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Churches, 1940

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Stir at Churchill's Meeting Beating Hitler to Initiative in Offensive Tribute to R.N. LONDON. Sunday. Our Own Cable Service

Daily News · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

SOON Hitler might be in the Allies' present position of wondering where the enemy would strike, and, at the same time, endeavoring to strike back, Mr. Winston Churchill told his audience when speaking at…

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The Churches Educations Necessity

Daily News · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 4

IT was significant that that day they were observing two ceremonies--the opening of a new Catholic school and the laying of the foundation-stone of a new church, said Archbishop Gilroy at Mascot yesterday…

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Nazi Strength to Be Tested Says Churchill London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 3

"We do not mean to continue merely waiting for blows to be struck," Mr. Winston Churchill told a great Manchester audience last night. "We hope the day will come when we hand that job over…

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Church Pleas For Natives

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1940 · page 5

The administration of aboriginal affairs was condemned in a number of churches yesterday. "Australia should see that the remnant…

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Building and Construction. Church Hill. Re-planning St. Philip's Area. New Parish Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

The historic site around St. Philip's, Church Hill, is being re-planned so that the subsidiary buildings will not obscure or detract from the beauty of the…

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Mission Of Trimmer for Melbourne

Daily News · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 8

A MELBOURNE trip is in the offing for Trimmer, winner of the Kurnell Handicap at…

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200 Priests at Catholic Synod

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 7

More than 200 priests attended the annual private synod of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Sydney today…

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Catholic Rally in N.z

Daily News · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.-- Catholics held a Propagation of Faith rally here to-day in connection with the Centennial Eucharistic Congress,…

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New Mascot Church. Ambitious Building Scheme

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1940 · page 5

The Rev. E. Teehan, parish priest of Mascot, has planned an ambitious building programme, including a new Church of St. Therese, and a large…

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St. Philip's New Parish Hall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 7

The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, will lay the commemoration stone of the new parish hall of St. Philip's Church, Church Hill, at 5 p.m. to-day…

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Annual Synod. Roman Catholic Clergy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 12

More than 350 diocesan priests and members of religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church attended the annual synod of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Sydney at St…

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Cleric Farewelled Presentation at Granville Presbyterian Function

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 9

Tributes were showered on Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Whittle when they were entertained at a surprise party by Knox Church and Tron Kirk Presbyterians…

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Said Goodbye Hills Church Worker

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 8

Members of the Castle Hill Methodist Christian Endeavour Society recently bade farewell to a fellow-member, Mr. Arthur Stag, prior to his departure…

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Parchment Scroll for New Church

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1940 · page 2

A parchment scroll signed by the Governor (Lord Wakehurst) will be placed under the commemoration stone to be set at 5 p.m. today by the…

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Methodist Fete

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 2

The Penrith Methodist Fete will be held on March 14 and 15, 1940, not March 12 and 13, as previously announced…

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Merrylands Presbyterian Church Last Sundays Services

The Broadcaster · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

Both services on Sunday were conducted by Mr. J. Perkins. At the morning service, the lesson was read from chapter 27 of the Gospel of…

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Glimpses Of Catholic Mission Live— Through Broome to Beagle Bay If Dampier's Ghost Returned

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 3

If the ghost of Dampier could visit to-day the Catholic natives of the land that bears his name he would certainly have a different story to tell; and I am…

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New Church School for Berala Archbishop Gilroy Visits the Parish

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 18

Sunday last, January 28, had been eagerly anticipated by the parishioners of Berala, for his Grace the Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D., Coadjutor Archbishop…

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Amongst Our Catholic People

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 14

A cable from Madrid states that a decree promulgated by the Spanish Government provides that property worth £7,500,000 which the Republic…

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Beryl Joyce Oakleigh Plate Mission

Daily News · Thursday 1 February 1940 · page 8

BERYL JOYCE, successful at Kensington yesterday, has been nominated for the Oakleigh…

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