Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-22
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church a t GAINESVILLE, Md, will max,
an appeal for the new church which HI
proposes to erect at Gaithersburg. Nd.
| The patronal feast of the conversion
of st. Paul the Apostle, which falls OF
Tuesday. will be celebrated on Sunday
January 80.
In Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
Church the mission for the men which
has been in progress the past week
VIII close tomorrow evening at Isl
CLOCK, when. after the recitation OF
the Rosary and the sermon. new mem
bers will be received into the Holy
Name Society. the exercises closing
with solemn benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament. after which the papal bless
ing will be given to all those who
made the mission.
The mission has been conducted by
Eev Francis Goering, S. j.: Rev. John
Walsh. S. j., and Rev. F. McGiveny. S. j
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Holy Name Society was organized
in the Church of st. Thomas the Apos-
by Very Rev. D. ]. Kennedy, Q. P, OF
the College of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Catholic University, assisted by
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh. the pastor
and the benediction of the blessed sac
rament was given by Rev. Walsh. A
large number of men and boys was
enrolled. The diocesan Holy Name male
choir of the District. under the leader
iship of DR.. James Dickinson. rendered
| the music.
| Tuesday The Conversion of ST. Paul
the Apostle" is the patronal feast OF
the School of Sacred Sciences at the
Catholic University of America. and
will be observed with a pontifical high
mass At 10 o'clock in the chapel in Di-
vinity Hall. celebrated by Bishop
Thomas j. Shahan, rector of the uni
versity.
I 1t will be a holiday for the theologi-
cal students. and following the services
Bishop Shahan will entertain at din
ner, when his guests will be the deans
of the schools and the heads of the
various affiliated colleges.
At recent meeting of the board of
management of the First Baptist Sun
day school the following officers were
elected to serve during the ensuing
year: Superintendent, Elgin Smith: as
sistant superintendent, Rowland $
Marshall: secretary, H. P. Holman; as
sistant secretary. D. S. Brooks: superin-
tendent home department.. Mrs. Annie
r. Young: Superintendent Junior de-
partment, Miss Evy NJ. Dickinson; SUI
|
Lucille Wilkinson; pianist. Miss Flora
Nichols; chorister. Mr.. II. c. Pearson
assistant librarian. Wardley McMaster
| Reports from the various officers
showed a marked increase in many re-
spects. The membership. the regular
attendance, the baptisms, the contribu-
tons, all showed a decided increase
over any recent year. The school eX-
pended for all purposes over $500,
which included the cost of repainting
the Sunday school rooms and several
worthy charitable causes.
| At the annual business meeting of the
First Baptist Church, held recently,
very gratifying reports We're given OF
1.-THE work done in the various depart
ments during the past year. Conditions
warrant the prediction, it is said. OF
| still greater work being done during
| the present year.
! The following officers were elected to
serve the ensuing year: Finance COM
mittee. Moncure Burke. F. f. Altemus.
J. NJ. Swanson. George T. Bell. Newton
Wanger. H. D. Young, Elgin Smith
must Committee, H G. Pearso m;os MIS-
Miss Julie Kupfer and David 5. Brooks-
| The thirty-third organ recital will
| be given by Edgar Priest in the Beth
lehem Chapel, Cathedral of SIS. Peter
and Paul. tomorrow afternoon at 5
| o'clock.
| A mass meeting is to be held in Fifth
| Baptist Church tomorrow evening.
| when the address of the occasion viii
be delivered by Rev. John Britain
| Clark. pastor of the First PRESBYTERIAN
| Church This gathering will mark the
| final meeting of the Southwest COM
munity meeting. which have been in
progress for two weeks.
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| At the Union NJ. f. Church tomor-
row morning at II o'clock the pastor,
Rev. John MacMurray. will give the
third sermon in his Sunday morning
series on The Front Page People OF
the Pentateuch." and it will be con
sermons will be on Abel. the I'm
mortal" "Enoch. the Pedestrian
Noah. Gods Master Mocha mic" Jacob.
the Merchant Prince. Joseph. the
! Statesman and Socialist, Moses, the
! Editor and Author"
| There will be interesting meeting
of the Epworth League at I o'clock to-
! morrow evening, with several attract
i've features. and at o'clock the pas
| tors sermon in the Satan series. when
he speaks of Satan as Friend" He
is also to speak on other Sunday even
| ings of Satan LAS Counselor" AS an
; Enemy" and THE End of Satan
| Power"
The Women's Guild of the church is
planning for a church supper. to be
! given Tuesday and Wednesday even
ings. February Is and Is.
The Sunday school will hold a home
and school social Tuesday evening, Feb
| ruary s, when parents of the Sunday
| school children and members Of the
home department will spend social
evening together.
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The annual business meeting of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational Church
, was held Thursday evening in the large
gymnasium and was preceded by a
turkey dinner. over 200 attended. The
meeting was enthusiastic. and reports
were submitted of the work done dur
ing the past year. During the evenin z
a vocal solo was rendered by Mrs. Paul
/ Ewing. The pastor. Rev. Clarence A.
Vincent. presided over the meeting OF
the church organization which con
4 ducts the religious and benevolent
work of the congregation. and Paul
, Sleman presided at the meeting of the
society which has charge of the bust
ness administration. Encouraging re-
ports of the many and varied activities
| of the church were submitted by the
following: DR. Vincent. DR.. +. l.. Whit
ney. W. d. Quinter, Norton NJ. Little
Mrs w. j. Tucker. Mrs. w. f. Buell.
Miss Margaret Nourse. Mrs A. NJ. Far
,rington. j. T Webster. Miss Eleanor
Tingley, DIR. C. w. Burrows. f. L.