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Churches, 1931

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Stories of the "Conteur." A Picturesque Figure of Catholic Canada

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

THE French-Canadian conteur, one of the most fascinating and picturesque figures in a land which has always been staunchly Catholic, is…

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Queensland Notes Our Catholic Schools. Lenten Pastoral by Bishop Byrne

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 26

In the course of his Lenten Pastoral, his Lordship the Bishop of Toowoomba (Right Rev. Dr. James Byrne) applied the following very apposite remarks to the matter of…

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Rosary in House of Commons. Dramatic Episodes in Catholic History

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 38

The real reason why we did not read the pages of past history was because we did not think we could be interested, yet it was possible to find in the pages…

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The Pope and Catholic Journalism. a New Era About to Be Opened

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 37

Following on the holding of the International Catholic Press Congress in Brussels, delegates from the organising committee have travelled to Rome and…

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Looking Backwards. Our Catholic Life of Long Ago. Notes From Our Files of 1884

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 16

Says our correspondent, December, 1884: The Fish River is beginning to wear a rather animated appearance…

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From Rome to our Copy Desk: The World's Catholic News Japanese Catholics Celebrate Diamond Jubilee. Exile for Faith

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 22

Nagasaki (Japan).—A touching ceremony that recalls vividly one of the most remarkable phases of Catholic history in Japan took place at Nagasaki…

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An Old, Old Story. the World and the Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 6

The criticisms to which Our Lord was subjected are repeated to-day against the Church. The opponents of Catholicism find exactly the same causes of offence in…

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Fijian Catechist Passes. Gave Entire Life to Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 5

The death of Mr. Daniel Vunivi at Delailagi, Fiji Islands, on November 7, robs this remote missionary land of one of its most devout and active Catholic laymen…

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To Relieve St. Mary's. Australia's Heart Should Open to Mother Church

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 23

Aa one immense building of architectural beauty, there is nothing to equal St. Mary's Basilica, Sydney, in the whole of the Commonwealth…

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Lismore Diocese. Laying of Foundation-stone of Church at Glenreagh

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 37

On Sunday, 1st inst., his Lordship Dr. Carroll, Bishop of Lismore, laid the foundation-stone of the church to be erected at Glenreagh. Fine, although sultry, weather…

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West Tamworth. Ardent Church Workers Celebrate Silver Jubilee

The Catholic Press · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 29

At Moree on February 22, 1906, Mr. Bede Maher, of Keepit, Manilla, and Miss Helen Bartier, of Wallangra, near Inverell, were married. Rev. Father F. Lloyd solemnised…

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Gifts to Church Dedication at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 2

When the Granville Catholic Apostolies closed their church two years ago they presented the wooden building to the local Anglicans for use as a kindergarten…

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Whisky in Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 15

A bottle of whisky, a bottle of beer and five kippers reposed on a table in front of the pulpit of Hyde parish church, Winchester, on the occasion of the…

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Historical Church at Dundas

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 10

Amongst the many old churches and other buildings in the Parramatta district which date back to the early days of the Colony, the Methodist, (or…

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Organ Recital At Macquarie Street Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 13

An organ recital and sacred concert was held in the Macquaric-street, Methodist Church on Sunday, February 22, when a fair audience attended. The…

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Long Queues at Church Melbourne Tributes to Melba Funeral To-day Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 8

LYING in state in Scots Church, a Melbourne landmark built by her father, Mr.David Mitchell, the body of…

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Death of Rev. Mother M. PATRICK. Sisters of Mercy Mourn. Church Loses a Devoted Daughter

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 32

WIDESPREAD was the grief when it became known that the much-loved Mother Superior of the Convent of Mercy, "Monte Sant' Angelo," North…

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Every Stitch a Prayer. for Poor Churches

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 34

If the Catholic Church has helped women to emancipation (and she has), and elevated her far above the status of the mere chattel which for centuries…

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A Fact of Importance. the Church and Archaeological Study

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 8

The mistaken notion that the Church discourages 'archeological study receives a rude shock now and then, when some interesting fact of a buried civilisation…

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The Way of the Cross. Stations at Church of Sacred Heart, Hamilton, Erected

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 26 February 1931 · page 7

FORMING a notable addition to an imposing edifice, the Stations of the Cross were erected canonically. in the Church of the Sacred Heart," Hamilton…

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