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Churches, 1940

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At Wedding Reception Married In Church Of Their Schooldays

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 13

At St. Mark's, Darling Point, the church they had attended during their schooldays, Miss Margaret Hezlett Cary and Mr. Ian McLaurin were married last night. The bride is the elder daughter…

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Looking Backwards Our Catholic Life of Long Age "There's many a memory bright and fair will tingle at a name, But leave unsti[?]ed the embere there we cannot fan to flame."—"Around the Boris Log." Notes From Our Files of 1904

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 8

Our correspondent writes under date March 17: "The sports and picnic held at Tuggranong during Easter in aid of the Sacred Heart Church, were a great…

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Methodist Church. Ordination Service

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 11

At a service held in Bourke Street Methodist Church last night, the Revs. G. A. Wheen, J. A. Willson, W. M. Bramford, and J. W. Poole, were ordained ministers…

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Roman Catholic Orders Conferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 11

Seventeen Roman Catholic students received minor orders (the diaconate) at St. Patrick's College. Manly, yesterday morning. Archbishop Gilroy, who officiated, was…

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"Church Standard." Former Editor Visits Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 11

The Rev. G. Stuart Watts, for several years editor of the "Church Standard," who terminated his connection with the journal on Wednesday, left for Goulburn last night, where he…

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Archbishop Is Dead In Deep Affection They Called Him: Sydney Mourns Dr. Kelly Funeral Wednesday MICHAEL: The Builder Church Richer Prelate's Service

The Sun · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

Death came peacefully to the venerable Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Michael Kelly, at 12.50 p.m. to-day. All last night he had lain unconscious in his The venerable Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Most Rev. Dr. Michael Kelly, who died…

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Storm Oyer Church Editor

Daily News · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 3

A STORM of protest at the dismissal of the editor of the Church Standard, Rev. G. Stuart…

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Ex-Editor Cleric May Quit Church

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

The Rev. G. Stuart Watts, former editor of the Church Standard, said yesterday that he might…

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New Catholic Leader

Daily News · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 6

Archbishop Gilroy, who succeeds the late Dr. Kelly as spiritual leader of the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, is the…

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New Catholic Archbishop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 2

DR. GILROY, new Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, who succeeds the late Dr. Kelly…

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Methodist Christian Endeavour

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 17

Something of a revival has taken place in the Christian Endeavour Movement during the past few years in Methodism. About five years ago…

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2.—Home Mission Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 5

Rev. A. G. Manefield, B.A., the newly-ap-pointed Home Mission Secretary, was trained at Leigh College, having been received as a can-didate at the Conference of 1919. After…

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Final Reading of Stations. Methodist Church. Conference Decisions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 10

The Ministerial Stationing Committee of the Methodist Conference met yesterday when the following appointments of ministers for the ensuing year…

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3.—Assistant Home Mission Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 5

The choice of the Conference for position of Assistant Home Mission Secretary fell upon the Rev. W. Whitbread, of Casino. Mr. Whitbread brings to the office a varied experience of…

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Balmain Mission The Poet's Sermon

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 12

Nothing, it is said, is more able to wing the soul across the great silences into the eternal beyond or reveal to the mind of man the mind of God…

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Death Of Sydney's Catholic Archbishop

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 5

REPOSE: Lighted by tapers, the body of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Kelly) lying in state in the private oratory at the Cardinal's Palace, Manly, last night. The body is clothed in the full vestments of archepiscopal office…

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The Home Mission Department 1.—General Secretary

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 5

The unanimous vote of the Conference, by which the Rev. R. H. Campbell was appointed to the office of General Secretary of the Department of Home Missions, was a magnificent…

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Opinions of Others American Methodist Press. the United States of the World

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 15

Unquestionably there is a clarifying of men's minds towards a new and more effective League of Nations. Many voices are talking about…

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The Layman's Responsibilities of Leadership Outline of an address at the Laymen's Love Feast prior to the opening of Conference by Mr. Rupert Grove, LL.B., lay representative of South Sydney Mission

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 16

I do not desire to embark on an exposition of Methodist law as regards the layman's duties, but rather to deal with our responsibilities in the spiritual sphere. Leadership in the Christian…

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The Church and Education a Paper read at the Conference "Congress" by Mr. P. R. Le COUTEUR, M.A., Headmaster of Newington College

The Methodist · Saturday 9 March 1940 · page 4

The Christian Church has always been interested in education. From its beginnings, when Christ instructed His disciples, until the present day, when we see a variety of Church educational…

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