The Washington herald., 1915-12-07
Church To HOLD
NATIONAL FEAST
Catholics Will Observe I'm
maculate Conception To-
morrow with Services.
is NATIONAL HOLY DAY
Elaborate Ceremonies Planned for
Brookland Monastery and All Other
Catholic Institutions in Capital.

In every corner of the Christian world.
catholics today are preparing to cele-
bTate with solemnity of ritual and cere-
mony one of the greatest of the feasts
] OF the church-the feast of the Immacu-
late Conception. which occurs tomorrow.
Marked as II is in the church calendar
as the Patronal Feast of the United
states. the day Is always honored with
special ceremony in this country. In
the Capital Of the nation this year the
feast will be observed with ceremonies
more elaborate than those of any years
past.
At the College of the Immaculate Con-
ception. in Brookland, which is the house
of studies of the Dominican order in
this country. the ceremonies of tomor-
row will be rich but marked by the SIM
piicity characteristic of the white-robed
friars. Commencing at dawn, masses
will be celebrated in the Dominican
chapel until o'clock. when a solemn
high mass will be sung by Very Rev.
NJ. A. Waldron. o. P, the prior Of tho
monastery. Two members of the COM
munity will assist as deacon and SUBJ
deacon. and the Dominican choir. COM
posed of Dominican priests and students
will render the music. At $50 o'clock
I'm the evening. there will be recitation
in the rosary, the closing prayers OF O
novena commenced on November 30, and
solemn benediction Of the Blessed Sacra-
ment.
Masses at st. Aloysius' Church will Be
celebrated in the lower church at $50
o'clock in the morning. In the upper
church, services will be conducted at
6, I. s. 9. and 10 o'clock, the last, a high
mass, to be celebrated by Rev. George
f. Kelly. S. J. At 7:sO o'clock in the
x,,str - HLaI
Sodality of the Blessed Virgin and a re-
ception of new members. Rev. Francis
p. Donnelly. S. j.. president of Gonzaga |
College. will deliver the sermon. Al
novena in preparation for the feast. |
which has been conducted by Rev. Will |
lam J. Brooks. S. j.. will close this eve |
ming Nineteen hundred men and wom- |
en- have been nightly attending the serv-
ices OF the novena
The Rev. James A. Smyth will cele-I
brate high mass in st. Patrick's Church
at 10 O'Clock. Two priests from Holy
Cross College at Brookland will assist
as deacon and subdeacon. The sermon
will be delivered by Rev. John NJ. Nc
Namara. The high mass will be pre-
ceded by masses at g. 4. s. and 9 o'clock.
At 80 o'clock in the evening the Sodalty
of the Blessed Virgin will meet, and a
sermon Will he delivered by Father
At the catholic University, solemn pom
titical high mass will be celebrated In
the chapel OF Gibbons Memorial Hall. at
10:0 O'Clock, by the Rt. Rev. Bishop T.
J. Shahan. The entire faculty and stu
dent body will assemble in Divinity Hall
before the service, and march Ia cap and
gown across the campus to the chapel
A special musical program will he rem
dcred by the university choir. Following
3 h. avN-tRa RfCh har, |
tain the deans OF the various schools at
dinner in Divinity Hall.
Noted Orator Will Preach. S
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Charles Warren
Currier one of the most noted pulpit +,
orators in the church. will preach at a ,
solemn vesper service in the Church of ,,
the Immaculate Conception at 7:So p. m.
In the morning, at II o'clock. there will
be a solemn high mass celebrated by
Rev. VI. J. Riordan. and a sermon on =,
The Immaculate Conception" will be
preached by the rector of ST. Aloysius'
Church. Rev. Francis p. Donnelly. S. J.
An elaborate musical program will De ,
directed by Prof. Harry Wheaton ,
Howard
At the Franciscan monastery. solemn
high mass will be celebrated by Very =
Rev. Godfrey Schlling. o. +. NJ. as
,rder Compline and benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament will be conducted at
80 o'clock in the afternoon.
Father Schilling has been conducting
spiritual retreat for the women of
Holy Comforter parish, in preparation
or the feast day. The retreat will close
omorrow night at 7:3O o'clock, with o
eception of new members into the So
lality OF the Blessed Virgin. 4 special
musical program has been arranged.
The Rev. Lewis J. O'Hern. c. s. p. Of
he College of st. Paul the Apostle, will II
'eliver the sermon of the occasion. in u
i. Augustine's Church tomorrow night,
nd Very Rev Daniel ]. Kennedy. o. p, u
# the Dominican House of Studies. will j
reach at st. Stephens.
Morning and evening services will also
e conducted in st. Paul's. st. Martins,
L. Matthews. ST. AIMS. and the Nativ- -
ty Churches. and in the Shrine of the
acred Heart and the Chapel Of the
Blessed Sacrament.