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Churches, 1947

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Churchill's tribute to Attle[?] brought Commons cheers

The Sun · Sunday 8 June 1947 · page 2

Thunder lurked in the copper-colored sky ov[?] Westminster as Prime Minister Clement Attlee ro[?] to read the document which might alter the course history in troubled India…

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U.s. Writer on Mission

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 10

An American journalist, who arrived in Sydney by Qantas flying-boat yesterday, will write the story of American ex-servicemen…

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20,00 See Catholic Ceremony

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 12

A crowd estimated by officials at 20,000 yesterday saw the first procession of Corpus Christi…

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Religious Practice in Russia 31 Catholic Monasteries Monks and Nuns in Varied Roles

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 19

Moscow, Monday.--It is not widely known that there are Catholic monasteries in some parts of Russian territory. GREEK Orthodox monasteries exist…

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Mr. Churchill's Illness

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 8 (A.A.P.).—The operation which Mr. Churchill will shortly undergo is for hernia. It is of a minor nature…

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Thousands Attend Old Russian Church

Tribune · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 8

MOSCOW. — On Trinity Sunday thousands of worshippers flocked to the Holy Trinity Sergius Abbey, near Moscow…

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Youth, 16, Got Urge To Kill While Playing Church Organ

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.--A clergyman's adopted son told a Chicago Court today that an urge to kill came over him as he sat playing the organ at a church service…

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'Scolding' Blamed For Church Decline

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 June 1947 · page 10

Continual scolding and lists of prohibitions were driving people away from the churches, General G. L Carpenter, former Salvation Army leader, said yesterday…

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Mission to Samoa

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Tuesday. -- The UNO Trusteeship Council's mission to Western Samoa expects to arrive in Samoa on July…

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Noted Catholic Educationist Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 7

Father Noel Hehir, S.J., formerly of Sydney died at Christchurch (N.Z.) yesterday, aged 48. He was rector of the Holy Name…

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Retired Presbyterian Minister Dies Suddenly

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 5

RETIRED Presbyterian minister, James Leggatt, died yesterday after collapsing while playing bowls at Marrickville Bowling Club…

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Retired Presbyterian Minister Dies Suddenly

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 2

RETIRED Presbyterian minister, James Leggatt, died yesterday after collapsing while playing bowls at Marrickville Bowling Club…

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Retired Presbyterian Minister Dies Suddenly

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 2

RETIRED Presbyterian minister, James Leggatt, died yesterday after collapsing while playing bowls at Marrickville Bowling Club…

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Churchmen Elect Officers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 5

The annual meeting of the Parramatta and District United Witness of Christian Youth was held last week…

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Christian Science Churches

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 4

"God, the Only Cause and Creator," was the subject in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, June 8. The golden text was Through faith we…

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Church Warned On State Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 3

LONDON, June 10 (A.A.P.).— The Archbishop of York, Dr. Garbett, in his book, "The Claims of the Church of England," warns the…

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Church Moves on Remarriage of Divorcees

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1947 · page 19

LONDON, Wednesday.-- As the result of what he believes to be a "tragic" need of divorced people, the Reverend T. Howard Kemp, Congregational minister of Gravesend, Kent,…

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Anglican Wisdom

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 12

Q.: The Anglican Church, of course, expressly repudiates transubstantiation altogether. It had that much wisdom…

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Catholic Societies

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 13

Q.; Are there any societies similar to Freemasonry, though not in their constitution, to which only Roman Catholics belong?…

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Knife and Fork Tea. Smitthfield Methodist Church

The Biz · Thursday 12 June 1947 · page 2

Members of the Methodist Ladles' Church Aid celebrated their 25th anniversary by holding a knife and fork tea on Saturday, June 7th. Tea was served…

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