The San Francisco call., 1904-03-28
HOLY BRANCHES
GIVEN FAITHFUL
Palms Are Blessed and Dis
tributed to Devout in the
Catholic Churches of City
IMPOSING CEREMONIES
Lutheran Church Pastors
Impose Responsibilities on
Many That Join Flocks

There were large attendances of wor
shippers at the Roman Catholic churches
yesterday morning, when the blessing
of the palms was generally observed
and professions were formed and palms
distributed.
At st. Marys Cathedral Archbishop
Montgomery blessed the palms, and the
ceremony was intensely impressive. The
music accompanying the exercises was
very beautiful and splendidly rendered.
The Passion was read in English by the
Very Rev. Father Prendergast His
Grace Archbishop Riordan was in the
sanctuary during the service.
At st. Ignatius Church there was an
immense attendance and the ceremony
was imposing. The service of the bless
ing of the palms began at 10:30 o'clock,
the Rev Father Edward Allen being
the celebrant. All the Jesuit commu-
nifty, the priests and professors of st.
Ignatius College were in the sanctuary,
together with thirty-six acolytes. Imme-
diately after the blessing of the palms
a solemn procession was organized,
consisting of the Very Rev. Father
Superior John P. Frieden, the clergy
and the acolytes, which wended it's way
through the aisles of the church. The
male choir meanwhile rendered the lit
urgical vocal music. The mass followed,
curing WHICH the L dSSlOI W DIS lSdd az
cording to St. Matthew. The blessed
palms were distributed among the con-
gregation.
At St. Dominic's Church there was
the usual impressive Palm Sunday OBJ
servauces, and at ST. Francis, where
the attendance was also large, the
palms were blessed and distributed. At
the Paulist Church, on California
street, there was also service in ac-
COrdance with the holy day.
DIR. NELANDER CONFIRMS.
Confirmation of thirty candidates
took place yesterday morning at the
First English Lutheran Church, the
pastor, DIR. f. Nelander. performing the
confirmation rite by laying on hands,
according to the usage of the Lutheran
church At the conclusion of the rites
each candidate was given the right
hand of fellowship by DR.. Nelander In
addressing the newly confirmed DR.. Ne
lander said in part:
You will need first the staff OF faith to lean
on. For this journey be appareled in hope:
put on the sandals Of service; take the word of
God food on your journey
One thing IS needful still, a friend to jour
ney with you. and where shall we find friend
like Jesus?
tered the gladdest song you ever sang, the
healthiest day you lived and the strongest
heart throb you ever felt.
/ have led YOU now to the crossroads and
have pointed ort the way. l can now only
pray. Lead them in the way everlasting.
The thirty who were confirmed and
who will receive their first communion
next Sunday are:
Herbert Oscar Alden, Mildred Maria Allen.
William Martin Aschmann. Narcissa Ragnhild
Marie Bengston Oscar Arthur Chilgren, Freda
Mille Chilgren, Nellie Margarita Forsberg.
Mary Victoria Fred, Oswald Herman Charles
Frisch Jennie Wilhelmina Grosman, Juanita
Salma Hedberg Gertrude Adeline May Jansen
Hermione Sigrid Therese Lndskog, Carl Johan
Lndstrom. Karin Maria Lindstrom. Agnes
Margaret Lndstrom, Oke AXelson Lindstrom,
VIII Christopher l>ohsen. Julia Lundquist,
Pauline Elizabeth LUndstrom, Amanda viii
I heimina Mannerberg Edward Julius Nelander.
ella Natalia OLSON. Harald Patterson. Alma
/ Flvira Anderina Pearson, Adolph Ernest
Schmidt, Bernhard Sacrisen, Arthur Christen-
sen loft.
REV. BRANKE'S ADMONITION.
At st. Paurs German Evangelical
Church the Rev. Paul Branke the pas
tor, confirmed a class yesterday with
impressive ceremony. After the con-
firnation the Rev. Mr.. Branke spoke of
the Importance of the step the newly
confirmed had taken. He said in part:
This is one of the most important steps in
your life What your fathers and mothers and
your sponsors promised in your names the
to yourselves. you taking off their shoulders
the responsibilities for which they stood
Christ your parents and your friends shall al
ways have confidence in your future lives
You are all young, and you now step into
the world with all its many and deporabe
temptations. which adjure you to shun.
1t seems to me. during the many hours we
have passed together. that my words about the
fellowship Of the Savior have made i'm
preston upon your hearts. and ! hope that
when i'm later years you shall remember this
solemn hour you can say to yourselves, Il
have kept my confirmation vows.
Next Sunday evening there will be
special service at St. Paul's German
Evangelical Lutheran Church. in which
the newly confirmed will take part
Those who were confirmed by Rev Mr.
Branke are as follows:
Frederick Lawrence Bluecher: Carl Leopold
Roenicke: August Carl Roller; Edmund Paul
Thiele; Friedrich Bastian; Gustav Heinrich
RissmEnn: Mette Sophie Ahlf: Lillian. Anna
Wilhelmine Bockmann; Anna Alwine Sommer:
Elsa, Marie. Sophie Won Bornemann; Pearl.
Ethel, Apollonia Weigel; Anna. Katherine
Mueller Elsa Wilhelmine Sckoellkopf: Emma
Auguste Logar: jeanette Marie Hoffman;
Pauline Maria Augusta Buck: Lulu, Caro-
line Busch, and May Beatrice Heaphy