The Washington herald., 1908-06-22

Scenes Of ecclesiastical splendor and i'm
pressiveness. enacted in 81. Aloysius
Church yesterday morning. in honor OF
the patron saint, Aloysius Gonzaga, con-
fessor and member OF the Society OF
Jesus. concluded with solemn procession
Of the blessed sacrament, in commemora-
ton Of the feast Of Corpus Christi.
The floral decorations on the high al
tar. red and white. harmonized with the
new white and red cassocks Of the altar
boys. and the light from myriads OF
wax tapers burning by the tabernacle en-
HANGED the rich effects OF the gold and
white vestment5 worn by the officiating
priests
About seventy-hve boys and young men
In black cassOcks and white surplices. who
form the sanctuary choir, entered first as
the mass was about 10 begin They sang
as professional 20 Fiji ct Filae." while
they walked slowly up the aisle 10 the al
cove at the right OF the sanctuary. Then.
from the sacristy. followed the cross
bearer. altar boys. and priests
Rev Father William d. Kean. s. j.. In
toned the solemn high mass Rev. Faith
er John c. Geale. s. j.. was the deacon.
and Eugene T. Kennedy. S. J.. subdea-
con OF the mass.
Sermon by Rev. John O'Harn.
The panegyric OF ST. Aloysius. model Of
youth and patron OF study. was preached
by Rev. Father John O'Hara, S. j., OF
Georgetown University.
the religious march at the conclusion OF
the mass. Little girls. attired IN white.
with garlands Of white flowers scattered
rose leaves before the blessed sacrament
as they walked through the aisles OF the
church. Handsome banners, golden an
ChOrs. chalices and hearts. sheaves OF
wheat, clusters Of grapes on white satin
cushions. and many emblems OF the great
mystery honored on the Feast OF Corpus
Christi were carried IN the procession.
and each girl and boy held a cluster OF
roses or lilies.
The solemnly beautiful music OF the
Gregorian chant. during the mass, and
the Pange Lingua, sung during the pro-
cession Of the blessed sacrament. were
splendidly rendered by the new choir.
Services I'm Evening.
Beautiful and unusual religious rites at
tended the solemn installation OF choris-
ters into the new sanctuary choir of S..
Aloysius Church and the reception Of
members into the St. John Berchman's
Sanctuary Society at the vesper hour last
evening.
Long before the time approached for
the ceremonies to begin the large church
was filled.
The choral service. inauguratine the
exercises. was magnifcently rendered by
the new choir
Following the award Of certificates OF
membership 10 each chorlster and the
formal installation Of the sanctuary choir
came the reception of acolytes.
Certificates OF membership were award
ed to John Francis Burns, Daniel Joseph
Mcmahon. John Edward Hartigan. Cor
nolius Edward Shea. James Francis Icce.
Leo Edward Smith. and James Gillespie
Walsh
The officers Of the st. John Berchman's
Sanctuary Society are as follows: F. L.
Devereux. master OF ceremonies; P. Jo-
seph King and Richard c. Lawler.
acolytes; John T. s. Burns and John
Dore, thuTifers; Walter ]. Burns. Robert
z. Holland. L. Brisson Norris and Ed
ward G. Healy. assistants; Clarence L.
Donoghue and Paul j. Eichorn. leaders;
Joseph A Genau, boys master of cere-
monies. and Mr.. Francis A. Byrne, S J.,
director.