The Washington herald., 1911-03-25
CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

Cardinal Gibbons will preach the SER
mon and administer the sacrament Of
confirmation at the II o'clock solemn
high mass tomorrow at 81. AIMS
Church. the Rev. Thomas G. Smyth.
pastor. The mass will he celebrated by
Rev. James A. Smyth. Of St. Patrick's
Church, assisted by Rev. Richard 5. Cart
right, c. s p, and Rev. John G Smyth,
&c. S. P. of St. Thomas College. Catholic
university. as the deacon and subdeacon.
The priests who will assist the Cardinal
are Very Rev. James Burns. c. s G.. of
Holy Cross College. and Rev. William
Kirby, d. H., Of the Catholic University.
Rev. Joseph Himmel. 5 j.. and Rev.
Edward Dewitt, s. j., of Georgetown Col
lcge, will be present in the sanctuary.
Mr.. Joseph A. Kuhn Will be the master
of ceremonies and Mr.. George Herbert
Wells organst and chormaster in
charge Of the music. In the afternoon
his eminencc the cardinal will pay an
informal visit to the new Church Of the
Blessed Sacrament, now rapidly near
ing completion at Chevy Chase.
The sermon at the high mass in st.
Aloysius' Church tomorrow will he
preached by Rev. William f. Cannon,
IS. J. At compline. Rev. James Noonan
Will preach.
st. Aloysius' sanctuary choir is re-
hearsing Dubois Seven Last Words"
which will be given on Good Friday. at
the service Of the three hours agony.
Rev. Albert Brown. s. j., OF the Jesuit
Missionary Band. will conduct this ser
vice.
Rev. John A. Brosnan. s. J.. will give
a FIRE" lecture in GonZaga Hall tomorrow
evening on balloons and AeroplaneS"
The lecture will be under the auspices
Of the Aloysius Club.
on the evenings of May 4 and ). the
AIoysius Dramatic Association. under
the direction of Mr.. John F. Luitich. will
present a comedy, THE Obstinate Fam
Ily.' in GOnZaga Hall. The proceeds
will he given TO the st. Vincent de Paul
Society. for the benefit of the poor.
The great series of lectures for non
Catholics being given hy Rev. John
Handy. c. S. T.. at the National Shrine
OF the Sacred Heart. will be continued
tomorrow evening at 80 o'clock. The
subject will be The Church of Christ"
The lecture of tomorrow evening
which will be one of the most important
of the entire course. is a logical develop
ment of those which have preceded it
In the first lecture Father Handy
possible to please Cod In the second
lecture. The divine power of Jesus
Christ to teach and establish a church
was proven. on last Sunday. the need
for an infaIlihle authority to be the guide
and Interpreter of the sacred Scriptures
was considered. These lectures have
thus cleared the way and led up TO the
lecture OF tomorrow evening, in which
the able PauIist will explain the claims
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ing body appointed by Christ.
AS heretofore announced. the lectures
are strictly eXplanatory-nOt COntrOyer-
siaL and all are cordially invited.
Solemn high mass will be celebrated
in st. Patrick's Church tomorrow at II
o'clock. Rev. William J Carroll will
preach on the subject The Church of
Christ must he holy" Mgr. William T.
Russell D. D.. will continue his sermons
on The sacrament of love" at the devo-
tions in honor of the Good Shepherd in
the evening.
On Wednesday evening. Rev. James A.
Snlyth will preach on The great sup
per-" at the Sodality and Lenten service.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Catholic Convert League of Washington
will be held in the Aua Maxima-
Mcmahon Hall, Catholic University, to-
morrow afternoon at $50 O'Clock Mr..
William J. McGee. a prominent Knight
of Columbus, will read an interesting
paper on Rome" at this meeting.
An exhibition of the work for poor
churches will be held at the Convent of
the Perpetual Alteration, Fourteenth and
streets northwest, March %, q,
and %.
The Right Rev. Mgr. Thomas J. Sha-
han, rector of the Catholic University.
will sofemnly bless the vestments and
make the address on Tuesday, March Is,
at 4:30 o'clock.
The Rev. Ignatius Fealy will celebrate
high mass tomorrow (Sunday) at 1890
a m, and Rev. S. F. Schmitt will preach
the sermon. Rev. Martin Egan, of
ST Teresa's Church, Anacostia, will de-
liver the sermon at the Lenten devotions
on Tuesday evening.