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Churches, 1926

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Successful Catholic Students. University Bursaries and Exhibitions

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 35

THIRTY Bursaries are awarded annually on the results of the Leaving Certificate. These Bursaries entitle the winners to free University…

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A Famous Catholic Voyager. Vasco Da Gama

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 33

Before the Lingard Society, London, Dr. Edgar Prestage, Camoes Professor at King's College, read a paper on the discovery of the sea route to the East by…

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First Catholic Lord of Session. Lord Skerrington, K.C.S.G. His Loyalty to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 33

UNDER the heading "The Man of the Moment," the Edinburgh "Catholic Herald," of December 19 last, has the following notice of the…

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O'reilly, Bolshevik. a Catholic's Difficulties at an University

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 7

HE was a quiet, suave, conservative young man, with whom I was associated in a business way; so pathetically willing to conform his philosophy…

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Mary Immaculate, Waverley. Communion Breakfast. Successful Mission by Passionist Fathers

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 17

A fitting close to the mission conducted by Very Rev. Father Francis Clune, C.P., and Rev. Father Bonaventure Thorn, C.P., at the Church of Mary Immaculate,…

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Looking Backwards Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Blackballed at the Athenaeum

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 16

Cardinal Vaughan and the Duke of Newcastle both failed in June, 1900, to secure an election to the…

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MR. F. J. SHEED, B.A., LL.B. Valedictory Gathering. the Work of the Catholic Evidence Guild

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 20

On the eve of his departure for England, Mr. P. J. Sheed, B.A., LL.B., the late Master of the Westminster Guild of England, and recently Master of the Guild in Sydney,…

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Handsome Gothic Pile. St. Mary's New Church in Warwick

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 41

St. Mary's new church in Warwick, now practically completed, has been designed in the style of Gothic architecture which prevailed during the reigns of the first three…

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St. Patrick's, Church Hill. Feast of St. Patrick

The Catholic Press · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 25

The Feast of St. Patrick will be solemnly observed at St. Patrick's, Church Hill. A Solemn High Mass will be celebrated at 11 o'clock on the 17th inst. The panegyric…

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A Round of the Churches. Congregational Church, Woollahra. No. 28.—By E.D.

Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 2

It is in Jersey Road; a nice little walk from the tram-line (Watson's Bay), or yon approach it by the tramline to Bellevue Hill. A fine church—…

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Obey the Prayer Book or ' Leave the English Church. The Bishop of Ipswich Sternly Rebukes the Clergy Who Are Introducing 'Romish Practices into the English Church

Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 4

London, Jan. 5.—The Bishop of Ipswich has come out in support of the Bishop of Birmingham, who is endeavoring to suppress the practice known as…

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Why He Converted We had a rather keen desire to know on what grounds G. K. Chesterton joined the Church of Borne recently. We could not imagine any solid grounds; we could

Watchman · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 1

"The difficulty of explaining 'why I am a Catholic' is that there are ten thousand reasons all amounting to one reason: That Catholicism is true. I…

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Wyong Church Enlarged

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 26

The parishioners of Wyong are pleased that St. Cecilia's Church has been enlarged. At 10.30 a.m. next Sunday the additions to the church will be blessed…

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Things You See in Church. The Ciborium

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 46

During the first three centuries after the time of Our Lord and the Apostles the Blessed Sacrament was not usually kept in the churches and the places…

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Blue Mountain Churches. Masses and Devotions

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 15

The following seven Masses will be celebrated next Sunday, March 14th, first Sunday: Katoomba, 6, 7 and 10; Blackheath, 10; Mt. Victoria 8, with…

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Should Churches Pay Rates? Old Problem Revived a Verdict Queried

Evening News · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 13

THE question whether churches should be rated was discussed by Sutherland Shire Council last night…

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Worshipping! or Merely Learning Rating Churches

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 12

Should churches be rated by councils? This was discussed by Sutherland Shire Council last night, when a letter was read from the trustees of…

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Church Bazaar Urunga

The Labor Daily · Thursday 11 March 1926 · page 3

The Ch[?] of England annual [?] was a financial and social success, realising about [?]100. In opening Rev. Canon, Madden referred to the fine tolerant sprit…

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Penshurst Presbyterian Church

The Propeller · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 1

On Monday evening last an inspiring ceremony took place in the Penshurst Presbyterian Church in connection with the young peoples' movement, viz., the…

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Methodist Church Circuit Division

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 12 March 1926 · page 6

The burning question in Methodist circles in Eastwood recently has been the division of the circuit. In the past, Eastwood has been a part of the Ryde…

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