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Churches, 1907

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Summer Hill Congregational Church. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 5

The ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Summer Hill Congregational Church, was performed on Saturday afternoon by Sir James Fairfax in the presence of a large…

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New Church at Summer-hill. Laying the Foundation Stone

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 6

On Saturday afternoon the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the now Congregational Church at Sumnier-hill was performed by Sir James Fairfax, in the presence of a…

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St. George's Rifles Church Parade

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 April 1907 · page 9

A church parade was held at St. James' Church, King-street, yesterday morning by the six headquarter companies of the St. George's English Rifles Regiment, in commemoration of…

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Mission Zone Fund. Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 11

The fourth annual meeting of the Mission Zone Fund was held last evening in the Protestant Hall, Castlereagh-street. The chair was occupied by Senator A. J. Gould, and…

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Roman Catholic Schools. Irreligion in Sydney. Pamubla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

Archbishop Kelly, in a sermon here last night referred to the miraculous growth of the Church in the past 20 years. The Roman Catholies more than doubled, and the number…

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Churches. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 8

A bazaar held in aid of the Roman Catholic Church closed on Saturday night having realised £120. KOORAWATHA, Monday…

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"Darkest Sydney." Evangelisation of the Non- Churchgoer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 7

The valuable work of what is known as the "Mission Zone Fund," managed by a committee working under the auspices of the Church Society, and the special object of which is the…

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New Church at Granville

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 7

The new Holy Trinity R.C. Church, Granville, was blessed and officially opened last Sunday by Monsignor O'Brien. in the absence of Cardinal Moran. The new building cost a little…

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Catholic Primary Schools

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 11

This season Rugby is booming in the Catholic Primary Schools, and everything is ready for May 7 to get the word "go" and the first match of the competition played There are six schools in the competition, but a couple o[?]…

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Mission Yacht John Williams

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 10

The London Missionary Society's steam yacht John Williams will leave Parbury's Wharf on a four months' cruise to the Islands of the South Seas early tomorrow morning. The vessel will…

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Destructive Fire at Hunter's Hill. French Mission School Demolished

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 2

The Mission School attached to the Marist Brothers' Mission Villa Maria, Hunter's Hill, was totally destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock on Saturday morning,…

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New Church at Belmore

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 7

The ceremony of laying the foundation-stone of the new Church of England at Belmore was performed on Saturday afternoon by the Archbishop of Sydney, who was accompanied by…

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Church Work Out-back

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 8

The necessity for additional specially trained clergy to preach the gospel in the back blocks of this State was emphasised during a discussion at the Bathurst diocesan synod last…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 57

The memorial church to the late Rev. Father J. H. O'Gornian, at Michelago, is to be dedicated on April 28. The Venerable Father D. J. D'Arey, P.P. at…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 57

For this heading sermons by eminent preachers published in this widely-circulated paper, in order [?] in the remote interior, where there are no [?]es, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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Our Great Public Schools. No. 10. Sydney Church of England Grammar School. (See Illustrations on pages 30 and 31.) Foundation of the School

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 29

A well-known land mark on the northern shore of Port Jackson is the prominent building known in days gone by as Holtermann's Tower, but during the last seventeen or…

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Newtown Presbyterian Church

Watchman · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 8

The second anniversary of the Rev. R. J. Wallace's induction into St. Enogh's Presbyterian Church, Newtown, was celebrated on Sunday, April 7. Rev. R. J. Wallace…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 21

Archbishop Kelly confirmed 28 candidates at Pambula. on Sunday last. His Grace addressed himself to the subject of education, bub no authentic report of his remarks has yet…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 10

In five years the increase in the population of the Gorman Empire was 4,274,100 souls. The Catholic population is 22,000,000. A class of fourteen, including five Sisters…

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Mission at the Sacred Heart Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 April 1907 · page 21

The mission now being conducted by the Vincentian Fathers at the Sacred heart Church, Darlinghurst, is being largely attended. Morning and evening the church is…

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