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Churches, 1920

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Presbyterian Finances Big Figures

The Sun · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 7

Mr. W. G. Crane, chairman of the Treasurership and Finance. Committee of the Presbyterian General Assembly, presented his report to the Assembly…

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Methodist Church. General Conference. Influence of a Woman's Message

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 8

The Methodist General Conference yesterday sans the doxology. One of the lay delegates (Mr. W. H. Day), of Krabram, told the copference that…

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Mission at St. Peter's, Surry Hills

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 34

A fortnight's mission was opened at St. Peter's, Surry Hills, parish on Sunday last by the Redemptorists, Very Rev. Father E. Gleeson, Very Rev. Father T. Brown, and…

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Something Wrong Presbyterian Missions Stern Indictment

Evening News · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 7

"What's wrong with the church?" demanded Rev C. E. James at the Presbyterian General Assembly this afternoon in a vigorous speech on the Foreign…

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Mr. Watts Mission. London, May 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 7

The "Financial News," commenting on the mission of the Australian Treasurer, says:— "Mr. Watt will cause a fluttering in the official dovecote. Australia expects to get a…

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The Catholic Federation Organising Notes. Memebership

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 40

Branches are still doing good canvassing work, and the 1920 membership is steadily growing. Provided that there is no slackening during the next…

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Close of St. Benedict's Mission. Edifying Scenes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 24

On Sunday last, the month's mission, given by the Redemptorist Fathers, was brought to a close. The general Communion of the men took place at the 8 o'clock…

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To Convert China. Progress of the Irish Mission

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 18

The great Irish mission to China is now attracting attention all over Australia, and although only three mouths have elapsed since the needs of that mission wore placed…

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Tommy Parsons Importing 35 Ex-Soldiers Methodist Scheme

Evening News · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 7

Chaplain-General Holden to-day placed a proposal before the Methodist General Conference for obtaining ministerial recruits from the British Conference…

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Presbyterian Assembly. McCAUGHEY Bequest. Allocation of Year's Income

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 8

In presenting the report of the M'Caughey bequest committee to the Presbyterian Assembly yesterday, Professor Macintyre said there seemed an altogether extravagant idea…

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Presbyterian Assembly the M'caughey Bequest. Allocation of Funds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

The business sessions of the Presbyterian General Assembly of New South Wales were commenced in St. Stephen's Church, Phillip Street, yesterday, under the moderatorship of…

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John Bull and Co. Mr. Watt's Mission. London, May 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 7

Mr. W. A. Watt (Federal Treasurer) outlined to British journalists the objects of his mission. He stated that he hoped to have an…

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Catholic Federation. The Education Tangle. Cannot Be Hidden Much Longer

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 11

It seems highly probable that the Education Department will loom largely in the public eye during the next year or two. The Nationalist Government seemed to consider…

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Methodist Conference. Aid for Supernumeraries. Twenty-five Per Cent. Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 5

Ministers, and particularly supernumerary ministers, with their fixed stipends and allowances, are acutely affected by the soaring prices of necessary commodities. Happily,…

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Mr. Watt's Mission. Explained in London Germany Must Pay. London, May 11

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 5

The Federal Treasurer, Mr. Watt, outlined to British journalists the objects of his mission. He hoped, he said, to have an opportunity while in Britain of studying the world's…

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Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 31

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 he made whether they have been…

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Bazaar in Aid of Daceyville's New Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 34

The Very Rev. Father M. J. O'Reilly, C.M. (Rector, St. John's College, within the University), will open a bazaar for Rev. Father E. McAuliffe, in the Masonic Hall,…

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Our New Serial. a Living Tomb. Love and the Curse of the Church. a Tale of Old Venice

Watchman · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 3

The leeches said my brother died from 'some unsuspected malady which had attacked his heart. My secret was safe. No one suspected me…

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Defending the Church

Watchman · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 8

The "Monitor," a Catholic paper published in San Francisco, contains the following item, which has a very strong suggestion of Church militarism in…

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The Layman and Church. a Teaching Office

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 3

Cleric or lay. the Catholic is bound, each in his own degree, "to go forth [?] all nations." The clorgy- [?] shepherd of the flock; he…

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