Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16

ministered.
At the late mass the Right Rev A. A.
be the celebrant. Rev. w. S. Caughey, pas
tor of ST. Stephens Church, will be the
assistant priest, with Rev. Joseph c. NAL
Ion. pastor of st. AIMS Church. Tenley-
town, as deacon, and Rev. Martin ODon-
oghue of the Catholic University Of Amer
lea as sub-deaeon. The deacons of honor
will be Rev. John D. whitney, s. j., rector
Of Georgetown University, and Rev Win.
lam ]. Seaman, S. j., Of st. 1gnatius
Church. New York. formerly pastor OF
Trinity Church. Rev. Thomas Mullen, 8. j.,
of Gonzaga College, will be the master OF
ceremonies. The sermon at the mass Will
be delivered by> Rev. John Conway. 8. j.,
formerly vice rector of Georgetown Univer-
sity and now project of studies at GonzaSa
College.
Former PaatOrs to Attend.
Several Of the former pastors of Trinity
Church will be present at the celebration,
In addition to Rev. w. J. Seaman. Rev.
Stephen Kelly. now of st. Aloysius Church
and Rev. Hippolyte Gasche Of st. Joseph's
Church Philadelphia. will be among them.
The latter was pastor of the church from
1868 to about 1871. and 1t was during his
built. He arrived in the city during the
week, and will remain as the guest of the
pastor of the church, Rev. J. F. x. Null
vaney, S. J.
rev. fAioy 'ft9CCOlOIt, lof 81
many years assistant pastor of the church.
and universally known throughout the
West End. will not be present He was ex-
pected. but during the week a letter was
received from him in which he stated that
owing to suffering from the effects of the
heat, and his advanced age. he would be
unable to make the trip. Father Roccofort
is stationed at Philadelphia. He says no
one regrets his inability to be present more
than he does himself.
At the late mass a feature Of the service
will be the procession of the blessed sacra-
ment. in which the children of the Sunday
school will take part. The children will
march around the aisles of the church in
front of the blessed sacrament and strew
clusters of fragrant blossoms. The canopy
bearers will be selected from among the
young men of the congregation.
Bishop to Oniciate.
Bishop Curtis will officate at the services
at o'clock in the AFTERNOON, and will ad-
minister the sacrament of confirmation to
those who received holy communion in the
morning. and all others who have not as
yet been confirmed. and who have received
holy communion. The bishop will be as
sisted by the visiting priests.
The vesper service will be held at 7:30
o'clock. the usual hour. The feature of
this service tomorrow will be the address to
be delivered by Rev. Edward 1. Dewitt. S.
j., of Georgetown University on the history
Of Trinity Church. Father Dewitt has made
study of the matter and has prepared an
elaborate sketch ON the subject. He is In
possession of many facts that heretofore
have never been published or known
The music for the celebration will be
under the direction OF Mr.. Harry Whea ton
Howard. the organfst, who is well known in
musical circles. At late mass the musical
program will be as follows: "Asperges me
Domino" Kollsot: mass. 'Mercadante,"
three voice IN B fiat; "veni Creator" Wag-
ner. alto solo; ,offertory. "Lauda sine,''
I.ambilotte; after mass. -"Pauhe Lingua"
The vesper service will be sung by the
choir. the music being the composition of
Mr.. Howard. which was first rendered
few weeks ago. The psalms, vespers in A.
tenor solo and chorus; "Salve Regina" alto
solo; 20 Salutaris.'' bass solo; '.Tantum
Ergo" quartet and chorus. The choir for
the services will be composed as follows:
Quartet.Mrs Armand Gumprecht. Mrs. G.
Edith White, Mr.. John c. Wcidman and
Mr.. Joseph C. Murray, as soprano, alto,
tenor and basso. respectively. The chorus
will be as follows: Sopranos and altos
Misses Kearney, Sweeney, Kitty Doehring.
Helen Doehring, Clements, Collins, Ullmer,
Rose Murray and Annie Murray; tenors and
bassos-Messrs. Wiedman, McAvoy, Balluff.
Murray. Duffy. Gross. c. Atchison, B. Atch-
ison, Hall and OGorman.
Early History of Church.
Trinity Church was established in George
town in 1887, and from the beginning until
the present time has been under the charge
of the Jesuits. The early records of the
church were lost, but the chain is COM
plete from 1895 down to the present time,
which includes all bapttsms and marriages
that have been celebrated at the church.
1t is said no other record in the city can
equal that OF Trinity in completeness
There is not single break from 1898 to
the present time all OF the records remain
ing intact. and forming interesting read
ing.
While the church is the oldest of the
Catholic denomination in the District it is
this section. Georgetown was founded in
1851. according to history, and the first
church subsequently established. some
years later, was of the Lutheran denomina-
High, now 32d, street, was formed in 1852,
and a few years latef Trinity Church was
founded. The land was then a portion of
Maryland, ana Catholics for many miles
around attended divine service in tho first
building erected.
The old building Is standing at the pres
ent day, and ia to the east Of the present
edifice. The property takes in about half
o streets, the church lots occupying the
western portion Of the square and having
the entire front on 86th street The old
building is noy used as Sunday school
the use of the paroctial school, containing
three or four large rooms.
The First Pastor.
Rev. J. Francis Neale. 81. who was born
in 1856. was the first pastor Of the church.
He was attached to Georgetown University
and his name was borne on the rolls Of
that institution as one of its professors
The deed transferring the old church prop
erty was recorded at Rockville, Md, April
20. 1887. The land was owned by John
Of 5 shillings the title was transferred to
the Right Rev. John Carroll. the deed
specifying the erection of Catholic chapel
The first entry on the existing records
bears the date Of April 9, 1795, recording
the marriage of Nancy. q slave Of William
Diggess, to Benjamin. slave of Mr. Stod-
dert. Additional OTIS surrounding the
from Mr.. Threlkeld. and some Of the
ground used as graveyard. in which q
number of interments were made. The
buryfng ground has long since been closed
though just to the rear of the old church.
now used by the Sunday school, there Is
Rev c. de Theux, Belgian. was the