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Churches, 1903

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Roman Catholic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 11

Cardinal Moran will, to-morrow afternoon, solemnly bless and open the new presbytery recently completed in Albion-street, Surry Hills, in connection with the parish of St. Francis, Haymarket…

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United Tent Mission. Nimitybelle

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 3

The Rev. C. H. Shanks and Mr. Wynn arrived at Nimitybelle on Saturday morning, January 24, from the Bombala district, and immediately made…

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Catholic Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 23

The Very Rev. J. P. Ryan, of the Geraldton diocese (W.A.), having completed his report for Propaganda on the Northern Territory, has left for Geraldton…

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Zion City. Mission in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

"The Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes are the only hope of religious freedom in the world, remarked Overseer Voliva, Zionite, of Melbourne, in an address to a large audience at the Queen's…

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The Outlook. The Home Mission Demonstration

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 6

One of the features of the great Home Mission Festival in the Town Hall next month will be a tea meeting on a…

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The Home Mission Society. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 7

SIR,—If there is one branch of our Church's organisation which, more than another, deserves the sympathetic consideration and generous support of the…

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The Vatican Tammany. Viewed by a Roman Catholic Writer

The Methodist · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 2

It has again and again been asserted in The Methodist Times that the Roman Church has conspired to capture, as far as possible, the English Press, and the…

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News of the Churches

Watchman · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 5

St. Thomas' Mission Church, Lilytield, was on Friday evening, the 23rd ultimo, the scene of a [?]t enjoyable social tendered to Mrs. Herbert, who has been associated with the above mission for many years. The…

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Church Service in Dark to Prevent Dress Study. for Women Worshippers Who Get Absorbed in Hats and Gowns

The World's News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 7

The Rev. C. J. Parker, vicar of Clerkenwell, London, was to initiate on January 22 a series of religious services that would be held in absolute darkness…

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Why Men "Do" Go to Church

The World's News · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

The controversy which has been raging in the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" on the question, "Why men don't go to church," may perhaps best be answered in the practical manner set out in the…

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Church News. Church of England

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 11

The Bishop of Newcastle on Sunday morning preached in Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, and dedicated an eagle lectern and lectionary Bible. The brass lectern, which is a handsome addition to the…

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The New Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 11

The Rev. Percy Billings, of Adelaide, has been invited by the committee of the Sydney Society of the New Church to give a series of lectures in Sydney during May on the new theology. Mr. Billings has…

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Plain Speaking to the Clergy. Refusal of the Offices of the Church. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 9

The "Standard" reports that Mr. Chamberlain spoke plainly in his interview at Lichtenburg with the clergy of the Dutch Reformed Church. He denounced the pastoral…

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Pitt-street Congregational Church. in Relation to Mr. Dunstan. Parties Almost Equally Divided

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 7

The Adjourned annual business meeting of the members of the Pitt-street Congregational Church was held on Thursday evening, in the school-hall. The meeting had been adjourned…

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The Churches. Church of England

The Mosman Mail · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 7

The penitential season of Lent begins on the 25th inst. During the season special services will be held on Wednesday evenings in S. Clement’s Church…

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Church News

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 3

THE services in connection with the Church of England, parish of St. George, on Sunday next will be conducted as follows :—St. Paul’s,…

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Raising Money for Churches and Charities. American Methods

Sunday Times · Sunday 8 February 1903 · page 6

The following examples from the "Ladies' Home Journal," of Philadelphia, will no doubt prove interesting to Australian ladies who bestir themselves on behalf of…

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Catholic Missions

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 2

Cardinal Moran delivered an address on Sunday afternoon on the subject of Roman Catholic missions. The occasion was the opening and blessing of a new presbytery in Albion-street…

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Roman Catholic Missions. Address by Cardinal Moran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 5

In the course of an address at the ceremony of opening and blessing a new presbytery in Albion-street, Surry Hills, yesterday afternoon, Cardinal Moran said it occurred to him that it might not be…

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Catholic Missions. Speech by the Cardinal. Reply to the London "Times.''

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1903 · page 6

An address on Catholic missions was delivered by Cardinal Moran at Surry-bills yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of the opening and blessing of a new presbytery in…

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