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Churches, 1917

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The Churches. Sermon for the Home

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 48

Under this reading sermons by eminent preachers are published in this widely-circulated paper in [?] that in the remote interior, where there are no thurches, and a clergyman is rarely seen, the…

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The Catholic World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4

Father Peter, Catholic chaplain at the Illinois State Penitentiary, has, with the approval of Archbishop Mundelein, undertaken to establish a home for ex-convicts…

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Catholic Federation Notes. The Church and the Toiler

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 16

The chief characteristic of the Rev. Father Lockington's lecture was its downrightness. In the audience, where Catholic Federationists, who are educating themselves…

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Is This what the Anglican Church Teaches? A Book by Bishop Gore

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 13

Dr. Gore, the Bishop of Oxford, has written a small manual, entitled "The Religion of the Church." It is a statement of Anglican belief for the use and instruction of…

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The Mew Parish of Burwood-enfield Father Considine Works Wonders the Archbishop Lays Foundation-stone of New School-church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 17

Starting without a site, church-school, presbytery, or any recognised centre for orgranisation, the Rev. Father J. P. Considine, placed in charge of the new parish of…

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Great Deeds. Our Catholic Schools in 1916

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 27

The statistics of the Catholic schools and the reports of our inspectors which are now available show a satisfactory standard of progress. The number of children in the…

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The Catholic Federation Jottings. the 1917 Campaign

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 36

In order to give zest to the campaign for 1917, the State Council has decided to give an honour medal to each person who introduces 25 or more new members. The medals…

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A Freemason Defends the Catholic Church. Colonel Elber Byam's Remarkable Article. the True Story of Mexico

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 5

Colonel Elber Cole Byam, of Illinois, a leading American Freemason, has just contributed to one of the chief periodical exponents of Masonic- thought in the United…

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German Plots Asiatic Mission Caught Indian Anarchists Employed

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

A strange eventful story was told in the House of Commons on November 29, revealing still another German plot. "The Times" report reads:-…

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The Children's Columns For Boys and Girls Who Read the "Catholic Press" The Essay Competition

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 46

Dear Playmates,—Only a short time now, and you will be trooping back to school once more to make a fresh commencement with your studies, which, I am sure, you will take…

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The Schools of the Archdiocese. the State Governor Distributes the Awards at the Annual Examinations. Lord Mayor Meagher and the Taxation of Catholic Playgrounds

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 24

Saturday last was the great day in the scholastic year for the schools of the Archdiocese, as the results of the diocesan examinations were announced…

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School-church at Burwood. Foundation Stone Blessed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 30

On Sunday afternoon his Grace the Archbishop visited Burwood, for the purpose of blessing and laying the foundation stone of the school-church, which is the first…

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The Church and the Toiler. Father Lockington's Lecture

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 12
Also in Freeman's Journal

A very eloquent and interesting lecture, entitled "The Church and the Toiler," was delivered by the Very Rev. Father W. J. Lockington, S.J., at the Southern Cross…

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The Difficulties of Anglicans a City of Confusion. Dean Henson and the Church of England

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 13

In the last issue to hand of the "Church Times" the Anglican Dean of Durham gives a general outline of his view of the doctrinal position…

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Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 19
Also in Freeman's Journal

The following order of Masses and devotions will be observed in the Blue Mountain churches. When very wet the evening or morning before the appointed Mass and…

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Rand Wick Church Out of Debt

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 24

The Very Rev. Father Treand, M.S.H., announced on Sunday that Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, was not only out of debt, but had a small credit…

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The Churches and the Referendum

The Australian Worker · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 6

"Laborite," writing in reply to the Rev. Rivett, says:— The referendum question was a purely political one. No church as a church…

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A Young Methodist Hero

The Methodist · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2

The last English mail records the death in action of Mr. Freeman R. Andrews, B.A., eldest son of Rev. C. W. Andrews, B.A., B.D., one of the missionary secretaries of our home church. This is the second son of…

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