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Churches, 1926

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Mission at St. Francis', Albion-st

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 26

Rev. Fathers A. Perkins and P. Moloney, of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, opened a two weeks' mission at St. Francis', Albion-st. on Sunday and…

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Catholic Boy Scouts. Movement Rapidly Growing

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 23

The Catholic Boy Scout movement continues to progress under the able guidance of Rev. Father Hogan, M.S.C., of Kensington. He has now established…

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A Fair Deal for Catholic Hospitals

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 25

MR. CANN, the Minister for Health, is going to ask Cabinet to approve of the imposition of a special hospital tax, so that the financial difficulties of the big public hospitals will be removed. As hospitals are necessary and worthy of every support there would be no great objection to the creation of…

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For Chicago Catholic Prelates Eucharistic Congress

The Labor Daily · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 5

THE departure of the Sonoma from Sydney for sum Francisco yesterday possessed especial interest to the great crowds…

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Catholic Institute for Seamen. Wireless Installation Desired

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 23

The committee of the St. Vincent de Paul Special Work for Seamen are desirous of installing a wireless receiving set in the Catholic Institute for Seamen,…

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The Catholic Women's Association. Notes of the Week

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 26

The monthly committee meeting will be held on Tuesday next at 8 p.m. Mrs. H. S. Hayes and Miss L. Roche were hostesses at a musical evening held last…

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The Road to Rome. Why I Am a Catholic

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 43

IT is a fact to awaken wonder and gratitude that half (or more) of any Catholic congregation in England to-day are converts, or the children of…

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Chats in the Home Circle the Early Mass. (In the Mission.)

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 8

Where are you going, Margaret, Ere 6 o'clock in the morn? The wind blows cold, the rain falls fast, And yet those ills you scorn…

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Catholic Revival of Northern Europe. Religious History of Norway, Sweden, Denmark

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 7

The Catholic Revival oil Northern Europe was the general intention of Pope Pius XI. to the Sacred Heart League for March. By Northern Europe…

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The Catholic Relief Bill. Penal Laws Yet on Statutes of Great Britain

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 7

NEWS comes from London that favorable progress is being made by the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. It has passed its second reading and is now…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Protestant Donors to the Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 16

"Native" writes: In "Looking Backwards" page of the "Freeman's Journal," 8/4/'26, you give a list…

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The Late Thomas McDERMOTT, K.S.G. Notable Catholic Citizen. Bishop Carroll's Tribute

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 26

The death of Mr. Thomas McDermott, K.S.G., who was so long identified with Lismore, created intense regret on the Northern Rivers. There was no better known,…

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Brisbane Day by DAY New Church Centre at Windsor

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 28

On Sunday morning last his Grace the Archbishop said Mass at "Grafton Lodge," Windsor, the recently-purchased property, which the Archbishop selected to give the…

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New Church-School at Dorrigo. Blessed by Bishop Carroll

The Catholic Press · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 42

His Lordship Right Rev. Dr. Carroll, Bishop of Lismore, on Sunday, 2nd inst., solemnly blessed the new addition to the church-school, amidst the rejoicing of the…

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An Historical Church

Watchman · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 8

St. Philip's, Church Hill, is the most historical church in Sydney. Early history shows that in all probability it was the first church in Australia, Many…

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A Round of the Churches. Newtown Congregational

Watchman · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 2

This church was also "in the air" same Sabbath evening. It was the children's anniversary, and they seemed to be doing the singing. So that esteemed…

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Some Church Bells and Clocks

Watchman · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 7

Ministers and lay officers of Sydney and country-churches frequently show a woeful lack of knowledge concerning church buildings in which they officiate…

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Church of "The Little Flower," Lakemba

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 26

On Sunday a Missa Cantata was celebrated at the 9.30 o'clock Mass in St. Theresa's Church (The Little Flower), Lakemba, with the Rev. Father Bryant,…

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Church in U.S.A. Shows Great Gain

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 37

The 1926 edition of the Official Catholic Directory of the United States has just been issued. A comparison of the statistics contained in it with those in the…

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Church Reunion. Tongan Methodists. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 May 1926 · page 10

At to-day's session of the general conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia, consideration was given to Tongan affairs…

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