The morning call., 1894-03-22
Appropriate Services i'm
the Churches.
MEMORY OF THE PASSION.
Episcopal and Catholic Days of
Holiness.
LAST DAYS OF LEN1EN SEASON.
Prayer and Fasting VIII Be Followed
by Glorious Music and Joyful
Ceremonies.

In many churches OF this city the last
days of Lent, which are most closely con-
nected with Chrlsts passion, will be cele-
brated with appropriate services. Catholic
and Episcopal churches have already
begun the annual commemOratiOn of holy
week and ceremonies peculiar to the time
will be continued until Easter Sunday.
when the services will be changed to JOY
tul hymns and praise.
In Trinity Church morning prayer was
held at II A. NJ. every day this week and
will be continued until Sunday. And not
alone is this true of Trinity, but of all the
Episcopal churches. On this Thursday
and Friday evening service is being held at
4: 80 o'clock. There will be a full service
of the church on Good Friday at Trinity.
the hour set being IL a. NJ. A grand musi-
cal programme is in preparation for Easter
Sunday. At st. Johns, on Fifteenth
street, near Valencia, four services will be
held during holy week. including three
hour service on Good Friday. A golden
Offering at Easter TO raise funds for parish
purposes is contemplated. 81. Mary, the
virgin church. will be open on Good Fri
day in the morning and evening, and the
congregation will participate in the three
hour service on Friday.
Elaborate ceremonies in commemoration
of holy week will begin this morning at 10
o'clock at ST. MSry's Cathedral on Van
Ness avenue. when Archbishop RiordSn
will celebrate a pontificial high mass
After mass there will be the usual bless
ing of holy oils for use in the church and
a procession of the sacrament TO the altar
of reDose, where the host will remain dur
ing Good Friday. In the evening there
will be sermon by Father YOrke and de-
vOtions of the blessed sacrament. On Good
Friday at A. NJ mass of the presanctifed
host will be celebrated, and there will be
reveratIon of the cross and singing of the
passion. In the evening the services will
consist of the stations of The cross and a
sermon on the passion by Rev. L. DOraD.
At A. NJ. on holy Saturday the ceremonies
will include solemn high mass, blessing
of tire, pascal candle and font. winch end
the formal celebrations of holy week. The
morning mass is the same that was for
merly said at midnight of Easter Saturday.
The tenebI8 will be continued in St.
Ignatius Church tonight and Friday night
with full choir of mems voices singing
the responses. On Friday night thera will
be sermon on the passion. and the way
of the cross will be participated IL by a
large congregation. In the afternoon of.
the same day from nOon to p. :. the
three hours agony will he com .aenl-
Grated. Thursday and Friday stlemn
masses will be celebrated al A. NJ. aSd on
Saturday at a. NJ, though on Good friday
il will be the mass of the presapctifeli
On Easter Sunday solemn high mass will
be celebrated at 10 80 A. NJ, when full
orchestra OF fifty pieces and a large male
chorus with well-known sOioists will rem
der mass from the great Catholic CON-
posers. The Easter celebration will come
TO close in the evening with solemn YES
pers and benediction. at which the same
orchestra and choir Will assist.
Services in all the Catholic churches will
be similar to those at ST. Mary's Cakhe-
dTal, only the tenebr@ will not be held.
The Easter service at st. Patrick's
Church on Mission street Will begin at 8
mass will be celebrated. Rev. Father
Foley will be celebrant. Rev. Father Pow
ers, deacon; Rev. Father Brennan. sub
deacon; Rev. Pastor Grey, master of
ceremony. Rev. Father Brennan will
preach the sermon. The choir of the
church will sing the solo parts of the
music. and hostof volunteers the chorus.
The nusica. service will begin with No
vello's "Vidl Aquam." but the mass will
be CherubiDps in A, with "Veni Crea-
tor" tenor solo, with violin obIigato o..
p. Brown, sung by 5. Blum, obligato by
Professor CHARLES P. Orr. The offertory
will be "Gaadeamus" by Diabelh. The
choir will consist of: Miss Belle Higgins,
soprano; Sia. 6. Bianchi. contra alto; S.
Blum, tenor; Sig. Dambrogio, basso; j.
DOhrmanD, arganst and director of music.
The services at the Sacred Heart Church.
Fell ana Fillmore streets, will begin by a
quartet and chorus under direction of
Professor S. Martinez, the mem bers being:
Soprano. Miss M. DworZek; alto, Miss May
Maybe; tenor, Charles Morsl; bass, b. T.
Alexander. The following will be rem
dered at high mass at 10 80 AM: "Vidi
AQuam" Hsters); Won Weber's mass ia q
complete; offertorium, Regina Celi"
(Werner).
At St. Dominic's Church the celebrant
at solemn high mass will be Father A.
Riley: deacon. T. ID. Maher; suh-de aeon,
Father c. Clancy. Father Il. Fitzsimmous
will preach. Solemn ben Dediction will be
sung in the evening and sermon will be
preached by Father A. NetterviIls. The
music will be Beethoven's Mass in G with
the offertories, "Itegina Cell" nam BIZ
lott) and "Ecce Panis" (Andrr), and
violoncelo obigato by A. d. Prentiss. 1t
Will be sung by Miss K. Kelly. Mrs. P. ..
Prentiss. MISS X. Coyle. Miss NJ. L. Dunn.
q. o. Jones. II. Il. Smyihe. w. c. Roberts,
ID. |. Sheern. First violns, A. r. Jones.