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Churches, 1944

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Snipers Hunted In Churchyard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 4

WITH RIFLES ready for action, American paratroopers move cautiously through a French churchyard, in a search…

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Snipers Hunted In Churchyard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 August 1944 · page 4

WITH RIFLES ready for action, American paratroopers move cautiously through a French churchyard, in a search…

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The Baptist Church "A Catholic," Sydney

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 10

Q.: In a discussion with a person belonging to the Baptist Church. I said that the Catholic Church is the only true Church…

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THEATRE Catholic Personality

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 8

Perhaps you know him as Digger Hale and listen to him and his "daughters" from 2UE. Perhaps it's. as Officer Crosby…

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Mission Work in China

The Propeller · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 3

In the Hurstville Presbyterian Church Mr. J. Gardiner, N.S.W. Secretary of the China Inland Mission, recently gave a lantern lecture on Christian work in…

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Did Jesus Say "Catholic?"

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 11

Q.: When Jesus Christ said. "On this rock I will build my Church," He did not say "The Holy Catholic Church."…

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A Lawyer's Duty "Catholic Inquirer," Sydney

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 11

Q: If a person is charged with murder tells a Catholic [?] that he is guilty and asks that sollciter to defend him In court what is…

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Catholic Women Hear Of Chaplains At War

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 13

Colonel the Rev. Father P. T. Boland, Assistant Chaplain-General, considers that the greatest miracle of the Mass in New Guinea is the fact that It can be celebrated at all…

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Stop Press U.s. Mission in North China

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 4

CHUNGKING, Aug. 2 (A.A.P.).— An American military mission is visiting Communist and other areas in northern China to arrange…

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A Page For Catholic Schools- Further Examples Of Tests For Pupils Of Secondary Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 19

AS is usual at this time of the year, we are publishing Test Papers and hints, though there is not…

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Archbishop Blesses New Reredos At St.Patrick's Church

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 5

His Grace the Archbishop of Sydney (Most Rev. N. T. Gilroy, D.D.) on Sunday blessed and dedicated the new reredos, which was erected recently behind the High Altar in St. Patrick's Church, Church Hill…

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No-Church Philosophy

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 10

Q.: As I say, I do not attend any Church, my philosophy being that the smallest flower is more evidence of God than the largest Catherdral…

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The Seven Churches A.F.S., Kellyville

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 11

Q.: What are the seven Churches in Asia mentioned in the Revelations of St. John? R.: They were the groups of…

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Flying-bomb Deaths Now 4,735 Churchill Warns Germans "Enemy Recoiling On All Fronts"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 1

LONDON, August 2 (A.A.P.).—Mr. Churchill revealed to-day that 4,735 persons had been killed in flying-bomb attacks on London and southern England. Those injured total 14,000…

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British, American Invasion Forces Almost Equal, Churchill States

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.--"We began the great adventure of the invasion with British and American forces practically equal," said Mr. Churchill in his war review in the House of Commons. "I do not believe this vast…

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Churchill Reports Allied War Successes Effects Of Flying Bombs On England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.) -- Mr. Churchill told the Commons today that the war was going well on all fronts. He paid generous tribute to the Russians, who had…

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War's End "Soon," Says Churchill Berlin Warns Turks Russo-finnish Talks on Peace

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- While Mr. Churchill was making his most optimistic speech to the House of Commons yesterday, events showed that the Nazi crack up in Europe was…

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War's End "Soon," Says Churchill Berlin Warns Turks Russo-finnish Talks on Peace

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--While Mr. Churchill was making his most optimistic speech to the House of Commons yesterday, events showed that the Nazi crack up in Europe was…

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Church Hit in France

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 2

NAZIS IN NORMANDY have no respect for the sanctity of church buildings. They used this one as an observation post, giving the Allies no alternative but to bombard it with shell-fire. American soldiers seen inspecting the battered ruins…

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Stronger Fleet for Far East Churchill Tells How Japs Failed Drive on India "Flung Back"

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 August 1944 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Prime Minister (Mr. Churchill) told the House of Commons yesterday that the British Fleet in Far Eastern waters would be "greatly…

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