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Churches, 1917

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News of the Churches

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 48

The Rev. A. Mills has been appointed curate of Mudgee. The Bishop of Bathurst, after a brief rest, has left for an extended tour in the west…

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 48

Under this needing 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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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 37

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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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 35

Masses will be celebrated at Penshurst every Sunday at 7.15 and 9.15 o'clock, instead of 8.15 and 10.15. Sutherland every Sunday at 9.30 o'clock. Confessions will…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 5

A religious ceremony has just taken place in the Cathedral of Montpellier, in the South of France, in honour of the forty-third anniversary of the episcopal consecration of…

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The Catholic Club

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 27

The president, Mr. P.J. Minahan, occupied the chair at the usual weekly meeting last week, reports the press secretary of the Catholic Club. The war has taken a great…

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Catholic Progress at Concord. New Church-Hall Blessed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 25

The blessing of the foundation stone of a new parish hall and school in Parramatta road, Concord, by his Grace the Archbishop of Sydney on Sunday afternoon, was…

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The Church of the Poor. The Dockers' Strike. Cardinal Manning and Anglican Bishop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 12

Sympathy with the poor and an intimate feeling with and for its many needs is accepted by all men as a natural trait of a religion based upon the teachings of Him…

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The Catholic Club. Campaign for Members

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 23

The president (Mr. P. J. Minahan) occupied the chair at the usual weekly meeting last week. The war has taken a great number of our best to the front, and many…

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Catholic Soldiers' Memorial Hall. Liverpool Camp

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 19

On Sunday last a greatly-increased congregation came for Rosary and Benediction. The Rosary was said for all our boys— for the dead; for the dying, that they may…

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TOPICS. The "Herald" and Catholic Soldiers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 25

One of the most ungenerous leading articles we have read for a long time appeared in the "Sydney Morning Herald" on Saturday last. It dealt with the record of…

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Catholic Federation How to Organise a Branch

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 11

(1) Make out a census of the parish, with the help of the priest in charge. (2) Consult the list of members for the previous year, contained in a respectable…

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Devotion to the Sacred Heart. Catholic Tradition

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 8

All Catholics are bound to acknowledge their duties towards the Eucharist, and none will be found to deny that since Jesus offers Himself for us, wills to be the food of our…

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Anglican Primate Wright Again. the Gentle Art of Being Intolerant

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 25

Anglican Primate Wright, who with a gentleman of the name of Critchley Parker, played an unlovely and unsavoury part in the recent elections, is once again pursuing the…

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The Catholic Women's Association. Events of the Week

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 29

On Monday evening last the heavy rain did not prevent the visitors coming to the monthly euchre party at the association rooms. About 100 members and friends were…

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The Catholic Honor Roll Heroes of the Battlefield

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 23

Private John Haslam, who was at St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, from 1895 to 1897, has been killed at the front, and Lieut. Eugene Gorman, also an ex-student,…

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The Catholic Federation Notes and News. State Council Meeting

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 15

The State Council meets for business discussion on Wednesday, July 11. On the last Wednesday of the month (July 25), the Hon. L. F. Heydon, M.L.C., will attend, and will…

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Devotion to the Sacred Heart. Triduum at Sacred Heart Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 27

The ancient parish of Darlinghurst has remained from time immemorial as the great centre in this city of Sydney for the cultivation and spread of devotion to the Sacred…

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The Week in Brisbane News and Gossip. New Church at Rosalie

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 28

On last Sunday afternoon the heart of the popular parish priest of the Sacred Heart Church, Rosalie, Rev. Father W. Lee, was gladdened by the magnificent…

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Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 31

The following order of Masses and devotions will be observed in the Blue Mountain churches. Katoomba: At St. Canice's, every…

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