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Churches, 1931

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Eastwood Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 41

Mass, Eastwood. Sunday, 7 and 9.45.: Marsfield, 8.30. Week days: Eastwood, 7 o'clock. Devotions: Eastwood, Sunday, Tuesday and Friday, 7.30 p.m…

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Milton and Conjola Parish

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 5

Visitors to these famous South Coast resorts will please note that Holy Mass is celebrated every Sunday at Milton at 8 a.m., and Conjola at 10.30 a.m. Devotions…

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Methodist President

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 6

Rev. J. W. Burton, M.A., newly-elected president of the Methodist Conference, in Sydney, is a man of strong personality and outstanding gifts. He is a missionary of…

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Founder of Anglican Church Memorial Service at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 3

A memorial service to the late Mr. G. H. Lewis, a founder of St. Thomas' Church, Auburn, and an ex-member of the Auburn Council, was held in the…

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Roundabout Notes. Chiefly Catholic. Increase of Catholic Peers in Great Britain

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 9

The new books of reference testify to the remarkable increase in the number of Catholic peers in Great Britain during the last few years. These include…

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Mission at St. Kevin's, Eastwood

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 26

In connection with the holy season of Lent there will be a fortnight's Mission in Eastwood and a week at Marsfield. The Mission shall be conducted by the…

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Sir Otto Niemeyer's Brazil Mission

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 11

Four questions are involved in the official invitation to Sir Otto Niemeyer in his recently-undertaken mission of investigaton and advice to Brazil. They are: (1) The prompt…

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Methodist Church. Conference Opened. REV. J. W. Burton Elected President

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 13

The Methodist Conference was officially opened in the Lyceum Hall last night. There was a large gathering of delegates, and the Methodist people of Sydney. The retiring…

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Bursaries and Scholarships. Catholic Successes

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 20

The Bursary Endowment Board has awarded bursaries tenable at the University of Sydney to the following candidates upon the results of the Leaving Certificate…

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Political Problems. Methodist Minister's Address

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

"The Methodist Church will not tolerate repudiation," said the Rev. H. W. Jones, retiring president, in his official address at the opening of the Methodist conference last…

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Famous Catholic Agriculturist. Death in London

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 32

The death occurred in December of Professor T. Wibberley, M.I.A., F.L.S., the well-known agricultural expert and former Harrington Professor of Agricultural…

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Four Methodist Ministers Commemorate Their Jubilees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 12

Rev. John Hulme, of Cronulla, entered the ministry in 1881. Rev. Henry Pennington has served in all parts of the State since 1884…

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Methodist Chief Slates Politicians MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 3

At the opening of the annual Methodist Conference of Victoria and Tasmania last night Rev. J. Rowse, retiring president, said Australia had some…

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Methodist President Attacks the Dole "Demoralising, Degrading"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 7

Criticising the dole as demoralising and degrading, the retiring president of the Methodist Conference last night declared that…

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Methodist Ministers. Voluntarily Reduce Stipends. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

Almost unanimously, the Ministerial session of the Methodist Conference adopted a resolution recommending that stipends of ministers should be reduced from £275 to £250 for…

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REV. J. W. BURTON. New Methodist President

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

The Rev. John Wear Burton, M.A., who was elected president of the Methodist Conference last night, was born at Lazenby, Yorkshire, on March 7, 1875. His parents…

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W.S.W. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. ASHFIELD

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 31

A large attendance of members and visitors spent a most enjoyable evening at the meeting of St. Vincent's (Ashfield) L., S. and D. Society, hold on the 16th inst. The business of the…

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Amalagamation of Catholic Benefit Societies. The Editor "Freeman's Journal."

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 15

Sir,—If T.J.J. had included the Irish National Foresters, his arguments for the amalgamation of our Catholic Friendly Societies would not only have…

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N.s.w. Catholic Debating Societies' Union. St. Vincent's, Ashfield

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 31

A large attendance of members and visitors spent a most enjoyable evening, at the meeting of the Society held on the 16th inst. It was 'Club Concert."…

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Chicago Society Matron's Adventure Leads Her to Embrace Catholic Faith

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 6

The society section of an American metropolitan Sunday newspaper is about the last, place one would look for the story of a conversion. But like many…

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