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Churches, 1908

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 57

Under this heading, sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper, in order that in the remote interior, where there are no churches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 57

Canon Boyce paid a tribute to Lord Kelvin in his sermon at St. Paul's, Redfern, on December 29. The Rev. Cyril Bavin, one of the staff of…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 17

The Rev. M. Sherin, of the Cathedral parish, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis in St. Vincent's Hospital, is slowly progressing towards recovery. He is…

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Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 10

His Holiness Pius X. has named Father Dourche, Procurator-General of the Servites, a Consultor of the Holy Office. The Superior Council of the Society of…

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Catholic Events. The Diocesan Examinations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 13

The results of the diocesan examinations for the Primary Schools, held at the close of last year, will be announced at a public meeting in the Cardinal's Hall on…

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The State Schools and Catholic Attendance

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 21

The report of the Department of Public Instruction for 1906 comes unusually late, being ready for distribution in the last month of 1907. This tardiness of issue, however, is…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls who Read the "Catholic Press." The Orchard Party

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 30

Molly was pulling on her gloves to go out. "Perhaps you won't find the party so very interesting," suggested her aunt…

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The New Church at Epping

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 13

The progress of the Epping portion of the Ryde parish, which was stated so happily last year with the blessing of the foundation-stone of a new school-church by his…

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The Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 13

The following order will be observed during the months of the summer unless notice to the contrary is published. Enquiry should be made whether the…

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Church Robberies in France

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 25

A despatch from London, January 6, states:—There have been enormous leakages of money over the administration of the law for the separation or the Church and the…

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Troubled Finance. Enfield's Overdraft. a Churchs's Little Account

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 4

As each municipal year draws to a clone It to uncommon to find many councils short at ready money, and "Enfield this year is one of the unlucky ones. This fact was in a degree…

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The Churches. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

At a largely attended meeting of the congregation of the new Guyra-Wandsworth parish of the Presbyterian Church, held at Guyra, the Rev. H. S. Buntine presiding, a…

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The Presbyterian Cookery Book

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 7

A copy of the tenth edition of the Presbyterian Cookery Hook, just issued, has been sent us by Angus and Robertson, the publishers. This…

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The Churches. Lochinvar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 8

A reception was held to-day at St. Joseph's Church. Dr. Dwyer, Coadjutor Bishop of Maitland, presided, and all the clergy of the surrounding parishes were present. Four…

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Christ Church Cardinal Wolsey's College

The Australian Star · Friday 10 January 1908 · page 2

Christ Church is the most magnificent of the Oxford Colleges (remarks an English writer). This splendid foundation is really due to the munificence of Cardinal Wolsey, in honour of whom the cardinal's hat is still…

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The Outlook The Mission to India

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 7

We learn that at a meeting of the Foreign Missionary Committee in England, held on 27th November, approval was given to the proposal of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia to…

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New Catholic Marriage Law. How It Affects Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 9

Cardinal Moran has directed a circular to the Roman Catholic clergy, in which he reminds them that the new disciplinary law regarding the sacrament of marriage, decreed by the Pope,…

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Glastonbury Abbey. a Gift to the Church. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 13

Mr. Ernest Jardine, the purchaser of the Glastonbury Abbey Estate of 36 acres, has presented it to the Church of England…

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The Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 11

The Archbshop of Sydney on Sunday evening preached in the Cathedral, and on Monday afternoon presided at the monthly meeting of the committee of the Church Society. On…

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The Church Triumphant. Thomas Conn

The Methodist · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 6

Thomas Conn was born in Durban, England, in March 1846, and was converted when a lad. After coining out to this country he was careless and…

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