The Washington herald., 1913-02-05
SPECIAL LENTEN
SERVICES TODAY
Opening Of Repentant Season
to Be Observed IN Many
City Churches.
SOCIETY TO TAKE REST
Catholic and Episcopal Clergy Plan
Devotions in Their Houses
Of Wersiip.

Lent. which begins to-day. will be OBJ
served with the usual devotion and SOM
Der ceremony In the Catholic and Epis-
copal churches and In many of those OF
other creeds in this city. Society will
also join in the penitentiaI season and
:ts functions between now and Easter
will be few and unimportaut.
Bishop Harding celebrated hbly COM
munion in his private chapel at an early
hour this morning and this afternoon will
go TO Cathedral Close, where he will
deliver a Lenten lecture in Bethlehem
Chapel. where earlier In the day holy
communion will be celebrated followed
by full penitential Office.
The usual cathedral services will be
held throughout Lent. On week days.
except Thursdays. services will be held
at 100, 10 and IL am. and 4 pm: Thurs
days at 3 and IL am. and Il and pm.
when Bishop Harding will deliver a series
of Lenten lectures. On Wednesdays and
Fridays the litany will be chanted at
1l:45 A. m.
At st. Stephens Church on Columbia
Heights, Lent will be begun with special
early services at o'clock this morning
followed by services at s and penitential
offices at II O'Clock. Each day during
the week there will be communion
services at s o'clock in the morning
Christ Church. Georgetown, will observe
Lent with holy communion at T:3p this
morning. The usual Lenten services will
be conducted in the day and during the
week.
In other Churches.
St. Johns Church, Georgetown. will
observe the beginning OF Lent with COM
munion at I'D this morning with Rev.
Frederick B. Hovden officiating. He viii
conduct the penitentisl offices at IL
o'clock and following the litany an ad-
dress will be made by Rev. William
Bushby. At Z O'Clock in the evening
1.-THE Rev. ]. Neilsson Barry Of Eastern
Oregon will deliver a sermon. Daily
services will be held throughout Lent
et .. m.
Hcty communion will be celebrated az
the Church of the Epiphany at and IL
o'clock this morning. Rev. DR.. McI<im
officiating, and there will be a special
service at 4:iS r. m. livery day at no, n
there win be I short service.
Rev. DR.. Davenport will conduct serv-
ices at 10 a. m. and 7:SO p. m. at En-
manuel Church in Anacostia- On Fri
day evening Rev. w. ]. B. Thomas
will preach. On Wednesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays there viii be spe-
cial services.
Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith will con-
duct holy communion services at St.
Johns Church this morning at and II
O'clock, and also 1t As o'clo-k this after
nopn. Organ recitals will be given at
As p. m on Saturdays.
Services I'm Parishes.
Lenten services also will he held at 81.
David's. 81 Patrick's, and 81 Columbia's
parishes. St Margnrets Church and st.
Thomas Church will have elaborate
services Throughout Lent
Ash Wednesday will be solemnly oh
served by all Catholics. Ashes will b.
biesse'l. and ut each service members Of
the congregation will receive the sign OF
the cross on their foreheads in asnes in
token of death.
Services pegan at ST Dominic's at
O'Clock this morning. and masses will be
celebrated every half hour. On We'd
nesdays at 40 p m a sermon will
be delivered. and an Fridays tire stations
Cf the cross will b. made. The services
at other Catholic churches are similar
to th1se at st. Dominics. with masses
throughput the morning and stations in
the evening.