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Churches, 1923

3,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 171

Burned to Death Fire at Mission School Sacramento (California), April 16

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 9

Nine Japanese children were burned to death in a fire which destroyed a mission school. Sixty-five children escaped, as a result of the heroism of…

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Spiritual Healing. Mr. Hickson's Mission. Crowded Services. (From Our Special Representative.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 13

To-day was quite as remarkable as the opening day of the Christian Healing Mission in its response by the people to Mr. Hickson's invitation to receive Divine ministrations in…

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The Mission Field. Catholic Poverty. Lavish Protestant Equipment

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 9

For a hundred years our devoted missionaries toiling in pagan lands have been mainly dependent for the necessaries of life and labour on the Society for the…

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Mission Steamer Back

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 6

The London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams arrived last evennig from Papua, via Brisbane, and anchored in Watson's Bay. She had a…

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Catholic Girls' Schools

Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 2

The Catholic Girls' Secondary Schools' Tennis Association commenced the competition for the Archbishop's Shield…

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Healing Mission Preparatory Services

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

A series of preparatory services in anticipation of Mr. Hickson's. visit to Sydney have been held at St. James's Church, King Street. Last night the church was…

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Redemptorist Mission at Rose Bay

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 26

The Redemptorist Mission in the Rose Bay parish began last Sunday at St. Mary Magdalen 'Church, the Very Rev. Father P. M. Lynch conducting the…

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St. Paul's (Dulwich Hill) Catholic Club

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 35
Also in Freeman's Journal

Mr. E. Weber presided over a meeting of St. Pauls's (Dulwich Hill) Catholic Club, held in the schoolroom on Thursday, 12th inst. The minute of the previous meeting were read and…

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" Statesmanship." More Attacks on Catholic Children

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 24

"It is understood that the new policy in respect to the conveyance of children to country schools, anounced by Mr. Bruntnell, will result in the withdrawal…

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Pope Pius Xi. Eulogises the Catholic Press

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 12

His Holiness Pope Pius XI., in a recent message to the American Bishops, takes occasion to congratulate the Hierarchy for their unstinting efforts in behalf of the…

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News From Abroad Mainly Catholic. Hon. W. Bourke Cockran, Devoted Churchman, Noted Orator. WASHINGTON, D.C., March 5

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 7

The death of the Hon. W. Bourke Cockran United States congressman from the Sixteenth New York district, and long celebrated as among America's…

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Twenty-five Years a Parish Priest. Windsor Honours Father McDonnell

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 19

The primary school hall, Windsor, was crowded to the doors on tho 5th inst., when the parishioners gathered to honour the Very Rev. Father B. McDonnell, who…

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Catholic Girls' Lawn Tennis Association. Meeting at Conservatorium

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 23

Through the kindness of Miss Lottie Dearu, who placed her studio at their disposal, the combined convent ex-students were able to hold their meeting at the…

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How a True Catholic Dies. in Great Peace of Soul

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 6

Nothing extraordinary, perhaps, may mark the end, except what astonishes those who see nothing beyond the present life— I mean the serenity of a soul who abandons…

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Catholic Returned Soldiers and Sailors. High Mass on Anzac Day

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 17

The annual High Mass, in memory of the soldiers and sailors who made the great sacrifice during the late war, will be celebrated at St. Mary's Cathedral on…

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A Prominent Lismore Catholic Dead. MRS. T. J. McINTYRE, GOOLMANGAR

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 18

On the l0th inst. Mrs. T. J. Mclntyre, widow of the late Thomas Joseph Mclntyre, K.S.G., of Goolmangar, died suddenly from heart failure. She had lately been…

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DECAMERON "Vile and Filthy Book" Censors Supported a Catholic View MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 14

The Customs Department in its ban on the "Decameron" has at last found support in a leading article. "The Tribune," a Catholic periodical, says:…

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The Twelve Wheeler Have You Met That Sort of Catholic? A Delightful Article

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 4

"The Angelus" is the "Queanbeyan-Canberra Catholic Monthly," and it is "printed for Rev. Father P. M. Haydon." It is making its first bow to the public,…

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The Triumphs of the Risen Christ. the Mirror of the Church's Victories

The Catholic Press · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 6

Some time after Christ had arisen from the tomb and manifested Himself to the holy women, the Apostles and disciples at the sepulchre in Jerusalem, on Mount…

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