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Churches, 1929

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Young People's Camp. Presbyterian Fellowship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 15

The annual camp of the young people of the Presbyterian Fellowship Union of New South Wales at Thornleigh concluded yesterday. About 150 campers attended the conference,…

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Catholic Directory Is Fine Volume Makes Notable Memento of Big Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 16

There have been few finer examples of the printing art in directory work than the "Australasian Catholic Directory" for 1929, just issued…

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Minister From N 7 for Unitarian Church

Evening News · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 11

REV [?] to-day from [?] march to [?]…

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Church Services. St. Stephen's

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 12

Following the custom of many years, a special New Year Day service was held at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, in Philip-street, at 7 o'clock yesterday morning…

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Dancing with Church or with Devil? Boys and Girls Will Dance But Clergy-- Dr. Micklem's Idea Not Favored Drinking As Well?

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1929 · page 7

Should dancing be encouraged as one of the innocent recreations of the Church? Rev. Dr. Micklem, of .St. James's,…

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Mission in Milton Parish

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 31

On a recent Sunday the mission conducted by Rev. Father Goodman, M.S.C., in the Church of St. Mary's Star of the Sea, Milton, solemnly ended with a…

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Anglican Bishop's Daughter. Becomes a Catholic

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 21

Daughter of the Anglican Bishop of Bristol, Miss Dorothy Nickson, has been received into the Catholic Church. She had for some time been under the instruction of…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Catholic Tribute to an Anglican

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 16

The "Freeman" in its issue of November 14, 1907, publishes this interesting paragraph: "His Lordship Dr. Corbett, Bishop of…

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Wyong Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 40

The following is the time-table of Masses for Wyong, and The Entrance, Tuggerah Lakes: On every first, third and fourth Sunday…

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The Mawson Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 6

AUSTRALIA is vitally concerned in Sir Douglas Mawson's proposed sortie into Antarctica. After he discovered…

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Christmas Carols Guildford - Merrylands Parish

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 11

The services in St. Mary's Church of England, Guildford, on Sunday, December 23, were very successful. The carol singing on that day and again on…

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New Parish Students from College

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 3

It is expected that early this year the Anglican Parish at Auburn will be divided so that St. Philip's and St. Thomas's Churches will be in separate parishes…

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Rapid Growth Presbyterian Sunday School

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 13

The secretary of the Silverwater Presbyterian Church Sunday School, informs us that during the last few months—since classes have been held in…

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"Catholic Press" Calendar. Supplement to This Issue

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 21

Our calendar for 1929 is given to our readers as a supplement in this issue. It contains the usual practical features, the feast day selected for the Mass, the colour…

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Father Eris O'Brien and Sth. Hurstville First Catholic School Church Opened His Grace the Archbishop's Tribute

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 17

A fine tribute was paid to the memory of the late Father J. H. Morris, parish priest of Hurstville, by Rev. Father Eris O'Brien…

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A Most Interesting Personage in the Mission World

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 43

One of the most interesting personages of the mission world is Father Aime Villion, of the Paris Foreign Missions Society, who is now 86 years of…

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A Centennial Year. Catholic Emancipation and Its Effect

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 26

The most noteworthy event of the forthcoming year, as far as the English-speaking world is concerned, is the centenary of Catholic Emancipation. The rigour of the…

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Brisbane Day by DAY Catholic Progress During 1928

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 28

Christmas, 1928, ushered in a period of great festivity and spending power for the people of Brisbane and Queensland. Shopkeepers have reported record Christmas…

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Our Leading Catholic Hostesses In Town and Country

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 20

Lady Hughes, Wife of Sir Thomas Hughes, K.C.S.G. This portrait was taken by Lafayette, London, on the occasion of Lady Hushes' presentation at the Second Court last year. Sir Thomas and Lady Hughes have only recently returned from a wonderful trip abroad, though…

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A Poet and the Mass. the Jewel of Catholic Faith

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 January 1929 · page 8

Francis Thompson, whom some critics consider the best English poet since the days of Browning, says! "The Mass has secrets, and so have children," He thus links Holy…

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