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Churches, 1937

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German Church Dispute Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

THE relative peace of the German Protestant Church has been shattered by the surprise resignation of the Reichs Church…

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Wedding at Si. Mark's Church

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 9

DR. AND MRS. RALPH HUNTLEY leaving St. Mark's, Darling Point, after their wedding, which was quietly celebrated on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Huntley was Miss Barbara Balls, of Mosman…

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Woy Methodist Church. Woy Woy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 8

The Rev. H. Campbell, Methodist Home Mission secretary, presided at a meeting in Woy Woy to discuss the anangements for the erection of a church at that centre. Plans…

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Ordained Into Catholic Priesthood Albury

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 10

Rev. Patrick Ford, of Albury, was ordained into priesthood of the Catholic Church yesterday at St. Patrick's Church by Dr. J. Norton…

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Catholic Legal Men in Divorce Suits Obligation to Refuse to Act, Declares Priest

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 11

AN obligation upon Catholic members of the legal profession to refuse "to have hand, act or part" in divorce proceedings was emphasised by Father P. J. Murphy to-day…

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Churches in Germany. Cardinal's Charges. Violation of Concordat. Berlin, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 12

A denunciation of the Nazis' attitude towards the Roman Catholic Church by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Munich (Cardinal Faulhaber) has…

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New Methodist Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

WOY WOY, Tuesday.--At a meeting of Methodists in Woy Woy, presided over by the Rev. H. Campbell, it was decided to construct a church in Woy…

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Catholic Lawyers; Divorce Edict Stir

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

A STIR has been caused among Catholic lawyers by a demand of the Rev. Father P. Murphy that they should not act in divorce proceedings. Father Murphy's statement was…

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Rotary Goodwill Mission. Visit to the East

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 13

The united Rotary clubs of Australia have chartered the ship Taiping, which will leave Sydney this morning, flying the flag c. Rotary International, on a goodwill mission to China…

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'Shun All Divorce Actions' Appeal To Catholic Legal Men By Priest the Red Mass

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

AN exhortation to Catholic members of the legal profession to refuse to have anything to do with divorce proceedings was the feature…

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Divorce Cases. Catholic Legal Men's Obligations. "Should Not Act." Priest's Address at Red Mass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 15

Father P. J. Murphy, in an address at the Red Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral yesterday, said that there was an obligation on Catholic members of the…

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German Church. Berlin, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 16

Because of the failure of the Reich Church Committee to mend the ecclesiastical differences in Germany, Herr Hitler has ordered the Evangelical Church to elect a new synod…

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New Church at Wahroonga

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 17

Plans for a new church at the corner of Cleveland and Water streets, Wahroonga, for the trustees of St. Andrew's Church of England, have…

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Attitude to Divorce Church's Advice to Lawyers

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 13

THE Catholic Church does not prohibit the lawyers among its adherents from appearing in the Divorce Court in all cases, said…

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Abandoned Baby In Church

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 5

NEATLY-DRESSED and well nourished, a pretty baby girl was found abandoned last night under a pew in St. Benedict's Church at…

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New Rift Threatens German Church BERLIN

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 3

AFTER three years the German Protestant Church's struggle for freedom of conscience is threatening to flare up more intensely than ever. At the weekend the Reichs…

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No Church Action

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 7

No prohibition has ever been issued by the Church against the appearance of barristers in the Divorce courts or against judges determining divorce…

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Golden Jubilee Dural Methodist Church

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 7

Dural Methodist Church celebrates its golden jubilee this year, and the trustees have, arranged a special three days' programme for…

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Methodist Fete

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 2

So often have fetes in aid of Penrith Methodist Church been marred by wet weather that it has accepted facetiously that this undesired…

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Scottish Catholic Notes

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 11

On the feast of the immaculate Conception (1936), there took place at the Abbey Church at Fort Augustus the ordination to the priesthood of the Rev. Father Richard…

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