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Churches, 1917

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Central Methodist Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

Intercession servicies were held morning and evening at the Central Methodist Mission, Lyceum Hall, Pitt-street. At the 11 o'clock service the Rev. R. J. Williams, in preaching on…

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Roman Catholic Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

In accordance with instructions which were issued before Christmas by Archbishop Kelly, the three days of intercession prayer in the Roman Catholic churches of the diocese of…

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Church Records

Evening News · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 4

The Goldsmiths and Silvermiths, Company in a recent pamphlet suggest that every church and chapel should keep a record in [?]soned books enclosed in caskets as a memorial of…

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St. James's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

Preaching at St James's Church in the morning, the Bishop of Armidale took for his text the passage, "My Presence shall be with you." The sacramental nature of even…

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St. Stephen's Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

The Rev. John Ferguson, preaching at St. Stephen's Church, yesterday said that however vivdly apprehended the enormities of our enemies, however honest our horrors were…

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Pitt-street Congregational Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 8

Preaching in the Pitt-street Congregational Church, the Rev. N. J. Cocks said that the call to national repentance was not so strong this year as it was earlier in the war. There…

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Church and War. Day of Intercession. Stirring Sermons

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1917 · page 5

In accordance with the cabled request of the King, services of Intercession were held In tho churches of all denominations throughout the State yesterday. In Sydney the appeal of the…

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Mission to Seamen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 8

The 10 days of Christmas, and New Year festivities in connection with the Sydney Mission to Seamen were concluded yesterday with a picnic to Rose Bay during the day and a…

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The Churches and the War

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 4

The Rev. A. Rivett, in his Sermon on Sunday last said that the present attitude of the Churches as to the war. "May not be one of opportunities. but is certainly not in keeping…

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Greek Blockade. Appeal From Church. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 7

It is reported from Athens that the Holy Synod of the Greek Church has sent appeals to the Pope and to the Archbishop of Canterbury urging that the blockade of…

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To the Men of Australia Patriotic Manifesto by the Churches. the [?]All of Duty

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 2

The following appeal from the leading churchmen of Australia, has been issued in the manhood of the Commonwealth in connection with the new campaign for…

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A Good Churchman

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 42

That entertaining member of the Church, the Rev. E. S. Carter, who played for Oxford University in the 'sixties and also for Yorkshire, has a bulky cricket scrapbook, a wonderful…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 49

Rev.V. F. Pratt, of South Brisbane, is in Sydney. Rev. W. G. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor are spending a holiday at Terrigal…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 48

Under this reading 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 clergy man is rarely seen, the…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 23

Mass is celebrated in St. Joseph's Church, Bulli, on the first and third Sundays of the month at 8.30, and on the second and fourth Sundays at 11…

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Maclean Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 34

The following arrangements have been made for the celebration of Holy Mass in Maclean parish: Sunday, January 7. Maclean, 8 a.m.; Harwood, 10.30 a.m…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 36

Masses will be celebrated at Penshurat every Sunday at 7.15 and 9.15 o'clock, instead of 8.15 and 10.15. Sutherland every Sunday at 9.50 o'clock…

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Catholic Notes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 26

The Archbishop of Sydney will officiate at Solemn Benediction on Sunday evening, and carry the Blessed Sacrament in the usual monthly procession…

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Catholic Federation. Notes. Catholic Federation in 1916

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 18

The year just passed has been the most successful in the records of Australian Catholic Federation. In New South Wales the reproach of State neglect of the great…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

The world's youngest Bishop is Monsignor De Aquino, who presides over the diocese of Prussiade, in Brazil, South America. He is only 29 years of age…

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