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Churches, 1914

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Mission at the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 21

A three weeks' mission will be opened in St. Mary's Cathednal, Sydney, by the Passionist Fathers, Very Rev. Francis Crune, Rev. Alphonsus Coen, and Rev. Casimir…

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Presbyterians Endorse Catholic Education

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 33

More and more do serious non-Catholics lean towards the Catholic ideal of religious education for children. At the Conference held by Michigan. Educators in the First…

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America's Gifts to the Church. Many Non-catholic Generous Donors

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 11

The following is a partial list, culled from our files, of amounts given by generous benefactors to the Church during the year 1913: Three hundred thousand dollars to the St…

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Germans in the Mission Field

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 12

It is a striking face—as indisputable as it is remarkable—tnat Germany, the land where the so-called Reformation, was begun, is now second only to France as an…

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The Catholic Federation. New Branches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 31

The organising work of the Catholic Federation continues to make steady progress. Reports from the country show that the enrolment for 1914 promises to be very…

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Catholic Federation New Branch at Newtown

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 32

A meeting was held on Sunday night in St. Joseph's schoolroom, Newtown, for the purpose of establishing a branch ox the Catholic Federation. About 100 people were…

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Methodist Conference. Circuits Altered. Transfer of Missionaries

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 13

At the morning session of the Methodist conference yesterday, reference was made to the loss the Church had sustained through death during the year, the first being that…

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Death of Mr. J. Blakeney Loss to Catholic Journalism

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 24

Australian journalism, and in particular the Catholic section, has lost one of its valued members in the regrectable death of Mr. John Blakeney, the esteemed editor of the…

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The Catholic Women's Association. the First Concert a Success

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 34

The first conceit under the auspices of the Catholic Women's Association took place on Tuesday evening in the Concordia Hall, and was largely attended. A lengthy and…

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Catholic Claims for Fair Play in the Labour Conference

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 14

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth. —Lacks, On Human Understanding. Ignorance is a bank sheet on which we may write…

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Methodist Conferences. New South Wales Session. Honoring the Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 3

The Methodist Conference resumed its sessions yesterday morning in the Lyceum-hall, under the presidency of the Rev. F. Colwell. A very impressive sacramental service was conducted…

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"A Bogus Saint." Whole of the Facts. Action of the Catholic Authorities

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 31

Some time ago the cable busied itself in speeding to Australia the following ridiculous story:—A remarkable trial has concluded at…

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Father O'Reilly on the Old Boys of Catholic Colleges A Striking Article

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 20

In "Echoes of St. Stanislaus," the annual of the college of which he is president, the Very Rev. Father M. J. O'Reilly, CM., writes the following striking article on the…

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The Children's Columns. For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press." Edited by Playmate

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 48

MARIST BROTHERS SCHOOL., NEWCASTLE: [?] BURSARY SUCCESSES In the recent [?] Bursary and Prize Examination, the Pupils of the Marist Brothers School, Newcastle bested the list of the successful candidates. Twenty-one secured certificates and seven gained £[?] money prizes, and five silver medals. John Jordon—medals for highest marks in Arithmeth[?] and Geography be also…

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The Passionists and their First Mission to Non-Catholics in Australia To Begin at St. Mary's on

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 15

The third week of the mission to be opened by the Passionist Fathers at St. Mary's Cathedral on Sunday next will have a special appeal to non-Catholics who wish…

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The Kikuyu Quarrel: Will It Smash the Church of England?

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 5

The last few weeks have seen an astonishing phenomenon—columns of the secular newspapers filled day alter day with a highly-technical dispute concerning a dogma…

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Latest Statistics the Universal Church. Some Interesting Figures

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 12

The "Annuario Pontificio" for 1914, just published, gives interesting statistics relative to the universal position which the grand old Church occupies…

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A Persecuting Church. 4

Watchman · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 1

Jesuit Rickaby spil's a lot of ink, says the "Menace," in an article on "The Church Not a Persecutor." He says: "It has never been her practice to force people to join her…

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Kikuyu. Proposed Federation of Churches. i Charges of Heresy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 13

When the small band of about 60 Christian missionaries, representing various Protestant Churches, assembled last June in the little village of Kikuyu, in British East Africa, to…

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Rich Malay Land of Gold and Sunshine. Australians Dominate Industries. Cockfights Attract to Church. MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 26 February 1914 · page 6

With many stories of strange customs and commercial progress in the Federated Malay Stales, and contiguous islands, Mr. Cecil Rae, who has been following the occupation of a…

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