Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-24
TO GIVE
XMAS SERMON
PreIate to Also offIciate at ST.
Patrick sc Observation-Disclosures
at Catholic Edifices.

BISHOP " 1oHnOT viii preach lho
sermon at the IL o'clock mass, the
principal Christmas service, in st.
Patrick's Cathedral tomorrow. He
will also officiate, the rector, Mon
signor Whelan, acting as archpriest.
The master OF ceremonies will be the
diocesan chancellor, Rev. Charles A.
Smith. Four semlnarians from Seton
Hall College will act as deacons and
sub-deacons.
During the day there will be six
services. The first mass will be at
$50 a. m. The other masses Will be
$3.50, $780, 9:45 and II o'clock, when
the bishop will pontificate. In the
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock there will be
solemn vesper service, with Monsig-
nor Whelan officiating, and assisted
by Rev. William P. Brennan and Rev
John e. Herman, of the Cathedral,
and Chancellor Smith.
In all Catholic churches special SER
vices will be held tomorrow, and In
practically all of them there will be
elaborate musical programs. Attend
ance at divine service on Christmas
Day is obligatory on Catholics. The
first services begin before daybreak
and continue until noon. In many
cases the first service, as well as the
special musical program.
Orchestra at Cathedral.
Local churches that have had ex-
tensive musical programs in recent
years on Christmas Day include st.
Patrick's, st. James's, st. Columba's
and st. Antoninus's. In st. Patricks
there will be music by an orchestra
at the IL o'clock mass, with Professor
William f. Hattersley at the organ.
The sanctuary boys choir will be d.
rected by Father Herman.
The musical program at this service
in the cathedral will be as follows;
Morning-Prelude, organ and orches-
ira: (a) Introduction, Barretti CD
Cradle Song, Barrett; Cc) hin FINALE
Adeste, Barrett; professional hymn,
Let Us Now Go to Bethlehem, old
Italian carol, sanctuary choir. Sane
tuary choir will also sing the Pro
fjna" of the mass, unoer the direction
of Father Herman The mass sung
on this occasion will be KalliWoda's
in A major, by the quartet and chorus
choir, with organ and orchestra ac-
compartment. The Veni creator
will be by Decio-Monti, solo ana
chorus; the offertory, Adeste F1deles'
Novelties setting; occasional hyrnn'
angels from the Realms OF Glory.
The vespers program will be: Pro-
cessional by the sanctuary cnolr,
which will also sing all the chants and
anthems, vesper chants and Magnln-
cat with the antiphons and nyIln,
"Jesu Redemptor Omnium," of Christ
mas day, Gregorian; grand cho"us,
alma Redemptoris Mater, Lampll-
lotte; duet, soprano and tenor, ~
Salutaris," Weigand; baritone solo
and chorus, ''Tantum Ergo Dethler'
- 1, Mrs. Mar
tin Gribbin, soprano; Miss cara
Scanlon, contralto; Charles E. Ira
vers, tenor; N. ]. lyman, bass.
Program at st. James's.
A chorus of fifty voices will be
heard at st. James's Church. ProIes-
sor A. j. Hollywood Will be organ
list Albert Ball will be the Viohnist.
The program for the high mass, which
will be offered at 5:15 and 1890 a. M,
is as follows: Prelude, organ, PASTOR
ale. Faulkes; professional, Christmas
hylnn, chancel choir; Kyrie, Gloria,
Credo. Gregorian Missa Choralis; Of
fertory, Adeste Fideles, Novelloj
Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Del, Gre
gorian; postlude, organ, March t.e-
ligieuse, Saint-Saens; high mass, 1880
a. M: prelude, violin and organ, Lar
go. Handel; professional, Praise Ye
the Father" Gounod; Asperses, Gre
gorian, chancel choir of boys; Kyrie
and Gloria, Van Bree; Credo, Solemn
Mass in A, Wiegand; offertory
Adeste Fideles, arranged for two
choirs; Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus
Del, Wiegand; postlude, violin and
organ, Mendelssohn. Quartettc, MISS
Mary Porter, soprano; Miss CAROLYN
wiedt, contralto; Frank Middleton,
tenor; William f. Mullin, bass. FL
bert Ball, violinist.
The Christmas program for St An
toninuss: Solemn high mass, a. M;
ceIebrant, Rev. j. r. Heffernan, as
sisted by deacon and sub-deacon;
sermon by Rev. NJ. j. Foley, Q. p, of
the Dominican order. special
quartet and orchestral accompani-
ment will sing Hammerels mass,
"Our Lady of Good COUNSEL" offer
tory. Adeste Fideles, Novello; epistle,
Idylle, Friedman; grand march,
Queen of Sheba," Gounod. Quartet
consisting of: Soprano, Mrs. ]. Mar
shall; contralto, Mrs. H. PASCAL;
tenor, e. Zeh; bass, Mr.. lyman. Or
ganist, Mrs. j. j. Habig.
Girls to Sing.
First mass at st. Columba's will be
at 5 a. m. The choir at this service
will consist of 100 girls from the par
ish school. Boilers Mass in F will
be sung. Other masses will be offered
at frequent intervals.
At II o'clock there will be solemn
high mass. Gounod's "Messe Solen-
nellie" will be sung.
The following is the musical pro-
gram Organ prelude, 1.-THE Pilgrims
Chorus" (from "TannhauserD pro-
cesional, Adeste Fideles, Kyrie, Elei-
son. Gloria in Excelsis, Dec Credo;
alto solo, Veni Creator with violin
obligato, Paolia GLORIA; offertory solo
and chorus, "Exulta Sion," Victor
Hammeril; Sanctus, Benedictus, Que
Veni. Agnus Dec; benediction after
mass, 20 Salutaris Hostia," soprano
ranged by Dudley Buck; Tantum Err
go, Roger; organ postlude, grand
march and chorus from Wagner's
''Tannhauser."
The choir consists of chancel
choir Of forty boys and gallery
choir of twenty-five voices and solo
quartet. of which Miss Anna Toohey
is soprano; Miss Jennie r. King,
contralto; William A. Hunter, tenor,
and Henry l.. Newman, basso. Will
lam Edward Ashmall Is the organist
and choirmaster.
Blessed Sacrament Church.
The parish of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. in the Clinton Hill section of
the city, will celebrate it's tenth birth
day tomorrow. 1t was founded in 1908
by the late Rev. Joseph Dunn, and
afterward a church was erected in
Clinton place. This building was soon
found to be inadequate, and so the
present rector, Rev. Frederic G..
O'Neill erected the present beautiful
now adifice at cost of S125. 600
The program of the Christmas SER
vices includes the prelude Adeste
Fideles played on the new organ