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Churches, 1928

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A Utopia Within the Empire. Catholic Canada

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 11

WHAT a delightful change it would be if the "gloomy" Dean of St. Paul's, who draws his weekly cheque from a London evening paper…

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Entomology. Federal Plans. Dr. Tillyard's Mission. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 20

Dr. R. J. Tillyard, the newly-appointed Commonwealth Entomologist, will leave Sydney on the Tahiti on April 19 for the United States and Europe. The purpose of his…

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Great Ulster Presbyterian. Rev. J. B. Armour Dead

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 17

One of the most outstanding members of the Irish Presbyterian Church passed away on January 25, in Rev. James Brown Armour, M.A., of Ballymoney, County…

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King Fouad Pledges Religious Liberty to Catholic People

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 33

Assurance of full religious liberty for Catholics in Egypt was given by King Fouad in an interview with Mgr. Girard, Bishop of the Delta, a few weeks ago…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 16

We note the following clerical changes in the Goulburn diocese published in the "Freeman" in February, 1906: "Rev. Father Sharkey,…

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Speed the Plough ! Labor's Mission Wool Is National Waste

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

LABOR can accomplish the immediate task that lies before it in the Debt of national polities. It can increase the tempo of the transition from pastoral…

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Catholic Evidence. Tom, Dick and Harry, a Dialogue. "M.c"

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

Tom: Hello, Dick, all alone—whore's Harry? Dick: Gone to the Catholic Speakers' Class—Monday night, you know…

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St. John's College. Welcome to Freshmen. Catholic University Association Proposed

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 17

A welcome to Catholic freshmen, organised by several graduates, was held at St. John's College, on Friday night, 23rd inst. Mr. Greg Thomas presided, and welcomed…

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Lindbergh's Gratitude. Gift to Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 11

Colonel C. A. Lindbergh, famous transAtlantic airman, has sent a gift for the purchase and erection of a statue of St. Joseph in St. Joseph's Church, Choconut…

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The Church and Evolution. From Lamarck to Darwin. (All Rights Reserved.) VI

The Catholic Press · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 11

A great historian of Evolution, Professor Osborn, has written "From the Greeks to Darwin." I have endeavoured to throw a little light upon a much misunderstood…

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Old Prospect Church Pages from the Past No. 2

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 15

Before continuing the records of old St. Bartholomew's Church, a few notes concerning some of the persons mentioned may with advantage be interposed. As I…

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Successful Concert For Church Funds

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

The Elitet Hall was well filled by an appreciative audience on Thursday night last, when a concert, arranged and organised by Miss McEachran, of…

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Catholicity in South Wales. People Returning to the Church

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 45

Few people realise the glorious Catholic history that Surrounds Wales, which suffered greatly in the days of the persecution, but which is gradually…

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The Streets of Old Malacca. The Same as when St. Francis Trod Them. a Church in Which He Preached

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 37

The streets of Malacca are much the same to-day as when St. Francis Xavier trod them centuries ago, and on the hill above the city stand the ruins of…

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Our Churches. "Gates of Heaven."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 7

The Litany of Loreto calls our Blessed Lady "Gate of Heaven." She is the ladder seen by Jacob in his dream, reaching up from earth to Heaven. She…

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Question Box Who were the Fathers of the Church?

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 4

The appellation of Fathers is used in a more general and a more restricted Sense. In a general sense it denotes all those Christian writers of the first…

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The Church a Mediator Among Extremists

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 29

In the controversies of the present age, which cared precious little about the "Reformation" or any religious event that had happened since then, the…

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Building St. Mary's The Church and Music

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 31

THE Church may be called the mother of music. The first written music was made to enshrine the plainsong of Christian worship. The…

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Church Factions. Queensland Dispute. Manse Forcibly Entered. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 18

The trouble between two factious at the Lutherian Church, in Wickham Terrace, broke out afresh again to-day. Two painters entered the manse, which is still occupied by…

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Churches of Christ

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 April 1928 · page 18

The 43rd annual conference of the New South Wales Churches of Christ was continued last night, when an inspirational rally was held in the City Temple. Colonel Law, of the…

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