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Churches, 1920

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Catholic Federation. Catholic Conditions in South Africa

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 11

Little is known by Catholics in Australia about the condition of their co-religionists in the sister Dominion of South Africa. Of course, we expect to find them building…

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Catholic Church Property Insurance Company. Annual Meeting

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 37

The ninth annual meeting of shareholders of the Catholic Church Property Insurance Company of Australasia, Ltd., was held at the Catholic Federation Office, 197…

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Irish Mission to China

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 25
Also in The Catholic Press

We gratefully acknowledge the following generous donations: Parish of Rozelle (priests and people), £136 10s; parish of Kensington (priests and…

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In the Catholic Missions

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 13

The most divine of all works, The salvation, of a soul. An incident was recorded in the "Catholic Missions" some time ago…

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Coff's Harbor Annual Catholic Ball

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 32

One , of the most popular weddings ever solemnised in Coff's Harbor took place at the Catholic church recently, when Mary Mildred (Millie), youngest…

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The Catholic Federation Federation Parliament

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 13

The Federation offices were crowded by the members of the Federation Parliament on Wednesday, August 20th. The subject debated was introduced by…

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A Great Mission. Rev. S. F. Collier in Sydney. Union of the Churches

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 7

The Rev. S. F. Collier, who arrived in Sydney yesterday, has been associated with the Manchester Central Mission for 35 years—that is, since its establishment—and a…

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Mr. Watt's Mission. Treasury Secretary to Act

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In reply to a question asked in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. M'Williams (Tas.), the Prime Minister stated that, as it was not…

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The Late John Meagher. a Stalwart Catholic Layman

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 22

The late Hon. John Meagher, K.C.S.G., M.L.C., of Bathurst, who carried with him to the grave the respect of non-Catholic citizens and the…

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Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. the Touchstone of Catholic Faith

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 8

One of the chief fruits of devotion to the Sacred Heart is a greater love and devotion for the Blessed Sacrament. The belief in the Beal Presence is the touchstone of…

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Catholics Honor Anglican. Rev. R. M'keown Entertained at Waverley. a Unique Function

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 12

"Peace and harmony is the essence of all true religion" were the characteristic words of Rev. Brother P. A. Conlon, Principal of the Christian Brothers'…

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AN Anglican bishop in Jerusalem. His Mistake. a Tea Party That Failed to Attract

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 15

Insular Chrstianity, in spite of its obvious advantages, has also its drawbacks, as was made clear to all who took part in the British occupation of Bagdad. Your soldier is…

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Death of the Hon. John Meagher of Bathurst: the Life and Labors of Australia's "Grand Old Catholic." The Impressive Public Obsequies in the City of the Plains

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 15

The Catholic Church of Australia mourns the loss of the late Hon. John Meagher, K.C.S.G., M.L.C., who passed away on Thursday morning of last…

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Blue Mountain Churches

The Catholic Press · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 35
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 before or morning of the appointed Mass and devotions. inquiry should be made whether they have been…

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Protestant Liberty. Notes of a Sermon Preached in the Greenwich Congregational Church by the Rev. F. G. Harvey

Watchman · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 2

Text: 2 Cor. iii., 17: "Where the, spirit of the Lord is there is liberty." Liberty is essential to the highest religious life. In the course of the…

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England No Longer Church-going. the Unsleeping Foe. Protestantism at the End of Its Tether

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 14

Some things have been shaken down by the war, others shaken up. And among the latter may be mentioned the Anglican Church. There is a widespread…

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The Church and the Schools Anglicans Uneasy

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 22

The uneasiness of the Anglican Church with regard to the effects of purely secular education has been manifested frequently of late, and we…

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St. Patrick's (Church-hill) O.b. Union

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 2 September 1920 · page 25

The members of St. Patrick's School (Church-hill) Old Boys' Union will hold their annual Communion on Sunday, September 12, at the 8:30 o'clock Mass…

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