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Churches, 1947

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Methodist Honor Roll Unveiled at Smithfield

The Biz · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 4

Smithfield Methodist Church was packed to overflowing when, on Sunday last, July 27, at 3 o'clock, the unvelling ceremony and dedication service of the…

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City, Country Debutantes At Recent Catholic Balls

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 18

ON July 18 the Sydney Town Hall was again the venue of the Australasian Holy Catholic Guild annual ball. Only five debutantes were presented, but they made a pretty picture as they walked down the hall to be presented to Mrs. W. E. Allport, wife of the Warden-General…

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Alleged Bogus Doctor Twelve Months Gaol Assault at Mulgoa Mission

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 1

STATED to have posed as an army doctor, Charles Edward, Kearney (43), pleaded not guilty, at Parramatta Quarter Sessions on…

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Catholic Weekly Children's Page St. Alphonsus Ligouri Founded An Order

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 22

DEAR CHILDREN,—Last week we talked about the founder of the Jesuit Order. To-day our chat will be about the founder of the Redemptorists. Do you know who that was? His name was Alphonsus Ligouri…

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Helpful Suggestions About Comparative Criticism A Page For Catholic Schools

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 23

THE following suggestions should help those who attempted last week's exercise in comparative criticism. Students were asked to compare the two poems quoted (the first of which was Rupert Brooke's "The Soldier," and the second by Wilfred Owen). In the first place, it is…

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Question Box What is behind reports of the formation of a Latin Catholic bloc?

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 12

FOLLOWING is the text of the Question Box Session broadcast from Radio 2SM last Sunday night by…

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Latest Catholic News of the World— Orthodox Russians Oppose Red Rule Struggle IN United States Between Factions Climaxed

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 7

THE naming of Archbishop Vitaly, of New York, to the post of Ruling Archbishop of the American and Canadian diocese of the (schismatic) Russian Orthodox Greek Church, is the latest move against…

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Stop Press Fire in Church

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 32

Detectives were called to St.,Jude's Church of England. Avoca St., Randwick, today to investigate the cause of a fire which destroyed…

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Police Inquire Into Church Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 31 July 1947 · page 2

DETECTIVES were called to St. Jude's Church of England. Avoca St, Randwick, today to investigate the cause of a fire which destroyed two…

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Catholic Youth Organisation. Illawarra Zone Rugby Football

The St George Call · Friday 1 August 1947 · page 3

Rugby same followers should be satisfied with the games to be played at Nth. Brighton this Sunday. Programme Includes two B grades semi-finals in addition…

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Manly Circuit Methodist Brotherhood

The Methodist · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 10

The July meeting of the Brotherhood was held on Monday, July 14, in the Manly school hall. Seventy-five members were present…

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Peace Appeal in N.E.I. Catholic Leader's Plea Great Fires Rage in Battle Areas

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 3

BATAVIA, Saturday.-- The Apostolic Vicar to Semarang (Monsignor Soegiopranoto) has appealed for the cessation of hostilities in Java. Broadcasting from Jogjakarta Radio ho sand that…

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No title Cootamundra District Methodist Ministers' Mid-Year Conference Held at West Wyalong July 15-16, 1947

The Methodist · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 2

The Ministers' Mid-Year Conference of the Cootamundra District was convened by the Chairman of the District, the Rev. E. W. Hyde, of Temora, and assembled at West Wyalong, where…

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The Church and Human Progress

The Methodist · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 7

WE are all familiar with the kind of criticism that is levelled at the Church in these days. Much of it is ill-informed and merely…

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Notes and Comments the Churches and the Young

The Methodist · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 3

In all the Churches, for a generation at least, a large place has been given to youth work, and vigorous and sustained efforts have been made to bring young people into a vital relationship with…

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The Church School Iii

The Methodist · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 3

It is commonplace to talk of the necessity of es-tablishing the new world order upon a Christian basis The world is watching as a new order is emerging. That new order is taking shape and…

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The Churches Course For Youth Leaders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 15

The Christian Youth Leaders' Training Course, organised by the Youth Chaplaincy of the Church of England, will begin lectures at Church…

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Subsidence in Churchyard

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 August 1947 · page 3

LITHGOW, Saturday. -- A subsidence of three to. four feet over an area 30 ft. by 12 ft. occurred in the Seventh Day…

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Hint of diplomatic post for general rocks Tokio mission TOKIO

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1947 · page 5

MEMBERS of Australia's political mission in Tokio are shocked by the suggestion that the BCOF commander-in-chief, Lieut.-General Robertson, may succeed to Mr. Macmahon Ball's…

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Lincoln stood for Church freedom

The Sun · Sunday 3 August 1947 · page 2

Abraham Lincoln's unyielding opposition to Government interference with religion was emphasised this week in some of…

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