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Churches, 1919

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Central Queensland The New Gracemere Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 45

Bishop Shiel will formally open the new Gracemere Church on the first Sunday after Easter. The church will cost fully £700, which is rather a huge amount for the…

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St. Brigid;s Marrickville. Father Alphonsus Memorial Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 20

During the past week the incidents associated with the Passion of Our Blessed Lord were vividly brought before our minds. The Gospel narrative, in which the…

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Father Alphonsus Memorial Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 16

The continental concert and [?]egraph entertainment, in aid of the Hibernian Stall at the forthcoming bazaar, was postponed owing to the 'flu restrictions: but the ladies…

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The Churches at Easter. No Special Celebrations. Intense Devotion of the People

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 25

The celebrations of the great Toast of the Resurrection in most city and suburban churches wore shorn of their customary splendour this year. Even if the…

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Blub Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 38

The following order of Masses and devotions will be observed in the Blue Mountain churches. When very wet the evening before or morning: of the appointed Mass and devotions, inquiry should lie made whether they have been…

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Romanists and Socialists. Church Denounces Movement

Watchman · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 8

Some of our Australians will be "up against it" if it is a fact that the Romanist church is "the same always and everywhere" as it claims to be. Many…

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Church Proselytism. to the Editor

Watchman · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 3

Sir,—As an officer bearer in a Protestant church, I confirm the statements made by "S.O.S. "'in your issue of 17th April. I also protest in unison with…

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New Church at Wybong. Blessed by Bishop Dwyer. Hibernians Hold Communion Breakfast

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 36

His Lordship the Right Rev. Dr. Dwyer, Bishop of Maitland, visited Muswellbrook recently, for the purpose of attending at the first annual…

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"Any Port in a Storm." the Russian "Orthodox" Church's Distress. Appeal to English Protestants

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 15

The Orthodox— or, as we should say, Schismatic Church in Russia is apparently getting a taste of its own gruel under the Bolshevik regime; and in…

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Easter in the Churches. Impressive Ceremonies at the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 22

The Government regulations affecting the holding of indoor meetings necessarily curtailed the impressive Easter ceremonies in the churches of the…

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St. Brigid's, Marrickville Father Alphonsus Memorial Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 26

During the past week the incidents associated with the Sacred Passion of Our Blessed Lord were vividly brought before our minds. The Gospel…

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Prohibited Church Service. London. April 19

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 5

The Bishop of London, at the eleventh hour, prohibited the use of a city church for a much-criticised service conducted by Miss Royden, the assistant-paster of the City Temple…

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Maskless Churchgoees a Mayor's Complaint ORANGE

Evening News · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 3

Alderman [?] Mayor at the council meeting last night, said numbers of persons at the church services did not wear masks, and the clergy were to…

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Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia. Mission Board Annual Meeting

The Methodist · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 11

The Annual Meeting of the Mission Board was held during April. The President of the General Conference (the Rev. J. E. Carruthers, D.D.) occupied the chair…

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Religious. Methodist War Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 13

The ex-President of the Methodist [?]ence(Rev. James Green, C.M.G.) is [?] for n Methodist war memorial hospital. The ravages of the present epidemic of pneumonic…

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Church Work Under Difficulties

The Methodist · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 7

AMONG the many restrictions imposed under the prevailing influenza conditions, the curtailment of church services is telling seriously upon church work in many directions. We do not hesitate to say…

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Church Services. St. Andrew's Cathedral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 17

There was a good attendance at St. Andrew's Cathedral, where suitable music and hymns for the memorial service were capably rendered by the Cathedral choir. At the…

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The Churches. Bishop Langley's Retirement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 7

Amongst occlesia[?] of Sydney, past and present, there stands out no more lovable or devout a persenality than John Douse. Langley, Bishop of Bendigo since 1906. His…

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Labour and the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 7

The Bishop ot Lichfield, speaking at Portsmouth recently, on Christianity and industrial problems, said that to treat man as a mere cog in the industrial machine was…

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The Churches Mispronouncing the Psalms

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 April 1919 · page 16

There are not many choirs in the Stale —or elsewhere—that sing the Psalms with anything approaching perfection. Stumbling in the pointing is frequent,…

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