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Churches, 1917

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Glen Innes Notes. Church Anniversary

The Methodist · Saturday 19 May 1917 · page 13

The church anniversary was held on Sunday, 29th April, when the Rev. A. W. Parton, of Inverell, was the preacher. The congregations were large and the bright…

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Stupendous Moral Mission

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 May 1917 · page 28

Germania takes strong exception to a recent statement that it regards such words as Honor and Humanity as merely empty phrases, and with Characteristic German logic proceeds to…

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The Churches

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 May 1917 · page 12

The Archbishop of Sydney will preach at the parish church at Epping this morning, and at St. Andrew's Cathedral this evening. On Tuesday he will speak at the Horns Mission Festival…

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Methodist Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 6

The conference of the Methodist Church of Australia was continued on Saturday. The debute of the previous evening upon the proposed attentance of the principle of grants…

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Nowhere to Go. Mother Leaves Baby in Church

Evening News · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 4

Asked why she had abandoned her b[?] in St. Francis' Church, Paddington Josephine Clarke, 19, told Police-Sergeant Beat that she had no home to go to and was unable to obtain…

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New Church at Punchbowl

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 May 1917 · page 7

The foundation-stone of a new Anglican' Church at Punchbowl was laid on Saturday by" Archdeacon Boyce, who said that the Christian Chuich was the" basis or civilisation. Within…

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Catholic Schools

The Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 7

Marist Brothers' High School (Darlinghurst) Rugby Union B team played the St. Aloysius' College B last Thursday, and won by 26 points to nil. For the M.B.H.S.,…

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Anglican Diocesan Festival To-night's Proceedings

Evening News · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 6

The annual diocesan festival of the Church of England is to be held in the Sydney Town Hall to-night, when his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor will preside. Speeches will…

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Methodist Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 8

The sessions of the Methodist Conference of Australia were again devoted to consideration of the education problem in its relation to the Methodist Church in Fiji, the…

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"A Broad Humanity" The Red Triangle and the Churches

The Sun · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 6

It is announced that in a large number of churches next Sunday the officiating ministers will make special reference to the work of the Y.M.C.A. among our soldiers with a…

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China Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 12

The annual meeting of the China Island Mission was held at the Y.W.C.A. Hall last evening. Mr. J. B. Nicholson was in the chair…

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Home Mission Society

Evening News · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The annual meeting of the Home Mission Society was held on Tuesday evening in the Sydney Town Hall, the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir William Cullen) presiding. Among those on…

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Methodist Conference. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 12

The sessions were resumed in the W[?]y Church to-day of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia. The general president, Rev. Dr. J. E. Carr[?],…

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Diocesan Festival. Mission Funds Benefit. Anti-shouting Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 8

Every seat in the main hall of the Town Hall building was occupied by an enthusiastic Anglican last night--the occasion of the diocesan festival of the Home Mission Society and the…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 May 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 clergymen is rarely seen. the…

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 23 May 1917 · page 48

In an effort to remove the debt this quarter on the Uralla Methodist Church, one gentleman has promised £100 for a start. His Grace Archbishop Kelly on May 20…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 39

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

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Maclean Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 37

The following arrangements have been made for the celebration of Holy Mass in Maclean parish. Sunday, 27th inst., Iluka, 9 a.m.; Yamba, 11 a.m.; Harwbod, 7.30 p.m…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 5

Most Rev. Archbishop James J. Keane, of Dubuque, Iowa, has issued a letter to the pastors of his see, iu which he decrees the end of the practice of charging stated fees…

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