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Churches, 1949

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Sunday Sports "Hit at Church"

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

"The scarcity of playing fields should not be sufficient reason for an attack on the sanctities of the Christian Sunday," Rev. S. W. McKibbin, of Newtown, told the Methodist Conference today…

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Churches Open Lent Services

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

Thousands of Catholics attended Mass in the suburbs, and at St. Mary's Cathedral today -- Ash…

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Churches Open Lent Services

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 14

Thousands of Catholics attended Mass in the suburbs, and at St. Mary's Cathedral today -- Ash…

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Outlay on Churches

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 16

TEL AVIV. -- The Russian Church in Israel is to spend £250.000 to restore its property in Jerusalem…

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Churches Open Lent Services

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

Thousands of Catholics attended Mass in the suburbs, and at St. Mary's Cathedral today -- Ash…

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Churches Open Lent Services

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 14

Thousands of Catholics attended Mass in the suburbs, and at St. Mary's Cathedral today -- Ash…

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Outlay on Churches

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 16

TEL AVIV. -- The Russian Church in Israel is to spend £250,000 to restore its property in Jerusalem…

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Penrith Catholic Ball

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

The annual Penrith Catholic Ball will be held on Thursday, May 12, in the Dungowan Theatre. There will be presentation of debutantes and it is…

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Fairfield Catholic Younger Set

The Biz · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

Despite rather unpleasant weather on Wednesday, 23rd, a large number of club members attended, when Rev. Father Cunningham gave a delightful…

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Methodist Ministers' Pay Rise

The Biz · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 10

The Methodist conference in Sydney last week decided to increase stipends of ministers to meet rising living costs. The new minimum stipend for a…

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Catholic Year book published in Germany

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

WITH 862 churches wholly destroyed or heavily damaged the Diocese of Wuerzburgr suffered most by…

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Catholic Priests In The Soviet Union

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

SIX, perhaps seven, Catholic priests are at present officially functioning within the pre-war boundaries of the Soviet Union, an area about three times as large as the United States…

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Quarter-Million Increase In Catholic Population Shown

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

THE Catholic population of Australia increased by more than a quarter of a million people between 1933 and 194 7. Official statistics derived from the Commonwealth Census of June, 1947, show that Catholics numbered 1,288,997 in 1933 and 1,569,726 in 1947—an increase of 280,729…

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Requiem In Melbourne For Noted Catholic Layman

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 4

MR. THOMAS MICHAEL BURKE, C.M.G., who died in Melbourne on February 16, was one of Australia's outstanding Catholic laymen. Aged 78, he was well known in Sydney for his philanthropy and as founder of the real…

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Big Trades Union Move U.K. Leaders' Mission In U.S. Bodies Oppose Reds

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--British trade union leaders -- traditional leaders of world…

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Big Trades Union Move U.K. Leaders 'Mission In U.S. Bodies Oppose Reds

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--British trade union leaders -- traditional leaders of world…

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Big Trades Union Move U.K. Leaders' Mission In U.S. Bodies Oppose Reds

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--British trade union leaders -- traditional leaders of world…

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Big Trades Union Move U.K. Leaders' Mission In U.S. Bodies Oppose Reds

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Thursday.--British trade union leaders -- traditional leaders of world…

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A Page For Catholic Schools Instalment No. 6 In A Study Of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

ACT III., Scene II., is set in the Palace. Lady Macbeth and a servant enter. (1) Plot Development…

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The Tragic Failure Of U.S. former Polish Ambassador in Chungking, now a resident of Sydney... Specially written for "The Catholic Weekly."

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

THE tremendous successes achieved by the Communist revolution in China are generally interpreted by…

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