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Churches, 1916

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Foreign Missions. Presbyterian Activities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 10

The foreign missionary work of the Presbyterian Church of New South Wales was the subject of a number of addresses delivered before the Presbyterian Assembly in St…

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Presbyterian Assembly Women Missionaries Experiences

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 6

At a session of the Presbyterian Assembly, held last evening, with the Moderator in the chair, the work of Foreign Missions, under the aegis of the Women's Missionary Association,…

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An Anzac Chaplain. Welcomed by Presbyterian Assembly

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 3

Chaplain-Captain Keith Miller, the first Presbyterian chaplain to go to the front, and one of those that went through the Gallipoli campaign, was welcomed…

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Wicked Sydney Sin and the Sunday Papers Presbyterian Assembly Indictment

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

The prevalence of vice in Sydney was discussed at the meeting of the Presbyterian General Assembly in Sydney last week, on a report by the committee in…

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Devout Horses Twice to Church on

The Sun · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 5

Last Sunday morning two horses wandered into the church grounds of St. Aldan's, Annandale, and were turned out by the verger. During the service, however, they…

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Mr. Hughes's Mission. Australian Problems

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. W. M. Hughes benefited by his restful week-end at Stratford-on- Avon. Mrs. Hughes is much improved. Mr. Hughes is returning immediately to…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Ministers' Stipends

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 10

The Presbyterian Assembly of New South Vales continued its sittings in St. Stephen's Church yesterday. The Moderator, the Rev. ames Goudie, presided…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Yesterday's Proceedings. Cooerwull Academy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 13

The Presbyterian General Assembly continued its sittings yesterday, Rev. J. Goudle, the Moderator, in the chair. Rev. John Ferguson's report of the…

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Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Mission, Herbertshohe

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 28

It appears to be built of stone, but it is really of iron painted grey and lined like stone…

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Diocesan Festival. Home Mission Society and Zone Fund. Annual Celebration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 15

The annual festival conducted by the Sydney Diocese of the Church of England in connection with the Home Missionary Society and the Mission Zone Fund was held yesterday. In…

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The Churches. a Message to Mothers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 48

Text: "Her children rise up and call her blessed. Prov. xxxi. 28. The position of a mother in a home is unique. No one has ever been able to take her place…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 49

Miss Woolnough, of the Methodist Mission in New Britain, returned to Sydney on sick leave. The Rev. C. J. Whitefield, of Murray Bridge, has been appointed rector of St. Jude's,…

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Church of England. Home Missions. Gathering of Bishops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1916 · page 14

Three archbishops, seven bishops, the Chief Justice (Sir William Cullen), Mr. Justice Gordon, Judge Docker, and a very large representation of the clergy, occupied the…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 34

Musses will be celebrated at Penshust every Sunday fit 8.15 and 10.15 o'clock. Sutherland every Sunday at 9.30 o'clock. Confessions will be heard before Mass…

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Catholic Women's Association

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 24

An enjoyable little evening was spent at the rooms of the Catholic Women's Association on Monday evening last. Quite a number of members were present, and enjoyed…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

According to the Catholic Directory of London, 9034 adult converts were received in England last year. Father L. B. Con way, the Paulist, of…

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Presbyterian General Assembly. Burnside Homes. [?]Church Finances Reviewed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 10

A discussion on a petition by Rev. Andrew Chapman, M A., to be placed on the list of beneficiaries of the Aged and Infirm Ministers' Fund, was the first business of the…

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Anglican Bishops Confer. Meeting in Private

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 5

The Archbishops and Bishops of the various Anglican dioceses in the Commonwealth began a conference to deal with matters of importance to the Church generally, at…

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Presbyterian Assembly. Burnside Orphan Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 11

The sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were resumed yesterday morning, Rev. J. Goudie, the Moderator, in the chair. In presenting the report of the Burnside…

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The Catholic Club, Social Evening

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 24

At the weekly social evening, held at the Catholic Club on Saturday last, the large audience of members expressed their appreciation of the committee in providing them…

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