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Churches, 1928

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Wild Ruin Two Up in Church No Action, Yet

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 7

Used as a two-up school, and frequented by undesirables, St John's Church of England, in Botany-road,…

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Church Used for Two-Up School-- --Harvesting Leeton Paddy Fields

The Sun · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 20

ONCE A THRIVING MISSION CHURCH, now a gaming den. St. John's Church of England, Botany-road, Mascot. (See next picture at right.) FALLING TO THE PICK Of PROGRESS, to be rebuilt on a grander scale. Demolishers at work on the old Commercial Bank of Australia--George and…

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Churches Object Only to Host Deputation Will Approach Mr. Bavin

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 19

The Council of Churches, at its annual meeting yesterday, was told that the Premier (Mr. Bavin) would receive at the end of May its deputation of…

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Boxing "Brutal and Degrading" Churches View Not Shared By Leading Men

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1928 · page 12

Is boxing brutal? The Council of Churches says "Yes." Many prominent Sydney men. declare, "No--it is a manly sport."…

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ITS 44th Birthday Methodist Mission

Evening News · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 4

THE 44th annual report of the Sydney Central Methodist Mission says that the organisation has shown extraordinary vitality, and is unquestionably one of the…

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Catholic Truth Society. Current Publications

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 45

"The Franciscan Missionaries of Mary." By Father Alphonsus Bonnar, O.F.M., D.D. The rapid growth of this institute must be attributed not only to natural causes…

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The Catholic Ball of 1928

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 26

Debutantes who wish to be presented to his Grace the ' Archbishop at the Catholic Ball to be held at the Palais Royal on June 12th are reminded to…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Wollongong Church, in 1906

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 16

Rev. Father P. J. Walsh welcomed the Cardinal to the turesque town of Wollongong in May, on the…

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Catholic Scots. Restoration of the Hierarchy

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 5

Nearly 51 years ago, on May 9, 1877 (I remember it as if it were yesterday) the venerable Pontiff, Pius IX., received from a representative deputation of Scottish…

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Island of Cyprus. Its Catholic History

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 7

This year sees the golden "jubilee of the British occupation in Cyprus. This little Asiatic island is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as having been visited by St…

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Catholic Notes. the Archbishop of Sydney's Engagements

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 26

His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney presided at a meeting of the Diocesan Consultors at the Cathedral Presbytery, commencing at 11 a.m. yesterday…

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Catholic Hospital Staffs. a Danger and a Remedy

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 25

Sir,—It is obvious, from the feeling that exists in Catholic medical circles, that the time is ripe for the formation of two bodies: (1) An Ecclesiastical Board of…

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N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. the Union

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 35

The debating competitions now being' carried on by the Union are proving very successful. Great competition has been, shown between the various branches, and the ultimate result of the…

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The N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. the Union

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 34

The Debating Competitions now being carried on by the Union. are proving very successful. Great rivalry has been shown between the various branches and…

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Anti-catholic History. How it is Compiled. Lecture by Hilaire Belloc

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 7

The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, was packed to overflowing on January 23, when Mr. Hilaire Belloc lectured on "Anti-Catholic History" under the auspices of An…

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The Church and Evolution. An Artificer of Error: Haeckel. (All Rights Reserved.) X.

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 15

"It is not so easy," says la Bruyere, "to make a name by means of a perfect work as it is to got an indifferent one accepted on the strength of one's previous reputation."…

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The Church in De La Salle College, Armidale.—bursary Winners. Mexico. Interview With Mexican-Priest

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 25

Recently I learnt the name and address of a certain Mexican priest, who is at present staying in the U.S.A., but who will soon leave for his native land, where he…

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Pictures of the Mass. at St. Patrick's, Church Hill

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 25

St. Patrick's, Church Hill, was crowded to the doors last Sunday evening, when the pictures of the Mass, and an explanatory sermon by the parish priest (Rev. Father…

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What We Should Do. Church Behaviour

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 May 1928 · page 3

IN the vestibule of all Catholic churches you will find a holy water font conspicuously placed so that you may dip in your hand and bless yourself…

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Methodist Mintster. Ordained As Anglican. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1928 · page 12

The Rev. C. Sims, formerly stationed at Hay as a Methodist minister, was ordained as a deacon of the Church of England to-day, by the Bishop of Riverina. The…

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