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Churches, 1916

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Catholic Federation of New Zealand. Speech by Mr. John Duggan. to the Members of the State Executive

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 23

Mr. John Duggan, member of the Dominion Council of the New Zealand Catholic Federation, attended the meeting of the tate Executive on Wednesday week, and…

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The Seaman's Church of Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseilles

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 7

Colonel J. Ahearne, the well-known Townsville doctor, who has just returned from Servia, sends the "Catholic Press" an impression of the famous church of Notre…

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Battlefield Sketches: Life and Death Stories from the Trenches Somewhere in Flanders. in a Village Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 13

A Catholic officer, writing from the front somewhere in Flanders, to the "Irish Catholic," gives the following description of evening devotions in the village church…

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St. Columbkille's Church. Corrimal

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 20

On the first and third Sundays of the month Mass is celebrated at Corrimal at 11 o'clock; on the second and fourth Sundays at 8.30…

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Sunday Schools Cinderella of the Church

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 10

The value of Sunday school teaching for children is emphasised in a pamphlet put out by the Redfern Congregational Church. "Thousands of boys and girls in Australia,"…

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Cricket. Church Match

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 9

All Saints' (Petersham) v. St. Anne's (Ryde).--Commenced at Ryde. Scores: All Saints', [?]…

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Religious Literature. the Holy Catholic Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

Among the names of English Biblical scholars none stands higher than that of Professor H.B. Swete, and when he undertakes to write upon so debatable a subject as the…

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Drummoyne Election. Mr. Parish's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

The candidates nominated for the Drummoyne by-election have all begun their individual campaigns. On Wednesday night Ald. Graff, selected…

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Russia and Japan Grand Duke's Mission London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 1

A message from Toklo states that the Russian Grand Duke George Michaclovitch, who is on a mission to Japan, was tendered a brillian reception…

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A Queer Ecclesiastical Design the Proposed Catholic College, Melbourne University

Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 17

The first part of it, which it is hoped to proceed with this year, embraces the dome portion in the corner and the two rectangular wings, the front wing coming as far as the chapel entrance. The chapel will not be included in the first portion. But whether any portion will be gone on with depends on the Catholics of Victoria making up the money necessary to comply with Mr. Donovan's conditions. The original stipulation was that a contract had to be…

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Melbourne Architecture A Weird Conception for a Catholic College Where a Competition Was Required

Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 16

The authorities of the Roman Catholic Church, in Victoria, contemplated the erection of a college within the Melbourne University, conditionally on…

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Sydney's Slums Layman's Prayer in Church

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

A pamphlet issued by the Redfern Congregational Church says:--"At a church prayer meeting in Sydney the other evening a prayer was offered by a layman that must have…

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Organ Missing From Church Young Man Charged

The Sun · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 5

A remarkable story was told in the Central Police Court to- day, when George William Lawson, or Johnson, or Kentwoll, was alleged to have stolen an organ, a ladder, and other…

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The Churches. Mission Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 8

The influence exerted by Christian missions as a civilising force, especially during the last century, is admitted by most men of intelligence and candour. "The logic of facts,"…

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Local and General Methodist Church

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

The Rev Dr Carruthers, of Sydney will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist Church on Sunday, and the Rev J. Tarn will preach at St. Marys at [?]…

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Methodist Chaplains at the Dardanelles

The Methodist · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 11

Whilst the senior chaplains of the N.Z. Division (Eev. J. A. Luxford) and the Australian. Division (Rev. Jas. Green) happened to be Methodists and went…

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The Route Marches. "Typical Bush Stuff." the "Kurrajongs" Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 7

MOREE, Friday.--Moree gave the "Kurrajonga" a characteristically warm welcome. The station was packed, and rousing cheers met the boys from Inverell as the train drew in. The…

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A Priest Mourning Over the Ruins of His Church

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 10

All that remains of the chancel of the Church of St. Bertclle, at Mareuil. The damage was the remit of shrapnel fire…

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The Church Triumphant Mr. James Jeffery

The Methodist · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 11

The name of James Jeffery will no longer appear in the list of local preachers of the Kempsey Circuit, for to him the call of the Angel of Death came, on…

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