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Churches, 1923

3,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 171

Lights Out ! Surprise in Church

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 8

Yesterday week, at the Canterbury Methodist Church, a service was held in unusual circumstances, most of the men in the congregation removing…

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Church Sermons Abolition Urged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 4

The modern form of church service, with its stereotyped arrangement of a regular sequence of hymns, Bible readings, and an undeviating order in…

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Cinema in Church Instead of Sermon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1923 · page 6

Instead of the usual sermon at St. Aidan's Mission Church, Dulwich Hill, last night, the splendid- film picture, "The Heart of New Guinea" was…

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Napoleon and Sydney French Historical Record Mr. Ifould's Mission

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 6

Mr. W. H. Ifould, principal librarian, of the Public Library of N.S.W., will leave Sydney for France at the end of the month for the special purpose of…

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More Than Their Share . Catholic Institution's Ill=Luck BATHURST

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 8

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Bathurst (Dr. O'Farrell), in a letter to the Mother-General of St. Joseph's Convent. Perthville, stated that, following…

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The Movie Goes to Church

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 6

At St. Aldan's Anglican Mission Church a series of moving pictures of mission life in New Guinea was substituted on Sunday night for the usual sermon. This innovation, though…

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Student Christians. Relations with the Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 10

The auxilliary branch of the Australian student Christian movoment, which met at the King's School, Parramatta, in connection with the annual conference of the movement, on…

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Historic Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 8

Sir,—I, for one, do appreciate the little paragraphs about the old churches, and, perhaps this little one of mine will prove interesting. I wish to point out that in very…

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The Macquarie Churches. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 9

Sir,—In a recent issue of the "Herald a correspondent asks the question, re the mode of architecture of the Macquarie churches. To all intent and purpose they may fairly he…

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Speeding Up Oddity of Sanctity Boosting the Church

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 6

Following the "Sun" announcement that Father Casey, of Portland (N.S.W.), has successfully stage-managed the second of his race meetings…

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The Premier's Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 8

The good wishes of the public go with Sir George Fuller on his trip to the Homeland. The personal qualities of the Premier and his undeviating…

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Presbyterian Foreign Missions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 14

At a meeting of the Presbyterian Foreign Missions Committee yesterday morning the convener (Rev. R. J. H. M'Gowan) intimated that the overdraft on the working account for…

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City Resumption. Demolishing a Church. Archbishop Approves

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 13

The works committee yesterday decided to recommend the City Council to demolish the St. Simon and St. Jude's Church as part ot the Brisbane-street resumption scheme, which…

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Concrete Church a New Departure

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 3

The adoption of concrete in the construction of All Saints' Church. North Sydney, will represent a new departure in the building of ecclesiastical…

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Presbyterian Church News

Watchman · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 8

The Convener, of the Presbyterian Foreign Missions Committee, at a meeting of the Presoytery of Sydney on Tuesday night, referred to the…

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Metropolitan Catholic Tennis Association

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 29

As announced in our advertising columns, the Metropolitan Catholic Tennis Association have selected the 24th inst. as the closing date for entries for teams…

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A Roman Catholic Heaven

Watchman · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 2

Sir,—They speak of the realms of the blest, Of that country so bright and so fair, And oft are its glories confest;…

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Catholic Young Men's Cricket Association

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 30

The Victorian Catholic Young Men's representative cricket team will be the guests of the N.S.W. Catholic Young Men's Cricket Association at a moonlight…

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Catholic Marriage Laws. Futile Objections

The Catholic Press · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 24

During recent discussions in England about the proposal to make legal proceedings for divorce more accessible to all classes of the people, quite a number of…

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The Catholic Federation. Notes and News

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 13

Since the retirement of Mr. Cleary and Mr. Lawlor, the new officers of the Federation have been planning a membership campaign for 1923. As a result of the…

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