Evening star., 1908-12-24

The mead. with spices doubly hot
These are Of long ago.
Yet still unchanged upon the air
| Your merry chimngs fall:
And still the ancient word they bear
OF peace. good Will to all.
Christmas and charity are seasonal
synonyms
| The happy Yuletide with It's joyousnesS
and its jolly surprises to prosperous peo-
pie should also be fraught with the
| Christ spirit of doing good to the less
| fortunate; with scattering sunshine in the
humble homes of the poor; with playing
Santa Claus to the needy and bringing
| smiles of even transient pleasure upon
| the wan faces of the poverty stricken
The people of the District are never
| forgetful of the poor that are ever with
US. From the dawn of Christmas day
tomorrow until the happy occasion is
ushered out by the Ginning of the mid
night bells there will be many gracious
| individual acts of charity. Chill penury
will be warmed for the time by the
flame of generosity. The very poorest
will have reason to feel that Christmas
| is here with peace on earth, good will
| toward mem
The prisoners of poverty in the char
liable institutions of the District will
not be forgotten by old Santa Claus on
his rounds. Even the prisoners in the
warehouses; and refOrmatories who have
transsresSed the law of the land will
have reason to be grateful for the ar
rival of December % 1868.
In the churches of Washington 1oyous
services with Christmas music will mark
! the day, while In the homes Of the Dis
| trict there will be little worlds of happi-
ness inhabited by folk with beaming
| countenances and smiling faces The very
atmosphere will TEEN with Christmas
cheeriness.
In the Catholic Churches
Beginning this afternoon the Catholics
of Washington are making preparations
for the observance of Christmas day In
some of the larger churches confess
sions will be heard until close onto the
midnight hour. AS in former years mid
night masses in Catholic churches will
| also be in order. Al the Franciscan
| Monastery, Brookland, the ceremonies
will be picturesque. Shortly after the
midnight hour Rev. Eugene Del. Mac
| DonneU, S. j., the rector, will be the cele-
brant of solemn high mass. Rev. w.
will be the deacon and subdeacon, re-
spectively.
| Mgr. Diomede Falconio, papal delegate,
will he the celebrant of solemn pontitical
| high mass at IL o'clock on Christmas
day The sermon will be preached by
| Rev. Aloysius Brosnan, S. j., of George
| town University.
Rev. Dr. William r. Russell will be the
celcbrant of a solemn high mass in St.
Patrck's Catholic Church tomorrow
morning at > O'Clock, and will also
preach the sermon. Rev. Thomas i.
| McGuiGan and Rev J. a. Smyth will be
the deacons, and Rev. William J. Car
| Inn 1.fer Of
monies.
Bishop Denis J. O'Connell rector of the
| Catholic University. will pontiticatc at
/ solemn high mass in ST. Patrlck's Church
at II o'clock. Rev. George a. Dausher-
| ty assistant treasurer, will he assistant
priest. and DR.. George NJ. Salvage and
! Rev J. Burke Of affiliated houses of the
university VIII be deaconS- Or. Russell
| will also preach at this mass. Music
and decorations will be elaborate.
Mount st. Sepuchre, at Brookland Will
| he d point of particular religious interest
| tonight and tomorrow. Beginning at Ill
! o'clock this evening mathis and TIE
! DeIIm will he chanted by the community.
! Directly after midnight d solemn high
mass will begin. following which will he
! a procession to the Grotto of bethlehem,
J in the basement of the church. A figure
! of the Christ Child will be placed in the
| maneer. Christmas hymns VIII be sung
! There will be midnight masses at st.
| AIMS Church. TenleytoWn Rev. J. {.
| Mallon pastor: at the Church of the Holy
. Comforter. Rev. Clarence +. Wheeler pas
! tor: at ST. Josephs Church, Rev. Nalen-
! tine f. Schmitt pastor: at the Church OF
| the Nativity. Brightwood. Rev. +. y.
| Bischoff, pastor: at the Shrine of the
| Sacred Heart. Rev Joseph +. MCGEE
| pastor.
| Church, Mgr. Thomas S. Lee pastor, will
| be sung at = o'clock tomorrow morning.
| Rev T.. Nj. Southgate. pastor of st. An
| thongs Church. Brookland. has arranged
to have the principal celebration OF
Christmas in his church at 10 o clock
| Very Rev. r. P. O'Rourke, o. p. prior
of st. Dominic's Catholic Church, will be
| the celebrant of solemn high mass at j
| O'Clock tomorrow morning. Very Rev.
NJ. l.. Heagan. o. r. prior of the Domlni :
can House of Studies, will preach the
| sermon.
The first mass of the day at the Church
| of the maculate Conception. Rev. J.
| u. Mari pastor. will be sung at 30
| o'clock AT the Church Of St. Vincent
! de Paul, Rev p j. O'Connell pastor;
! St Peters and st. Teresa's the principal
| Christmas celebrations will take place at
| ) O'Clock tomorrow morning.
| The dav will be appropriately observed
| also All Holy Trinity Catholic Church.
At st. Aloysius Church.
! Splendid ceremonial, beautiful music.
gorgeous vestments and hundreds OF
| lighted candles will he used Christmas
| day at s. Aloysius Church to make the
services worthy of the celebration of the
birth of Christ.
| The day will be uslIered i'll few min
utes before midnight, Christmas eve, when
| q quartet of tromboneS Will play the
! time-honored Christmas hymn, AdeSte
| Fidelis. from the top of the steeple; while
this is done the procession of nearly 800
| priests deacons. acolytes, altar boys and
| choriS1ers will go to the lower church.
| and there kneeling before the crib will
| sing the Adeste F'ide!is: the big organ in
! the gallery Will then peal forth ar
| rangement of this same tune as a prelude.
| after which the sanctuary choir will sing
| the professional hymn. leading the pro
. ceSsion to the altar. There the following
program Of music will be sung: Anthem,
! q Holy Night, Adams; introit. Dominus
| DiXit. Winchester: kyrie EleiSon, Gruber;
! Gloria in E.Xcelsis. Klein; graduate. Te-
cum Principium, Grubcr: Credo Grubcr.
Laetentur Coeli. Winchester: Q Dies Prae-
| clara tNaZarcthp. Gounod; Sanctus, Tozer:
! BenedictuS, Tozer: Acnus Del. Gruber.
| In SUipndOrihuS, Winchester: Behold the