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Article : 60 wordsThe practice of giving children saints' names needed reviving, Archbishop Du[?]ig said at St. Stephen's Cathedral today ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Mon 27 Dec 1954, Page 1
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