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Churches, 1923

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Tempting Prize Lure of the Sydney Cup King Ingoda's Mission

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 4

The £6000 which is offered by the A.J.C. as the prize for the Sydney Cup is a tempting bait. One can understand Victorian owners passing…

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Archbishop Duhig's Lenten Pastoral. He War Divorce, and Dearth of Catholic Marriages

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 23

His Grace Dr. Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane, has issued a Lenten Pastoral Letter. Among other topics, he discusses the effects of the war. He writes:— It has been said that rank materialism…

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Spiritual Healing Miracles at a Mission Dumb Speak and Cripples Walk HOBART

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 7

J. Moore HicKson, spiritual healer, left for Melbourne yesterday. A number of cures are claimed as a result of his mission. A boy suffering from a…

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News From Abroad Mainly Catholic, Christmas at the Vatican. Holy Father Receives Cardinals. Rome, Dec. 11

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 16

Christmas Day at the Vatican was observed in impressive manner as in past years. In the early morning, the Holy Father received in official form the…

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Brisbane Day by DAY Stanthorpe Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 30

On Sunday, 25th inst., Stanthorpe will be visited by his Grace Archbishop Duhig, to open and bless the new Catholic church which has just been completed, and is a…

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The Ku Klux Klan. Historic Church Destroyed. Incendiaries at Quebec

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 4

The Church of Notre Dame at Quebec, destroyed recently by incendiaries, was one of the most beautiful buildings in Canada. It dates back to 1647, and had…

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Women Church Builders. in New Mexico, U.S.A.

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 8

The first churches in New Mexico were built by women, girls and boys. The men went off to war, to hunt, to fish, but refused to put a manly hand to the building…

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Nymagee Church. Additional Donations

The Catholic Press · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 25

Sir,—I had no desire to inflict this appeal on the charity of the general public, who have all their own local calls, and respond most generously to them; but it was…

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What the Church is Doing in Our Midst

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 3

The attention of our non-Catholic neighbors has lately been drawn to the magnificent works of charity carried out by the Catholic Church in the Common- wealth. A Protestant Politician and an Orange Pastor agreed that we were showing the other religions what practical Christianity really meant. As many…

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Where All Roads Lead. The Complexity of the Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 7

MR G. K. CHESTERTON, THE FAMOUS LITTERATEUR, WHOSE CON-VERSION FROM-ANGLICANISM ARRESTED THE ATTENTION OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD, IS WRITING A SERIES OF ARTICLES IN "BLACKFRIARS"' ABOUT THE CHURCH WHOSE CALL HE AT LAST…

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Coraki's Great Day Blessing of the New Church. Bishop Carroll of Lismore Per, forms the Ceremony

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 14

On Sunday, February 11th, his Lordship the bishop, Right Rev. Dr. Carroll, blessed and opened the new church at Coraki. There was a very large attendance of people from Coraki and the…

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Blue Mountain Churches. The Following Seven Masses Next Sunday, February 25th

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 20

Katoomba, 5, 5.30, 7, and 10; Leura, 8; Blackheath, 10; Mount Victoria, 8…

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The Church's Work. and the Coldness of the State

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 24

The magniflcent work which the Catholic Church in Australia is doing in charitable and educational directions has been attracting attention from…

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As Soon Play "Two-up" As Co to Church Mudgee

Evening News · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 8

[?] Alderman Porter told the Gulgong Council, he would as soon as a game of "two-up" as go to church. But he admitted…

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The Phantom Ship Story of Goeben's Dramatic Flight Flashing the Signal No. 2.--Churchill's Memoirs

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 8

On Saturday evening I dined alone at the Admiralty. The foreign telegrams came in at short Intervals in red boxes which already bore the special label…

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Historic Church Echo of Macquarie WAUCHOPE

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 10

After having been closed for a period the historic edifice at Port Macquarie, known as St. Thomas's Church of England, was re-opened for service this…

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"Two-up" or Church ? Liberty of the Citizen MUDGEE

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 10

At a meeting of the Gulgong Municipal Council Alderman Porter moved that Sunday football be allowed in Victoria Pork, provided it was not Played…

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Presbyterian Churches. Union Opposed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 9

The Free Presbyterian Church of Australia, which has been meeting in St. George's Church, Castlereagh-street, considered on Wednesday an overture from the…

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Hurstville Mission Lecture

The Propeller · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 3

In his lecture in the Hurstville Mission Tent last Sunday evening, Pastor Harvey gave emphasis to a deep -seated conviction that the world to-day was ripe for a…

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Mr. Hickson's Mission. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 9

Mr. Hickson concluded his faith-healing mission at St. David's Cathedral yesterday. Large crowds have attended the services, and a number of cases have been reported as having been…

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