The San Francisco call., 1906-12-23

and prayer: hymn rs, "As with gladness
bniIs.. msn OF lifr Old SDix9 anthem, Ring, ye
sus Come to Earth9'' Offering and
PRAYER; solo and chorus. Nazareth =
tGounod9; hymn s56, "Hark. Harki
Members Of &c ehoir0Mps. h posstdng Collins Knapp
Orton, soprano; Miss G. F. Libby. con-
ttralto; A. G. Brown, tenor, David Lewis,
passo; William Barr, organist.
AT SWEDISH CHURCH
The Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Church on Church street. near Market,
will have morning and evening Christ
mas services today, with appropriate
each will be preached by Rev. P. L.
Hansen, the pastor.
There will be Christmas services to-
day at Trinity English Evangelical
Lutheran Church on Howard street,
Rev. Mr. Stensrud pastor. The services
will be in the Sunday-school room, as
the church is not yet ready to receive
the congregation. The sermon will be
by the pastor. There will be singing
of music appropriate to the celebra-
ton by the choir.
There will be special Christmas
service today at ST Anthony's Church
on Army street. near Folsom, conducted
by the Franciscan Fathers. There will
be solemn high mass at 5 o'clock in the
1Our
until the 1920 mass
CHURCH DEDICATION TODAY
The new st. Ignatius Church, at the
corner of Hayes. and Shrader streets.
will be opened today The dedication
ceremonies will be conducted by Arch
bishop Riordan at 1890 o'clock Arch
bishop Montgomery will celebrate pom
tiflcal high mass, at which Rev. John
Ford will be deacon, Rev. M. Joy sub
deacon, Rev ]. p. Frieden, S. J., assist
ant priest and Rev. J. ]. Cantwell and
Rev. j. Laherty masters of ceremonies.
During the dedicatory ceremonies the
deacons to Archbishop Montgomery
will be Rev. Joseph Sasf and Rev. Rob-
ert McKenna.
On Christmas day there will be a SOL
emn high mass at s o'clock, followed by
mass every half-hour. At 1890 o'clock
solemn high mass will be celebrated.
Rev. Henry Wood will deliver a ser
mon. In the evening there will be SOL
emn vespers and benedietion. Rev. D.
Mahoney will preach.
The new church, which has a seating
capacity of about 900. is only a tenn
porary house of worship, and services
will be continued there until a new
church and college have been erected
on the block bounded by Shrader, Cole,
Grove and Fulton streets. The old bell
of the former church after it's baptism
of fire has been FURNISHED and replaced
on the new church and will toll for the
first time tomorrow. The bell was cast
for the old San Francisco Volunteer
Fire Department in the late SOS, but
it was too heavy for the structure on
which 1T was to be placed and was sold
to the Society of Jesus.
SERVICES AT CATHEDRAL
st. Mary's Cathedral, at Van Ness
avenue and O'Farrell street, having
been thoroughly renovated, will be re-
opened with impressive ceremonies on
Christmas day. The first mass will be
at o'clock a. m, when the organ will
be heard for the first time since the
April catastrophe. At II o'clock mass
will be celebrated by Archbishop Mont
gomery, assisted by the clergy Of the
cathedral His Grace Archbishop Rior-
dan will preach and after the mass will
give the papal benediction.
On Christmas evening at s o'clock
there will be solemn vespers, benedic-
ton, a sermon by Archbishop Mont
gomery and 'Te Deum," sung by the
congregation.
Pewholders retain their old pews.
others desiring to take pews or single
ance any afternoon or evening in the
sacristy of the church
Following is the order Of music at
the IL o'clock service:
Hummeps second mass at graduate;
Adams Noel" tenor solo. at offertory
"Adeste Fidelis," Novello arrangement;
finale, Zingaretti's 'Iaudate."
Sopranos, Miss Vive Hickey, Miss
katherine Black. Miss Cavalli; altos,
Miss Julia Sullivan. Mrs. Parent; tenors,
s J. Sandy, Hugh Williamson, aug
mented by chorus and orchestra; r. j.
Harrison organist
FOR CHRISTMAS SERVICES
At Sacred Heart Church. corner of
Fillmore and Fell streets, Rev. Father
]. P. McQuaide pastor, there will be