The Washington herald., 1911-04-08

Icnten lectures for non-CatholiCs at the
National shrine of the Sacred Heart.
Mount Pleasant. tomorrow evening at
80 O'Clock. His subject will be The
Holy Eucharist"
OF all the dog1nas Of the Catholic
Church, that Of the Holy Eucharist is
tho most solemn. for Catholics firmly
believe that in the Eucharist Jesus Christ
is actually personal---very. and blood.
soul and divinity" II is eminently fitting,
therefore. that Father Handly's remark
able series of lectures should be con-
cluded with an exposition of this i'm
pOrtant subject.
The results OF tho lecture course have
been most gratifying, large numbers Of
Catholics having availed themselves
of the opportunity to hear tho doctrines
of the Catholic Church expounded by
one of her accredited teachers.
The Holy Name Society of St. Martin's s
Church will meet tomorrow evening at
7 o'clock in the church. Following the
usual services. the society will adjourn
to st. Martins Hall. where the monthly
business meeting will be held
On Tuesday evening of Holy Week
there will be the usual Lenten service,
and the pastor, Rev. Eugene \. Han
nan. will preach on The Holy Eucharist
us sacrifice.
The mass on Holy Thursday morning
will be at o'clock. In the evening
there will he recitation of the rosary.
and a sermon by Father Hannah on
1.-The Holy Eucharist as a sacrament"
On Good Friday, the mass of the pre-
sanctified will be celebrated at o'clock.
In the afternoon, beginning at ) o'clock,
the holy hour will be observed, during
which the stations of the cross will be
l. he n O'clock
there will be the stations of the cross
and a sermon on the passion of Christ
by Father Hannah
The mass on Holy Saturday morning
will be at I o'clock.
In St Patrick's Church tomorrow
evening the mixed choir. assisted by the
sanctuary choir. will render Theodore
Dubois Seven Last Words of Jesus
Christ on the Cross" Rev. James A.
Smyth will give an explanation of the
text which the music of this remarkable
production expresses in wonderfully
vivid manner.
On Wednesday. Thursday. and Friday
evenings of Holy Week, the tenebrae
will be chanted by the sanctuary choir.
The sermon on Wednesday evening will
be by Mgr. William T. Russell, d. D.
On Holy Thursday morning. high mass
Will be celebrated at CLOCK lHeIe
will be tenebrae and a sermon in the
evening. The "all-night" alteration will
be held as usual, the members of the
League OF the Good Shepherd and the
men of the parish acting as guards of
honor before the blessed sacrament dur
ing the night hours. On Good Friday
the mass of the presanctified will be
celebrated at 9 o'clock. followed by
alteration of the cross. The Good Friday
night sermon will be preached by Rev.
William ]. Carroll.
Confessions will be heard on Holy
Saturday from 1870 a. m. to II noon:
$50 D. m. to $50 p. m, and from 1:3o
D. m. to $50 p. m.
At the Church Of the Nativity, Bright
wood, on Palm Sunday, palms will be
blessed and distributed before the 10
o'clock mass. On Holy Thursday morn
ing, mass and. procession to the reposi-
tory at o'clock. In the evening. an
hour of silent alteration from s to 9
o'clock. Evening prayers will be said
at 9 O'Clock. On Good Friday morning,
mass of the presanctified and veneration
of the cross at Q o'clock. In the evening
at o'clock the Holy way of the cross
sermon on the passion by Father Har-
ney, the Paulist, and veneration OF the
cross. On Holy Saturday morning the
blessing of the new fire, Easter water,
baptismal water. paschal candle. &c.
will begin at o'clock, and the mass will
begin at s o'clock.