Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-17
I'm Local Churches

The professions of children Sunday
mornings during the month Of May in The
Catholic churches of the city is one Of
the picturesque features in the devotion:
to the Mother Of the Savior. Announce
ment has been made that professions are
planned at three local Catholic churches
today At 3 o'clock In the Afternoon
the children OF the Church of the I'm
| maculate Conception, 9Th and n street.
northwest, will assemble at the Conven,
Of the Immaculate Conception. 9Th anG
@ streets northwest, and march to the
church. where the browning of the
statue of the Blessed Mother will be fol.
lowed by benediction of the blessed sac
rament.
The children of ST. Joseph's Catholic
Church, I'd and streets northeast. viii
have their pageant in honor of the Mother
of the Savior at o'clock. forming il
line in the school hall and marching
around the block. The Holy Name So
ciety of the parish will also participate
Att he conclusion OF the May process or
Rev Ignace Zoller of Brooklyn. \. Y. g
former classmate and close friend of Rev
Valentine F. Schmitt, the pastor of St
Josephs Church, will address the chill
| dren.
Beginning at $50 o'clock In the after.
AIMS Catholic Church. Tenleytown. Rev
j. {. Mallon, the pastor Of the church
has. it is stated. made special prepare
| tfons for this years event.
Rev. f. H. Rawlings of Richmond. Va
and Rev. w. H. Best of Baltimore are
guests today OF Mr.. r. L. Buckingham
1870 10Th street. Mr.. Rawlings addressed
the annual meeting of the Epwortl
League Union of Washington and vicinity
a 'tur RI In L. NJ ri la
evening.
| Rev J. w. r. Sumwalt. presiding elder
of the Washington district of the Nj. +
church. and Rev. William Pierpont. pas
tor of the Methodist Church at Arlington
Va, are completing plans for the erection
! OF concrete church at Bancroft. Va. q
thriving village near Fort Myer. This
church will be the first in that community
Services are now being held In a temper
airy edifice at Bancroft by Rev Dr. Pier
pont and he will also have charge of the
new church. in addition to the present
one at Arlington.
Kew w. L. Lynn, pastor of the Cor
such NJ. X. Church. will conduct the an
nual memorial services for the Washing.
ton tents of the Patriotic Sons of Ameri-
ca at Gorsuch the evening o. June II.
Over the signature of Rev. w. Hilary
Coston, pastor of the Ebenezer A. NJ. f.
Church, an appeal has been issued to the
general conference of the church Ito pre-
serve the integrity OF it's Sunday School
Union department and the Office of its
secretary" Particular condemnation Is
expressed for any plan which contem-
plates the reduction of the church to
the status of business enterprise" or
the conversion Of its Sunday School Union
department Ito the basis of a money
earning industry
The appeal to the bishops and breth-
rem of the conference offers severe criti-
cism and censure of proposal to elect a
layman as secretary of the union and to
place layman in the position of editor
of its publications. 1.-The arguments other
than the financial one advanced as show
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of eiecting Iayman'
to be the secretary of this department
have been both sinful and puerile,' says
Rev. Coston.
Plans have been made by members OF
st. Monica's Mems League to present a
literary program at a meeting this after
noon at $50 O'Clock in st. Monica's Epis-
copal Chapel. I'd anad r streets southwest
Mr.. Morrison Goodrich will assist in the
musical program and Messrs. Winston B.
Hill and w. H. Underwood will address
the league.
One Of the organizations connected with
the Sixth Presbyterian Church. of which
Rev. A. w Spooner. D. D.. Is the new
pastor is the Cadets composed OF
about thirty-fve lads from the Sunday
school. They meet every week for drill
and expect in short time to secure an
enrolment of at least fifty members
Last wednesday evening an entertain