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Churches, 1916

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Church Triumphant Thomas William Corbett

The Methodist · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 6

Our late beloved brother, Thomas Will. Corbett, passed onward to the rest, eternal, and blessed, on December 26th, 1915, after a short illness, the latest days of…

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The Church's Duty To-day

The Methodist · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 7

THE Ex-President of the British Conference has just been interviewed on various matters of movement to the church. In the course of his remarks Mr. Young says: "The ministry of consolation is the prime duty…

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The Churches. First Divine Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 8

An open-air service to commemorate the first divine service in Australia is to be held in Macquarie-place on Sunday week, February 6, after procession from St. Andrew's…

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Clerical Pioneer Meeting with Thunderbolt Parish of 200 Miles by 150

The Sun · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 5

Rev. Septimus Hungerford, of Nohoval, Boyle-street, Mosman, may claim in many respects to hold the ministerial record in Australia. Born in Ireland in 1825, he is…

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Annual Catholic Synod

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 8

The annual general synod of the Catholic Archdiocese' of Sydney commences in the Chapter Hall, St. Mary's Cathedral, to- morrow morning. It will be presided over by…

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American Envoy. Mission to Europe

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 5

PARIS, Sunday.--Colonel House, President Wilson's envoy to Europe, states that his mission is concerned with the submarine warf[?] and the blockade, not mediation. He will also…

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Catholic Federation Two Years Work

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 7

According to a circular read out in the Catholic churches yesterday, the Catholic Federation, which started business two years ago, had achieved a number of concessions in…

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American Envoy. Visit to Europe. Scope of His Mission. Paris, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 9

Colonel House (President Wilson's envoy to Europe) states that his mission is concerned with submarine warfare and the blockade, and not mediation. He will also…

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National Church for Australia

Evening News · Monday 24 January 1916 · page 5

Preaching at a service of later session at BL Paul's Cathedral on November 30, Bishop Mer[?] referred to the desire in Australia for a National Church. There were, he said,…

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Drummoyne Election. Mr. Parish at Concord

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 10

Mr. F. G. Parish the Independent and Progressive candidate, addressed an open-air meeting at the corner of Wharf-road and Burton-street Concord, last evening in…

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Colonel House's Mission Why Is He in Europe?

The Sun · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 5

The German press insists upon the importance of Colonel House's mission to Europe and hints that he is not making peace- soundings, but is turning his attentions to…

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The Churches Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 48

Under the 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 26 January 1916 · page 49

On Sunday, February 6, throughout Australia, collections are to be taken up for home mission work among the Churches of Christ. Monsignor O'Haran and Fathers Barry, of…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 24

The Archbishop of Sydney presided over the annual Synod in the Chapter Hall on Tuesday. Priests from all parts of the Archdiocese were present…

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The Catholic Club

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 25
Also in Freeman's Journal

The usual meeting was held under the presidency of Mr. W. Hogan, and the financial position compared very favourably with that before the war. The canvassing…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 11

Mr. John. Henry Joyce, Folkestone, barrister-at-law, who left property valued at £51,098, bequeathed £12,000 for the marble decoration of Westminster Cathedral…

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Catholic Women's Association

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 25

A very interesting and amusing even[?] spent in the rooms of the Cathe[?] Women's Association on Monday, the[?] inst., particulars of which appear elsewhere…

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Loyalty of Victorian Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 24

The following correspondence has appeared in the "Age":— Sir,—At last night's meeting of the Victorian council of the Catholic Federation, a…

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The War, Purgatory and Confession. Protestant Difficulties. Many Conversions to the Catholic Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 34

Three notable effects of the present war on the minds of non-Catholics in Great Britain are being increasingly manifested—an impulse to pray for the souls of the…

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