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Churches, 1922

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While Owner Prayed Purse Stolen in Church

Evening News · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 1

A woman's silk handbag, left lying on a seat in St. James Church. is King-street, City. last nigh, was stolen while the…

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Thief in Church Lady's Handbag Stolen

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 7

While at Communion service at St. James's Church, King-street, at 8 a.m. yesterday Miss Lillian Westbrook, of Bowral, who is staying at…

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Church Sensation Worshipper's Collapse Runs About Nearly Naked Captured by Police

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1922 · page 8

A man who had a fit in a church on Sunday night at Luddenham was brought to Sydney last night by train and removed in a police patrol to the…

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Mr. F. Over's Funeral. a Prominent Methodist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 12

After an illness lasting several months Mr. Frederick Over died at his residence Glencroft Miller-street North Sydney, on Monday morning, and the remains were interred at…

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A Homely Little Church

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 13

That homeliness is ever dissociated from church buildings, even of the…

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Bulli Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 37

Mass at Bulli on first and third Sundays at 8.30 a.m.; on the second and fourth Sundays at 11 o'clock. Evening devotions every Sunday evening at 7.30…

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Penshurst Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 46

Masses: Penshurst, 7.15 and 9.15. Cronulla, 8 o'clock. Sutherland, 9.30 o'clock. Evening devotions, Penshurst, 7.30 o'clock…

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The Parish School. Nursery of Catholic Ideals. Incidence of an Unjust Tax

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 18

The story, not of the great public schools controlled by famous Orders, but of the parish school here, there, everywhere, a part of the daily lives of little…

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Catholic Y.m. Cricket Association

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 30

The seventh round of the competition was concluded on Saturday last, the most exciting match of the day being between I.N.F. and Newtown, the former…

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The Catholic Federation of N.S.W. Notes and News. Catholic Speaker's Platform

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 27

On Sunday last the Rev. Father J. M. Cusack lectured and Mr. J. Meaney was the lay speaker. On next Sunday, January 15th, the Rev. Father W. Geer and…

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Catholic Returned Soldiers Successful Moonlight Excursion

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 18

Members of the Catholic Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' Association, with their friends and well-wishers, spent a delightful evening on the harbour on Monday last…

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Catholic Picture Shows. a New Project

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 6

A priest in England who has had the privilege of attending a private display, for censorship, of religious films 12 months before their release, informs the London…

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Munich Leads. Catholic Census of German Cities

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 13

Munich, November 21.— Munich has the largest number of Catholics of any large city in Germany, although in proportion to its population Cologne takes…

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The Home Beautiful. Strike a Catholic Note

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 3

Just about the time civilised nations of the world were suddenly plunged into the big war, there had begun an era when for sensation, or notoriety, or perhaps…

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Maud Adams. Actress Gives Estate For Catholic Home

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 13

A recent report states that Maude Adams has donated her Sandy Garth estate near Lake Ronkonkoma, L.I., to the Church, to be used as a Catholic…

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N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. Final Debate

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 34

The final debate of the senior shield competition, conducted by the N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union, was held in the supper-room, Manresa Hall, North…

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How Travellers Do Business: a Rosary to Trap Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 10

Despite the oft repeated assertions of the bigoted Unionist Capitalists in the once prosperous North East corner, that the present desperate state of business in…

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In the Winter Garden: Social Chat and Catholic Doings

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 20

Items of social news intended for these columns should reach the office not later than Monday morning each week. Secretaries of dances and other social…

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Educational Systems. the Catholic Ideal. Lays Foundation in Spiritual Nature

The Catholic Press · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 8

A recent pronouncement of the Holy Father in regard to modern methods employed in education have attracted widespread attention to certain phases of the work of…

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Catholic Customs in Germany. Still Preserves Quaint and Pretty Festivals

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 16

Many of the old Catholic customs are still observed in Germany. The practice of going in procession to the churchyards and cemeteries on All Saints' Day, and of…

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