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Churches, 1940

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Catholic Welfare Hut. Ceremony To-morrow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 18

Under the auspices of the Catholic United Services Auxiliary, known as C.U.S.A., a welfare hut will be blessed and opened by the Right Rev. Monsignor J. Meaney, Chancellor…

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Catholic Welfare Hut For A.I.F.

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 6

"Cusa," the welfare hut for men of the Second A.I.F., sponsored by the Catholic United Services' Auxiliary, will be officially opened by Monsignor Meany, at 3.30…

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Notes of the Week The Overseas Mission Board

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 3

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the Board of Missions of Australasian Methodism meets in Sydney next week. It is composed of ministers and laymen elected by the State Conference. It meets…

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Drift From the Churches

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 4

The General Conference Committee appointed to consider and report upon the "Drift from the Churches," composed of New South Wales ministers and laymen, has been making exhaustive…

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Dundas Church

The Methodist · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 10

Sir,—The paragraph appearing in last week's "Methodist" re the above Church and its "Royal associations" is interesting, but hopelessly…

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The Churches. Lenten Services

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 12

Special services will be held at St. Andrew's Cathedral at 8.30 a.m., at 1.10 p.m., and 7.30 p.m., on Wednesday next (Ash Wednesday), the first day of Lent…

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Church In New Guinea RABAUL

The Sun · Saturday 3 February 1940 · page 2

The spiritual welfare of New Guinea is well looked after. Latest figures show that…

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Glamor Girl's Mission Failed

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1940 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Saturday. -- A Nazi glamor girl failed in her mission to South Africa before the war. She is Fraulein Rutkowsky, a young…

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Catholic A.I.F. hut opening

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1940 · page 7

Cusa, the Catholic A.I.F. welfare hut, sponsored by the Catholic United Services Auxiliary, will be officially opened at 3.30 p.m. today by Monsignor…

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As Germans See a Day in Churchill's Life

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1940 · page 4

Before his morning whisky, Winston Churchill asks: "Are those Germans at last beaten?" and is told:…

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10 Days' Mission Opens

Daily News · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 2

A crowded congregation attended the Central Baptist Church, George Street, last night, at the opening of a ten days' mission in connection with…

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Another Catholic Hut For Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 6

The Catholic United Services Auxiliary will build a rest hut at Ingleburn A.I.F. Camp. Dr. E. O'Brien said this yesterday at…

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Roman Catholic Welfare Hut. Men of the Services. Opening in the Domain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 11

A Roman Catholic welfare hut, for men of the fighting forces, which will be maintained by the Catholic United Services Auxiliary, was opened and…

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From the Pulpit. Church's Growth in Australia. Faults of Secular Education

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 8

Canon T. C. Hammond, at St. Philip's, Church Hill, yesterday, said that the anniversary of the first Christian service in Australia, which was being…

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Need for the Church. Forces of Materialism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 8

"There are those who say that we could do without the Churches," said the Rev. A. J. McAllister, preaching at his first service at Neil Memorial Presbyterian Church, Waverley…

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The Churches. Attack on Nazism. Anniversary of First Christian Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 11

"Behind what we are witnessing in Europe lies a challenge to Christian ideals of civilisation," said the Rev. E. J. Davidson, speaking in the Domain…

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New Church at Putney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 11

The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. A. D. Marchant, on Saturday officially opened a new Presbyterian church and Sunday school at Putney. He gave the prayer of…

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Church Dedicated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 11

The Sydney Society of the New Church, a religious body which formerly worshipped in Thomas Street, Ultimo, yesterday morning held a special service to dedicate a new church…

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Struggle For Happiness The Churches

Daily News · Monday 5 February 1940 · page 4

"WHEN Jesus spoke of entering the strait gate, He used the word as applying to straitened circumstances, indicating difficulty, and not straight as we might qualify a road."…

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Roman Catholic Hut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1940 · page 11

The Roman Catholic welfare hut for men of the fighting services, which was opened in the Domain on Saturday, will be ready for service next Friday. It was stated yesterday…

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