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Churches, 1925

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Catholic Federation of Victoria

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 22

There was a large attendance of metropolitan and country delegates at the annual conference of the Australian Catholic Federation (Victoria), which was opened…

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Catholic Position in Bulgaria

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 16

Since the arrival of a number of refugees from Thrace and Macedonia, the Catholics of the Oriental Rite, that is, the Byzantine-Slav Rite, have…

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Exhibitions. Catholic Schools' Remarkable Success

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 26

The University Senate has awarded 200 Exhibitions on the results of the Leaving Certificate Examination held last November. At that examination, 1330…

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Famous Catholic Cricketers: Internationals Interviewed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 19

Two of the eleven cricketers who played for England against Australia in the Fifth Test match are Catholics; and, what is even more gratifying, they are practical…

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Catholic Progress at Gladesville. New Church. Foundations Blessed by the Archbishop

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 21

The Rev. Father E. Gell, P.P., had long set his heart on having a new church in the Gladesville end of the Ryde parish, and on Sunday last he saw the first step taken…

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The New Catholic University of Holland

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 31

The Catholic University of Nijmegen has opened its second session with a roll of 253 students, an increase of over a hundred on its first academical year…

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Catholic Dances and the Cabaret Atmosphere

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 24

Without attacking the respectable cabaret, which we suppose is all right in its place, and perhaps does the sophisticated citizen no great harm, we may question the wisdom of those organisers of Catholic dances who engage for their revels premises that are regularly associated with the "night life" of the…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. German Emperor's Gift to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 16

According to a paragraph in the "Freeman" of February, 1892, the German…

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Irish Relief Mission. Successful Campaign in Sydney

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 25
Also in The Catholic Press

The success which attended the inaugural meeting of the Irish Relief Mission, which was opened at the Town Hall on February 16 by the delegates…

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Coercion and the "Reformation" Non-Catholic Testimony

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 37

"In nearly every country where their boasted Reformation triumphed, the result is to be mainly attributed to coercion."—Lecky: "History of the Rise and…

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N.s.w. Catholic Debating Societies' Union

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 31

The usual monthly meeting of the debates and disputes committee of the Union was held in the Catholic Evidence Guild rooms, Southern Cross Hall…

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Ne Temere Methodist Hopes Conference Urges Action

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 4

The Methodist Conference yesterday agreed to a motion, urging the Government to use all efforts to pass the Marriage Act…

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The Catholic Business Girl. Conduct in the Office

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 9

The Catholic business girl can, if she will, set a golden example for others around her, particularly her non-Catholic associates in the same office or…

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The Cross or the Star. The True Catholic Concept

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 13

The cynical remark of Don C. Seitz in the "American Mercury" that the Cross, as a symbol, "compares very poorly with the crescent of Mahommed," since it can…

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Porto Rico. How It Was Saved to the Catholic Faith

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 50

Twenty-three American Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province (U.S.A.) are conducting what is equivalent to foreign mission work, though under the American flag…

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"Dowry of Mary." When England was a Catholic Country. Kings and Queens Devoted to Mother of God

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 11

No one who is at all conversant with the religious feelings and religious statistics of modern England would think of calling her a Catholic country. True…

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Blue Mountain Churches. Fixed Masses and Devotions

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 10

The following seven Masses, will be celebrated next Sunday ((March 8): Katoomba, 6, 7, and 10; Leura, 10; Black-heath, 10; Mount Victoria, 8; Lawson, 8…

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A New Church for Gladesville. Archbishop Blesses Foundation-stone Some Interesting Speeches

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 28

Gladesville is to have its own church. A splendid design by Mr. W. J. Gilroy, the well-known architect, has been accepted by the Very Rev. Father Gell…

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Mittagong Church Bazaar. Popular Lady Competition

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 March 1925 · page 17

The annual bazaar in aid of St. Michael's Church, Mittagong, was opened by Rev. Father Burger, S.M., on Wednesday, February 11, and closed…

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