Evening star., 1916-11-25

minican Order. and who left for their
homes at the close of this week. were
Rev J. d. Fowler of Kansas City, MO;
Rev w. G. Scanlon. Q. p, of Memphis
Tenn: Rev. J. A. Hinch, o. Z. of New.
ark. N j.; Rev. d. A. Casey, Q. p. OF
Columbus, Ohio, and Rev. j. K. HeHer-
man, o. P, of New York.
The oyster supper which took place
l. on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
Of last week at st: Anthony's Church
was financial success, and Rev
, Thomas D. Williams, pastor, an
nounces that $3.50 was cleared.
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/ In St. stephens Catholic Church the
retreat, under the auspices of the So
dality of the Blessed Virgin, closed on
Wednesday evening at 1880 o'clock,
; when the last sermon was preached, a
large number of new members received
into the sodality and benediction OF
the blessed sacrament given
The retreat for the men opened on
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock, and
will close tomorrow with services at
the same hour. Rev. Ignatius smith
| o. p, director general OF the hoiy
Name societies in the Cnited states
will preach his closing sermon, a1ter
which the new members will be re-
ceived into the Holy Name Society, and
benediction of the blessed sacrament
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| On THANKSGIVING day at 1890 am. a
special service will be held in Metro.
| politan Memorial NJ E. Church IL VIII
| be a union service of Wesley Chapel'
| Waugh, Hamline. Ryland, Mckendree'
Gorsuch and Trinity N. Z. congrega-
tions. Delegations from councils of the
| J. O. T. A NJ. and the Daughters OF
America will be present. Blshop Jonh
w. Hamilton, chancellor of the Amerl-
can University, will be the pTeacnetit pr ltst
and Bishop Earl Cranston viii assist
| in the service. Invitations have oeeh
extended to the President, Vice Presl-
dent and members of the cabinet.
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| Rev NJ. c. Marseglia. pastor of the
Italian Baptist Church, and Mrs Mafsee-
! liza were recently rendered a reception by
| members of the congregation. Rev. Mr.
| Marseg....a came to Washington but snort
| time ago and, it is declared, is meeting
with much success in his new work
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The Methodist Protestant Church at
Cherrydale, Va, which has Kew h l.
! Nicholson as pastor, is arranging to eS-
| tablish a large social room under the
main auditorium of the church
! Twenty-Five new members have been re-
! ceived into the church during the past
| two weeks and it is expected that with
the increasing attendances at the services
| the church auditorium may have to be
enlarged.
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The ninth annual banquet of the Men
| Bible Glass of Keller Memorial Lutheran
| Church will be held February ,, 1917-
! Foundry Epworth League VII con-
| duct its regular monthly at nome
I service tomorrow evening. The general
/ theme to be developed will be The
! Garden of Love-" with the following
! srbtopics: Seeds of announcement" !"
seeds of Kindness" Seeds of Craft
tude." Seeds of Unselfishness:
! The meeting Will open with song
! service led by chorus OF fifty voices
and supported BY the league orchestra.
The special musical numbers will in
| cIude a vocal solo by Miss Anna Lith-
I gow an instrum entail solo by Miss
! Nellie B. Ernst and a vocal duet by Mrs.
Ruth Lewis and Miss Florence Black
| burn.
| These Epworth League ''at homes"
| which characterize the service on the
| last Sunday of each month. it is pointed
| out clearly manifest the spirit of the
| league from religious standpoint. and
are evidencing a marked spiritual de-
velopment of the chapter. The themes
! chosen are generally of a very broad
nature and strikinsly applicable to the
i lives of the young people. Voluntary
responses feature these services. and
they are regarded as one of the most
interesting and helpful of all the league
activities.
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The Sunday school classes taught by
DIR. and Mrs. Clark at First Presbyterian
Sunday school are preparing for an en-
tertainment in the Church on December /.
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The Woman's Club of st. Marks
Episcopal Church. Capitol Hill. gave re-
ception to the Mems Club recently in the
parish hall. when Mrs. Hugh Brown,
Mrs. Barron, Mrs. Odenheimer and Mr..
a1aclean took part.