The Washington herald., 1908-05-23

The Rev. c.. c. E. Brathenahl, as sec
retary Of the provisional committee, has
sent the following invitation, which, it
is hoped. many thousands Of the clergy
and laity win accept:
you are cordially invited 10 attend the
Foundation Builders service to be held
on the afternoon Of Ascension Day at
4 o'clock on the Cathedral close. This
service Is to mark the beginning of the
Cathedral Fabric and Of the Bethlehem
Chapel. which is part Of the Cathedral
Foundation. and which is to be built in
memory Of the first bishop Of Wash
ington-"
An address will be made by Rev. Ran
dolph H. McKim, D. D., president of the
standing committee. The new bronze
Peace Cross pulpit will be presented on
this occasion, and the sermon viii be
preached by Rev. Charles c. Pierce, D. D.
The bishop of Maryland Will of1ciate.
and win give the blessing.
On account of the serious illness Of
Mrs. Paret, in one OF the Baltimore hos
pitals. Bishop Paret may not be present
Mr.. Vaughan, architect of the Cathe-
dral. arrived in Washington yesterday for
the purpose OF consulting with the Ca
thedral chapter upon the immediate fu-
ture of the work on Mount St Alban-
Canon Harding of St Paurs, and other
members Of the committee, met Mr..
Vaughan In the afternoon on the Ca
thedral ground. and inspected the site.
where boTings have been going on to
fully ascertain the character Of the
ground on which the Cathedral is 10
stand The particular outcome Of the
conference will De the immediate build
ing Of the Chapel of the Nativity, which
is 10 be a memorial of Bishop Satterlee.
and which. il Is 10 be remembered, is
not to be a separate and independent
building. but part of the Cathedral itself.
This morning at Riggs Bank at 10 o'clock
there is TO be a fun meeting Of the chap
ter. with Mr. Vaughan present
Rev. William NJ MOrgan-JOnes departs
for Europe on June 6. He is arranging
to have his parish cared for by Rev.
William c. Butler. Of Baltimore.
The Sunday school rally services to-
morrow mark the practical conclusion
Of Sunday school labors for the present
season, the Sunday following being the
day when many schools close for the
summer
Mrs. and Miss Satterlee will leave the
city the first week in June for their
summer home at Twilight Park IN the
Catskills.
Rev. Mr.. Howden Of St. Johns Church.
also has his summer home in the Cats
kills.
It is not often that we see at an Epis-
copal gathering In Washington Benedie-
tine monks in the full habit Of their or
der. but at the brotherhood local as
sembiy meeting in the Sunday scohol
room OF Ascension Church on Monday
last three of these monks were there,
being the guests Of Rev. ". J. D.
Thomas. One Of them addressed the
meeting.
The tri-diocesan brotherhood conven-
tion meets IN Baltimore to-day and con
tinues over tomorrow.
A good many brotherhood men have
gone to Baltimore to-day and more are
going tomorrow. Rev. J. Henning Nelms
breaches to the convention tomorrow
evening in Emmanuel Church, where the
Maryland diocesan convention has just
been held.
On Monday IN Ascension Parish House
there Is 20 be an interesting presenta-
ton to Rev. Mr.. Browning, assistant
minister, who is shortly leaving for
China The Chinese Sunday school at
a reception 10 Mr.. Browning is TO give
him a solid silver private communion
set Dr. Yen, second secretary Of the
Chinese Legation, is to be present.
On Wednesday last Rev. Cornelius S
Abbott jr., was the recipient of a hand
some gold pectOTal cross. given at a re-
eeption held in the parish rooms OF the
Church of the Good Shepherd, OF which
he is the rector The gift was 10 mark
the congregation appreciation of their
Tector's work
At the last convention It was proposed
by the committee on the state of the
church and passed by the convention that
at the annual parish meeting reports
Of the various parish societies should be
read and the whole parish invited 10 hear
them. ST. Johns. Georgetown, has been
doing this for two or three years and
this year the meeting viii be held on
Ascension Day, when the reports Of all
the parish societies viii be read and Op-
portunity given the parishioners to know
one another. as we'll as TO learn about
the various departments Of the work
Charles 7. Warner. who was the eff
cient secretary Of Bishop Satterlee and
is now preparing for the ministry az the
Theological College. in Virginia, is also
in charge of St David's Chapel, ST. Al
bans Parish. The chapel is on the Con
duit road. and Mr Warner organized a
May pole entertainment in connection
with it which came OF Friday evening
The National Cathedral School girls were
there, and so was Mrs. Barbour Walker
the principal The entertainment netted
more than Sl00
The Pan-Anglican Congress. to attend
which Archdeacon Williams has already
sailed. and Rev ". J. D. Thomas sails
June 3. Is the first of its kind in the his
tory of the Christian church. There be-
ing no Bishop of Washington, the Diocese
of Washington will probably be unrepre-
sented in the thanks offering 10 be laid
on the altar. Rev. c. Ernest Smith. D.
D., D. c. l., has decided not TO attend the
congress as delegate. finding it impossible
at present TO leave his parish.