The Washington herald., 1913-03-17
Bishop Hardin g Confirms
Classes at St. Margaret S
and Epiphany-Many
Protestant Churches Hold
Special Services.

Palm Sunday marked not the begin
ming but the ending of the period in
the church calendar known as Passion
Week. The days which follow are known
as Holy Week and will be given up to
meditation. prayer and fasting. with EN-
phasis upon the special lessons of the
last week in life Of Christ. eliminating
with Good Friday and its solemn hours
of devotion. Following Holy Saturday.
the season OF Lent will conclude in the
Easter festival of joy.
! Yesterday was fair day, fortunately,
in spite of the fact that Palm Sunday
fell this year in the middle of March
II was the first time in over hundred
years that Palm Sunday has preceded
st. Patrick's Day. And it is said that
more than ninety years must pass be-
| fore this unusual arrangement of the
church calendar will be repeated. In the
| Greek church. which follows the old
Julian calendar rather than the Grego-
rian, Palm Sunday will not be observed
| for thirty-four days. Their Easter will
fall on April 81.
The Roman Catholic Churches begin
| the week with the conservation of the
| palms in memory of Christs entrance
| into Jerusalem for the last time. Other
| features of the opening observance and
throughout Holy Week are the process
sion and the mass conducted impress
sireiy and in the character of mourn
ing. The stirring events Of the Passion
Week OF long ago and the meaning oI
| the great sacrifice are vividly taugh.
| Protestant Churches other than Episco-
pal and Lutheran, that have entered on
| the observance of Holy Week in the LAST
year or two report large attendances
and increased interest. 1t is believed that
the week is gradually taking the place of
the first week of January. for many
years called the week of prayer" and
observed as an opportunity for the
churches to gain a new start for the
year. The rallying time appears to be
shifting to the opening of spring and
Holy Week. The interest that culmin-
ate in the Easter festival is conserved 1t
is said. to the great advantage of the
churches.
Another religious gain to the churches
and the community is said to be OBJ
served in the fact that so many churches
Catholic and Protestant. are engaged at
the same time in practically the same
thought and worship, though conducted
under varying forms This in its way.
it is said, demonstrates the spirit Of
unity. and has collective influence on
the community in directing attention to
tie events of the week in which Christ
went to his cross.
Many Protestant Churches are to have
communion services on Thursday night.
in remembrance Of that night when
Christ and the apostles instituted the
Lords Supper. This is a development Of
very recent years. In the thought of
these churches generally the observance
is in preparation for the celebration Of
Easter Sunday following.
Elaborate musical programmes have
been prepared for many congrega tons,
ara the choirs have been racticing for ,
many days Not only has music been
selected and rehearsed for Palm Sun
day and Easter, but during the week
some of the churches will have musical
selections as part Of the services.
Services at st. Patrick's.
Thu masses Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday IN ST. Patricks Roman
Catholic Church will be celebrated at
C:Sn, :, Sis and o'clock. Each after
noon of these dates special devotions
will be held at As o'clock, which viii,
consist Of a short meditation on the
passion. singing by the sanctuary
choir and bcnediction Of the blessed
sacrament.
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
evenings at 40 o'clock, the tenebrae
services will be held.
Wednesday evening at 1:30 O'Clock
tcnebrae will be chanted by the Holy
Cross students Rev William J. Car
roll will preach.
Thursday a high mass will be sung |
at o'clock. Mgr. Russell will be the |
celebrant. Following the r:ass there |
will be 4 procession of the children
services Holy Thursday night Rev. J.
A. Smyth will preach.
The mass OF the presantified will be |
celebrated Coed Friday at o'clock by |
Rev. William Carroll There will be |
of the cross after this |
mass and again at the stations of the |
cross at ard 80 p. m. Tenebras |
will be sung again that night. and
Right Rev. Mgr. Russell will preach the |
sermon on The Crucifxion.''
Holy Saturday the services will begin /
at a. m. and will be conducted by the
Rev. John NJ. Mcnamara. The mass |
will be celebrated at s:lj a. m.
Easter Sunday the masses will be at
:, S, >, &c and a solemn high mass at II
n. m. Promptly at that hour the process
sion of acolytes. sanctuary choir boys
end clergymen will leave the rectory and
march in procession to the main en-
trance Of the church. Rev. James A.
Smyth will he celebrant, and Revs.
Eugene Burke and john Delaunay will
be deacon and subdeacon. respectively.
Rev. John Mcnamara will preach the
sermon on THE Resurrection" The
apostolic delegate will assist in the
services and be seated in the sanctuary
Both choirs will render the music on this
occasion.
The League of the Good Shepherd de-
votions will be ehld Easter Sunday
night at 7:3o o'clock, with a sermon by
Mgr Russell. and will conclude all the
jevotions of a Lenten character. /
Services at Brookland.
Among the most impressive Of the serv-
ces will be that at Mount ST. Sepulcher,
n Brookland. At this monastery church
IF the Franciscans the programme will
reproduce in almost every detail the
vents in the life OF Christ during the
week in which He was crucified. II
Ali the pomp of the church ritual, as
{ is used in Jerusalem, will be exempli-
led. There will be sermons in four Ian ,
yuages during the ceremony Of the fu-
leral of Christ, which will be held FRI
lay night at s o'clock. These will be
hort. and in English, German, French,
md Spanish. Holy Saturday night the .
ervice Of the resurrection will be closed
~ a procession of the blessed sacrament
md solemn benediction. The music for
he week will be taken from the works
Il the Franciscan composer, Father
Peter Baptist Falconara, and Easter