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Churches, 1939

3,931 stories in Sydney's papers · page 84 of 197

Mary Immaculate Church, Waverley. Annual Ball

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 36

Four hundred dancers attended the Waverley Ball, held at the Paddington Town Hall on May 30. Bight daintily clad debutantes, carrying Early…

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Christian Bros. High School, Lewisham Golden Jubilee of the School High Mass of Thanksgiving on Saturday, June 17, at 10 O'clock in St. Thomas' Church, Lewisham. The Moat Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D., will Preside

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 9

Fifty years ago, in 1889, his Eminence Cardinal Moran invited the then Superior of the Christian Brothers, Rev. Brother Treacy, to open a school in Lewisham…

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First Church at Canberra Blessed His Excellency the Apostolic Delegate Welcomed by Representative Assemblage

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 22

A fresh page of Catholic history was added to the records of the Church in the Federal Capital on Sunday, when his Excellency the…

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Church Jubilee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 5

Former and present members attended the diamond jubilee celebration of the Pymble Methodist Church in such numbers list night that they crowded the main building and…

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Priests Forbidden to Attend Races Church Decrees Issued

The Sun · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 3

Roman Catholic priests in all parts of Australia and New Zealand are strictly forbidden to attend horse or dog race meetings and prize fights, or to gamble with bookmakers, by the new decrees of the Plenary Council of…

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Church Tea Meeting

The Propeller · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 3

All available seating accommodation was used on Saturday night in St. John's Church of England Hall, Penshurst, when the annual tea…

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Christian Science Churches

Liverpool News · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 4

God the only Cause and Creator was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: "The Lord…

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Loftus Park Church of Christ

The Biz · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 5

The services held in the abovementioned church last Lord's Day were again well attended. The morning service was presided over…

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LOOKING Backwards Our Catholic Life of Long Ago There's many a memory bright and fair will tingle at a name, But leave unstirred the embers there we cannot fan to flame." —"Around the Boree Log." Notes From Our Files of 1903

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 33

In December, last year, his Lordship Dr. Doyle, Bishop of Lismore, received the vows of two young ladies in the new Convent Chapel at Casino. The musical…

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Roman Catholic Church. New Decrees. Priests Must Not Attend Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 12

The attendance of Roman Catholic priests at horse races, dog meeting prize fights, and theatrical entertainments in a public theatre, and betting…

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Christian Science Churches

The St George Call · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 6

“God the only Cause and Creator,” was the subject in all Churches of Christ, scientist, on Sunday. The Golden Text was: “The Lord reigneth he is clothed…

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Church Of New Zealand

Daily News · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

Sir.--I read with interest "Churchman's" interview with his Aunt Phoebe, as chronicled in the Daily News…

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Bequests to Church

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 6

Gifts amounting to £7,00O to the Presbyterian Church are contained in the will of the late Mr. Andrew Reid, merchant, formerly of Wahroonga. These nre: £2,000…

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Balmain Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 13

This Mission makes an urgent appeal to the Methodists of New South Wales for help in its work of assisting the very large…

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Methodism in U.S.A. Consummation of the Union of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and. tho Methodist Protestant Church

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 4

IN former issues the historic union of three Methodisms in America has been kept before the notice of the New South Wales Methodist Church. Files to hand report the opening session…

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Methodist Women's Federation

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 5

The Council of the Methodist Women's Federation met recently in the Board Room, 139 Castlereagh Street, City. The new president, Mrs. Eli Hynes, was in the chair. The secretary reported…

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Narrabri (North-West Mission) Harvest Festival

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 14

On a recent Sunday evening the Methodist Church was transformed into a bower of beautiful flowers and fruits. The artistically arranged…

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Local Preachers to the Local Preachers of the Methodist Church of New South Wales the Needed LINK—No. 6

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 5

The recent Conference approved the recommendation and appointed a Local Preachers' Committee, consisting of fifteen local preachers and an equal number of ministers, including the…

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"The Church on the Hill" The Sixtieth Anniversary of the Pymble Church

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 1

THERE are few churches in New South Wales Methodism so picturesque in setting and so aesthetically appealing, in…

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Penrose Church Destruction

The Methodist · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 6

Sir,—A lady from Mosman when sending a donation to the re-building of our Penrose Church, wrote: "I passed through in the train a few days after the fires, and was appalled at the…

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