Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
CLOSE OF HOLY WEEK
SERVICES IN THE
LOCAL CHURCHES.
Elaborate Observance of Holy Thurs
day and Good Friday-Preparing
for Easter Sunday.

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pressive ceremonies the crucifxion of the
| savior. By lessons and tracts the mystery
| OF the redemption Is rehearsed. and the
| most distinguished theologians of all de-
| nominate ms relate the story OF the passion
| or Christ. Good Friday may be said to
| secure yearly increasing interest among
| what are termed the worldly or non-church
going class. In the OF the Most
| High many charities are performed on this
! day OF which the left hand is none the
| WISER; penances are done: appetites are
] curbed. amusements dispensed with
I and In the home OF the lowly as well as
| the most favored with worldly goods the
| spirit Of the day is made manifest.
| Services in Churches
! In the Roman Catholic. Episcopal. Luz
! theran and other churches services were
! held this morning and are being continued
| at different hours throughout the day
which will eliminate this evening with
I devotions. In the Catholic churches n mass
! Of the presanctified was said this morning.
| followed by veneration of the cross In thu,
| Episcopal and Lutheran churches COM
| munion services were held at convenient
hours, at which there was a very large at
tendance. Beginning about midday, the
three hours agony and passion services IN
| the eolfces of these several denominatiol ~
| were of a pronounced devotional character
| Thcle Will be stations of the cross and SCI
| ~
| Holy Thursday was observed yesterday
| and the Catholic churches were handsomely
| decorated repositories where the sacred host
was set UP for the alteration of the faithful.
| which lent a picturesque side to the days
| religious obseryances. The practice Of WIS.,
| iting the various sanctuaries about the city
J was INDUCED in by the Catholics 1t is es-
/ timated that in this respect the day was
| never more signally observed by members
| of the Catholic faith.
throughout the day and late into tho
| night there are said to have been from 100
| to 300 people before the repositories in
| every Catholic church in Washington, After
| the government departments and shops had
closed for the day these numbers were
largely augmented. 1t is declared that not
only Catholics visited these shrines. but
| those of other religious persuasions many
OF whom were attracted by the floral dis
play. The utmost elaboration seemed to
| have been striven for. Devotion TO the Re
| deemer. however, exemplified the spirit Of
| the day, the communicates prostrating
themselves before the altar The male
members of the various Catholic congrega-
lions took up the vigil last night which
lasted until this morning at o clock, when
the nrst service of the day began.
At st. Aloysius' Church.
A number of clergy 100 altar boys and
hundreds of school children took part In the
services at St Aloysius Church yesterday
morning. which were conducted by Rev Ed
| ward X. Fink S. j.: Mr.. Francis A. Byrne.
repository was set up in the basement Of
the church. and in its decoration It is said
that over 800 candles were kept burning
continuously. The watchers at the shrine
throughout the day. in addition to the many
that visited the church. consisted of the
clergy OF the church, who took hour
eacn TWO altar boys. and after 8 O'Clock I'm
the evening and continuing until this morn
ing at D o clock members of the Knights OF
columbus and of the Ancient Order of Hi
m nf
or Father Fink. 1t Is estimated that
throughout the night. including the small
a mours OF morning, there was an average OF
100 men in the church.
All the other Catholic churches of Wash
ington were closed after a seasonable hour.
though none was without its guard of men
to keep the vigil of the night. These ranged
In number from four to TWENTY-FIVE and
consisted mainly of the members of the St
Vincent de Paul Society, the Catholic
knights of America, the Knights OF ST
John ana other similar organizations.
Mount st. Sepulcher.
The repository of the blessed sacrament
at Mount st. Sepulcher, the Franciscan
monastery, in Brookland. was open to the
public all day yesterday. and the brown
robed. sandaled Franciscans kept guard
around the tabernacle. The whitehead
students from the Dominican monastery
adjacent and the black CARRIED seminarians
from the other colleges We're present. The
IN
raised in the monastery grounds
Holy Thursday devotions at the monas-
terry began with the solemn high mass at .
o COCK with Very Rev. Father Bede
celebrant and Fathers Sebastian and Otto
as assistant deacons. The full choir OF
thirty male voices sang the ritual and
after the mass a procession of the blessed
sacrament circled the church. The various
shrfnes and the catacombs were visited
The large church was filled to its capacity.
Today the stations of the cross will be
at n oil til.
solemn services of the entombment con-
Quoted after the manner of the Good Fri
day services in Jerusalem. Tenebrae will
also be sung at O'Clock, and will be fol-
lowed by the benedicton of the cross.
Other Denominations
The devotions in the Episcopal churches of
Washington yesterday brought forth a large
attendance Celebration of the institution
of the Holy Eucharist was dwelt upon with
great impressiveness in lessons and SER
mons. The discourse throughout the serv-
ices APPLY illustrated the spirit of the day
and explained with great fidelity the pur-
pose for which it was instituted.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Rev. Richard
p. Williams rector, the scene of I'M
usually large congregations Of communi-
cants yesterday. This is said TO have been
the rule throughout the Lenten season. 4
popular service at this church has been a
twenty-minute devotion. held at midday, for
the VI eiHpluyeS III the PEN
sion and census offices. Archdeacon Will
liams off1ciated yesterday at noon and again
in the evening. when service of hours
duration was held in preparation for the
Easter communion.
Tomorrow afternoon Bishop Henry Y
Satterlee will hold his last quiet hour
service of the present Lenten season at the
Pro-Cathedral Church of the Ascension, be-
ginning at 4:4j o'clock The attendance at
these services has been uniformly large.
A feature of the Good Friday .5ervices In
Lutheran churches will be an oratorio at ST.
PauPs Lutheran Church.
The congregation of ST. Thomas Episco-
pal Church is manifesting great interest In
the rendition of Stainer's "CrucifiXion" by
the choir of that church this evening