Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-28
CITY CHURCHES OBSERVE
ADVENT SUNDAY TODAY
Season of Fasting and Abstinence in
Preparation for Celebrating
Messiah's Birth

| The season of Advent--a time of
| fasting and abstinence in preparation
| for the celebration of the birth OF
Christ--is al hand, today marking the
| first Sunday in the period. which closes
| at Christmas and includes four Sun
days
| Roman Catholic. Protestant Episco-
pal and Lutheran churches are observ-
ing the season with special services
and in churches of other denominations
the various sundays will have special
services marking the period. In the
Roman Catholic churches the TIE Deum
and the Gloria in Excelsis are not sung
at the masses except on feasts. and the
celebrant EXCEPT on the third Sunday.
wears the violet-colored vestments.
The first mass in st Patrtck's Church
today will be at { o'clock, with others
following at 8. 3; 10 and II Q clock d
will be sung by Mgr. Russell, rector
The sermon of the occasion Will be
preached by Rev. NJ. P. J. Egan, while
the musical program will be rendered
by the two choirs. The hymn. Holy
God We Praise Thy Name, Will be
sung by the congregation at the close
of the service.
At the Evening Service.
At the evening service. IN honoF
of the Good Shepherd. Mgr. Russell
will preach upon "Papal Infallibility.
The queries placed in the question box
during the course of lectures last week
by Rev. John G. Smyth. c. S. p, were
50 numerous it is announced. that the
time did not permit OF answering them
all and those that remain unanswered
will be taken up by Mgr. Russell TINS
evening At this service the sanctuary
choir will render the musical program
1t will be concluded with the benedic-
ton of the blessed sacrament.
At the Cathedral of Saints Peter and
Paul holy communion viii be observed
at 1870 o'clock, while at ~ o'clock
there will be q service Of moralns
PRAYER and litany. Rev. Nelson Tails
will preach the sermon at II O'Clock.
and holy communion will also be oD-
served at this service
At the peoples evensong at O'CLOCK
Rev Robert Talbot. rector of st.
Paul's Church, 23d street near Wash
ington Circle. will be the preacher
Concordia Lutheran Service.
At Concordia Lutheran Church at II
o'clock today the pastor, Rev Paul A.
MenzeI plans special Advent season
sermon appropriate to the usherins in
of the period. The services will be in
English.
In the Church of the Ascension
protestant EpiscopaD three services
are to be held today-the first at
o'clock the second at II o'clock ano the
evening service at o'clock. Rev w T.
Patterson of Claremont, n. H., is in the
city to be special preacher at the spe-
cial services to be held at the church
during the week, and will preach at
the II O'Clock service today.
Rev. William A. Wade, pastor of st.
Marks Lutheran Church. will preach
an Advent sermon in his church at the
II O'Clock service.
THE Coming of Christ to the Home
Lift Cp Your Heads Because Your Re
demption is at Hand" is the topic Rev.
John O'Hara S j., will use for the ser
mon at the II O'Clock mrs. in St Alloy
sius Roman Catholic Church. when the
first of series of Advent sermons will
be begun in that edifice under the gem
eral topic of The Coming of Christ
and Human Society.