Outlook. The Mission Party

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 1

We learn by cable from Norfolk Island that the Solomon Islands mission party…

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North=Western United Tent Mission. GUNNEDAH

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 7

Evangelist Robertson commenced his Mission on Sunday, the 4th May, with an afternoon service for young people, and an evening service for adults. The…

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The Bishop of Maitland. Visit to the Muswellbrook Parish

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 20
Also in Freeman's Journal

On Friday, May 2, his Lordship Dr. Murray came from Maitland to Muswellbrook, and on Sunday proceeded to Wybong, a progressive farming locality 18 miles…

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Kogarah Methodist Literary, Debating and Social Union

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

THE subject for this week’s meeting of the above society being a mock municipal election, Messrs. F. Willison and C. Austin stood as candidates…

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St. Mary's Catholic Young Men's Society. a Social

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 20

The first annual social of St. Mary's Cathedral Catholic Young Men's Society was held in the Paddington Town Hall on Wednesday evening, April 7, and was a…

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Methodist Celebration at Parramatta. Enthusiastic Gatherings and Stirring Speeches

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday, 7th May, the long-talked-of Parramatta Celebration, in connection with the consummation of organic union of the different Methodist…

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The Rev. John Walker. Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 24

The Rev. John Walker, the minister of the Woo[?]ahra Presbyterian Charge, and Commissoner of the General Assembly for the Centenary Thanksgiving. Fund, has now been elevated…

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Foreign Missions. (Information under this heading is supplied by the Mission Office.) The Deputation Work

The Methodist · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 3

The Deputations are now at work. We have been able to get the work in hand early this year, and this has permitted us to…

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Letters to the Editor. This King and His Catholic Subjects. (To the Editor, "Freeman's Journal.")

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 17

Sir,—I consider His Majesty the King— who is generally credited with being a kindly-hearted sensitive man—deserves a great deal of sympathy at the present time. Many of…

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The Furnishing of the Catholic Home. the Goddess Fashion. How the Minds of Children Are Poisoned

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 4

Sir,—Is not it sad that, as civilisation pro­gresses in Australia, many of the good and wholesome Catholic customs practised by Irish parents are fast slipping into the…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." The Babies at Waitara

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 29

You recollect the collection we made for the babies of Waitara. .Well I went up there the other day to have another look at those little stray angels, who are brought there by…

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Military Church Parade

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 19

The Irish Rifles will hold a Church Parade at St. Benedict's at 11 o'clock Mass on Sunday morning (to-morrow). There will be solemn High Muss and special music by the…

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Church Sermon

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 19

A charity sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Father Kennedy, O F.M., at the 11 o'clock Mass at St. Brigid's, Marrlckville, on Sunday, in aid of the local branch…

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St. Brigid's Church, Marrickville

The Catholic Press · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 19

By kind permission of Mr. J. C. William son some gentlemen of the Opera Company will sing Mercandante's Mass in B flat on next Sunday at 11 o'clock at the above…

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