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Churches, 1930

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Social News and Gossip. Catholic Ball

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 12

Debutantes are handing in their names for the Catholic Ball, to be held in the Sydney Town Hall, on Tuesday, June 10, and any young ladies interested should…

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A Modern Danger to Catholic Youth

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 24

"WHEN one sees the lurid titles of the novelettes which smartly-dressed girls read on 'bus or train or tram going to and from the mill, factory, shop or office, one wonders what is the use of the State spending colossal sums on a system of education which apparently fosters in the young no taste for…

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True Catholic Family. Fruits of Conversion

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 41

To have sung in the same church choir for over 70 years is the almost unique record of Mr. Thomas Giles Pedrick, of Teignmouth, England, who celebrated his…

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Training School on Gold Coast for Catholic Teachers

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 37

Kumasi (Gold Coast, British West Africa).—The African Missionaries of Lyons on February 15 opened at Amisano, Gold Coast Colony, St. Augustine's…

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Death of M. E. Francis. Famous Catholic Novelist

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

A very wide circle of readers in Australia will learn with much regret of the death of Mrs. Francis Blundell, who under her pen-name, "M. E. Francis," had…

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Gold Coast, West Africa. Catholic Teachers' Training School

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 14

African Missionaries of Lyons on February 15 opened at Amisano, Gold Coast Colony, St. Augustine's Catholic Teachers' Training College. The formal ceremony, in…

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Scene of Naval Conference. Once a Catholic Hospital

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 36

The Naval Disarmament Conference at London was held in a building which was originally dedicated to charity. St. James palace was, according to the…

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St. Mary's, North Sydney. Men of the Parish. Annual Communion and Breakfast

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 17

The eighth annual Communion and breakfast of the men of St. Mary's parish, North Sydney, took place on Sunday. Despite the bitter wintry Saturday afternoon…

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The Value of the Confessional. a Non-Catholic Witness

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 10

The confessional, as all Catholics know, has been violently attacked from every angle by enemies of the Church. We may be pardoned, therefore, for…

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Teaching of Religion: Our Catholic Schools and Leakage II

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 18

Janet Erskine Stuart has well said: "The end of Catholic education is to produce Catholics who can stand on their own legs apart from any props of custom and…

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The Catholic Pioneers of the West And the Church's Thanksoffering. Archbishop Duhig's Discourse at the Opening of the New Perth Cathedral

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

His Grace the most Rev. Dr. Duhig, Archbishop of Brisbane, preached the occasional sermon at the Pontifical High Mass on Sunday last (May 4th) at the…

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The Virgin Queen of May. Devotion in the Catholic Home

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 8

Our Lady's Month! Is there a Catholic community in Christendom that is not quickened by its devotional spirit? Is there a Catholic home the wide world over whose…

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Sydney Specialist. Dr. A. E. Housen-Brady's Death. Notable Catholic Personality

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 14

By the death of Dr. Albert Edward Housen-Brady, at the early age of 50 years, Sydney has lost one of its well-known and highly-respected Catholic…

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N.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. Concert and Presentation of Prizes

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 32

A concert and presentation of prizes was held by the New South Wales Catholic Debating Societies' Union on, Monday, 28th April at St. James' Hall,…

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Historical Survey. Catholic Education in New South Wales. "Catholic Education in New South Wales." By Rev. Brother Urban Corrigan, M.A., Sydney. Angus and Robertson, 3s 6d

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 7

This short history of Catholic schools in New South Wales can be commended not only to Catholics but to the general public. It is chiefly connected with primary…

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Catholic Boy Scouts Annual Procession and Papal Banner Presentation Splendid Demonstration in the City

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 19

The Catholic Boy Scouts and their leaders have reason to be proud of the splendid display which the boys made on Sunday on the occasion of the…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Notes From Our Files of 1882

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 16

Here are some items of interest taken from our files 48 years ago:— 'November 18.—The Royal Arcade, running from George-street to Pitt-street,…

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From Rome to our Copy Desk: The World's Catholic News the "Fides" Service a Japanese Bishop's Demands. Liberty for Catholics in Empire

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 9

Nagasaki (Japan).—One of the great difficulties facing the Church in Japan arises from the official ceremonies held in the Shinto temples which both…

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Church Parade St. Johns' Ambulance

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 6

On the 4th of May the St. .John's Ambulance Brigade held a church parade. Leaving Aubarn ambulance room at 10.30 a.m., the parade, headed by the…

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The Mass. Lectures and Pictures at St Patrick's, Church Hill

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 May 1930 · page 16

A series of lectures on the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass will be delivered on the second and fourth Sundays during May at St. Patrick's, Church Hill…

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