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Churches, 1912

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West Maitland. the Cathedral Parish Debt

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 25

With a view to devise means of liquidating a debt of £1095 on the Cathedral parish of the diocese, a meeting of parishioners, presided over by the Rev. V. F. Peters,…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Union of Churches. Catering for Waterside Workers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 12

The Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday occupied itself with the consideration of a number of reports and petitions. A report was submitted on church property,…

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The Mission of Close Contact

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 8

During the past few days the information published regarding the Sydney City Mission in connection with the inter-State conference now sitting has given ample evidence of the…

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Victorian Presbyterian Assembly. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 12

When the report from the General Assembly of Australasia relative to the federation of the Churches was before the Presbyterian Assembly to-day, a motion that the scheme…

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The Work of a Mission. Relation to Church. Interesting Conference Debate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 10

The third Interstate City Mission's Conferference was opened at the Sydney City Mission Hall, Liverpool-street, yesterday, Mr. B. Short, founder of the Sydney Mission,…

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Union of the Churches the Presbyterian View. Cold Time for the Proposal

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 14

Much of the time of the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday was devoted to a discussion of the proposed scheme of polity (accepted by the joint committees of the Congregationalists,…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. the Closing Session

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 3

The Moderator (Rev. T. Morgan) presided over the Presbyterian General Assembly yesterday morning. The attendance of representatives had thinned out considerably since the…

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Ronald-harper Case. Beore Presbyterian Assembly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria began its annual sittings yesterday. An inaugural service was conducted by the retiring…

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The Heroism of the Catholic Nun

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 14

The heroism of the Catholic nun is so much a matter of course that Catholics have ceased to remark it. In an address recently in Montreal an incident was cited which…

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Two Eminent Italians. Their Deaths. Catholic Faith and Un-catholic Principles. Rome, April 11

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 23

Giovanni Pascoli, the Italian poet, died at Castelvecchio, near Bologna, on Sunday. He was unconscious for a long time before death, and those about him would not allow…

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Inter-state Notes Victoria. Australian Catholic Federation

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 30

The usual weekly meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Australian Catholic Federation was held on Saturday evening in the Cathedral Hall, Melbourne, Mr…

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Anglican Mixed Marriages and Converts. Strange Remarks of a Bishop

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 26

At the Anglican Synod, just held in Newcastle (writes our correspondent), the question of mixed marriages came up in the form of a motion moved by the Rev. A…

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Thanking God. for Doing Nothing. Presbyterian Committee Criticised

The Sun · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 6

"You want to go maundering around with a twopenny candle after the great blazing fire has burned out!" Thus spoke Rev. John Ferguson yesterday afternoon at the…

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The Late Father Ginisty. St. Patrick's Parish Mourns. Impressive Funeral Ceremonies

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 8

The mantle of grief enshrouded St. Patrick's parish (Church-hill) during the week, when, with impressive ceremonies the remains of its late pastor, the Very Rev. A. Ginisty,…

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Mr. McGarry Speaks Out. Catholic Rights. Shameful Indifference of the Government

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 26

In proposing "The Ministry and Parliament" at the dinner tendered at the A.B.C. Rooms on Monday evening by the New South Wales District Hoard to the…

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Manhood Suffrage in Italy. the Catholic Position. an Important Organised Movement. Rome, April 11

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 23

The Italian Parliament is supposed to reassemble at the beginning of the next month, and one of the first matters to which it will pay attention will be the Bill for the…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys land Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press," New Literary Competitions

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 46

Dear Playmates,—Last week I promised a definite announcement as to new literary competition, but in the interval, I have decided to have two, and to award two…

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The Death and Obsequies of the Very Rev. Father Ginisty, [?] The Catholic Community in Mourning

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 16

By the death of the Very Rev. Father Augustine Ginisty, S.M., which we briefly chronicled in our last issue, the Catholics of Sydney and the Society of Mary, of which…

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America's Debt to the Virgin Mother: Some Glorious Pages of Catholic History. the Saintly Men and Women of the New World

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 5

How largo is the debt of America to the Virgin Mother! How many holy missionaries' were inspired by her to come hither and spend their lives in sowing the good…

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The Church and Symbols. Its Most Eloquent Expressions

The Catholic Press · Thursday 16 May 1912 · page 9

The Church is profuse in the of symbols. They form its most eloquent expressions. The dove reminds us of the Holy Ghost, tho lamb and the pelican recall the…

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