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Churches, 1937

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Church Notes Special Coronation Services

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 May 1937 · page 17

SPECIAL Coronation services in Sydney churches will begin tomorrow. A united service in the Town Hall on…

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School Notes a Weekly Feature British History Roman Catholic Freedom

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 8

Before Elizabeth's reign (1558-1603) Roman Catholics had not complete political freedom. In Elizabeth's reign (1563) they…

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Churchmen Perturbed at Moral Rot Auckland

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 13

New Zealand's low moral standards, as disclosed in a report by the committee appointed by the Government to…

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Coronation and Religion The VOICE of the CHURCH

The Sun · Sunday 9 May 1937 · page 7

WHAT thoughts does Coronation arouse in the minds of Churchmen and Bible- lovers?…

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Catholic Mission to Seamen. Appeal for Support

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 10

In an address yesterday afternoon to a large gathering at the 30th annual reunion of the Catholic Institute for Seamen, at which Archbishop Kelly presided, the Very Rev. Father…

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Catholic Institute for Seamen Annual Reunion

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 5

The annual reunion fo the Catholic Institute for Seamen was held yesterday afternoon, and his Grace Most Rev. Dr. Kelly, D.D…

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The Churches. Sydney University Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 11

There was a large congregation of members of the Senate, professorial staffs, and students at the annual service of Sydney University at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday…

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Mothers' Day Was Honored Throughout The State in Churches and Homes Women A Force Against War Wonderful Love

The Labor Daily · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 6

MOTHERS' DAY was remembered yesterday throughout the State with affectionate simplicity on a scale which manifested the growing popularity of the occasion. In almost every home, in the…

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Spain, Mexico, and the Catholic Church

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 2

“An Appeal to Catholics by L. Sharkey. Price 2d. The struggle in Spain, and the present situation in Mexico can…

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Aid Church Funds Presbyterian Ban on Dancing

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 13

NO question of morality was involved in the ban by the Presbyterian Church on raising church funds by…

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Parish Cliques "The Very Devil"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 7

Cliques or parties within a parish were a dis-service to the Christian Church. The Rev. Dr. P. A. Micklem said this last night, at a farewell dinner tendered…

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Radio in Schools Catholic Enterprise Two Hundred Receivers

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 17

A great advance is about to be made in respect of educational broadcasting by the introduction of radio receivers in 200 Catholic schools—practically the whole of those within the Sydney…

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“Catholic Action” in Action Organised Rowdyism Adelaide Spanish Relief Meeting

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 1

ADELAIDE.—Over 1000 people attended a meeting called by the Spanish Relief Fund Committee in Adelaide Town Hall, on May 5. The purpose of the meeting, to collect funds for the relief of the Spanish people, was not helped by the presence of…

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Church Jubilee

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 15

The Congregational Church. Kogarah, will celebrate its jubilee on May 16 and 23. Members of the council will attend the service on May 23…

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Receiving Set in St. Mark's Church

The Sun · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 15

A receiving set and amplifiers have been placed in St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, where the broadcast of the Coronation ceremony will be…

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Church's Honor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 3

BERLIN, Monday.--In a new pastoral letter, read to overflowing churches yesterday the Catholic Bishop of Berlin (Count von Preysing) bitterly assailed…

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Church and State

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 10

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY (Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang) in the robes he will wear when he crowns King George VI at Westminster Abbey…

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Church On Dances, Cards

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 May 1937 · page 4

RAISING of money by dances and card parties has caused a conflict in the Presbyterian Church…

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Atlantic Flight. Airmen's Mission. Pictures of the Coronation. Plan to Leave for U.S.A. To-day. (Australian Associated Press and British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 12

Mr, Dick Merrill, with his co-pilot, Lambie, took 21 hours 2 minutes to fly the Atlantic from New York to Croydon…

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Scots Church. Rev. G. MacLeod Dunn's Ministry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1937 · page 17

The Rev. G. MacLeod Dunn, of Prestwick, Scotland, who will commence a six months' ministry at Scots Church, Sydney, from June 1, is travelling by the Moreton Bay, which…

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