Evening star., 1917-06-02
1.-THE RELIGIOUS WORLD

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row morning and evening at Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church.
DR.. Templeton is regarded as one OF the
leading Presbyterian ministers OF Kansas,
and 1t Is expected that a large attendance
| will be present to hear him.
| The pulpit Of this church has been
vacant since January. when Rev. Paul H.
Hickok, the pastor. resigned to accept a
call to the Second Presbyterian Church
of Troy. N. Y.
:: Senator James E. Watson Of Indiana
Twill address the mems class of Calvary
M. E. Church on Columbia road tomor-
row morning at $3.50 o'clock. Senator
Watson is actively identified with Sun
day school and church work in his
home state
! The mems class of Calvary Church.
which Is one of the largest and most
active mems Bible classes in the Dis
each Sunday morning of over one hum
dred. has set aside the first Sunday in
each month for talks from public men.
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery.
pastor OF Calvary Church, is teacher of
The Epworth League Chapter of
| Trinity Methodist Church will have
Miss Genevieve Friel as leader tomor-
row row evening. when her subject will be
| What Are My Bible Study Habits?"
The chapters business meeting and
social will occur Tuesday evening Miss
cara V. Ober is the newly chosen
superintendent of the Junior Chapter.
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In the Shrine of the Sacred Heart the
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on Thursday. at 7:45 p.m. and the
sermons during the nine days will be
preached by Rev. Francis P: Lyons.
{. $: F.. OF the College Of ST. Paul the
Apostle. Catholic University.
On the feast of the sacred heart, June
| 10, the blessed sacrament will be ex-
posed all day for the veneration of the
faithful.
Benediction of the blessed sacrament
will close the services each evening of
the novena.
The Sunday school will have Its clos
| ing exercises in the church. on Sunday,
miums will be awarded the successful
students, by Rev. P. c. Gavan. the
pastor.
| In Holy. Trinity Church the novena
| to the sacred heart will open on Thurs
day. when the sermons will be preached
by Rev. Eugene De L. Mcdonnell. S. j.
Four services will take place daily, the
hours being Z and Sis am, and 4 and
7:3O pm. each service to last just
thirty minutes. Benediction will close
| the devotion.
Observance of the diamond jubilee of
Notre Dame University. Indiana. Will
be the occasion of a big celebration.
| and a number of Washingtonians Will
take part, among them being Most Rev.
John Bonzano, apostolic delegate to
the United States; Very Rev. Walter
Elliott, C. 8. p, of the Apostolic Mis-
sion House and editor of the Mission
| the faculty and students of Holy Cross
College, Catholic University.
The program will open on Friday
| and close on Monday. June II.
On Saturday. June 9, at p.m., the
Laetare medal will be conferred upon
Admiral Benson. The program will in
clude selections. by the orchestra,
brief history of the medal Ito be read).
address from the university by Rev. Dr.
John Cavanaugh, C. S. c., its president; F.;
response by Admiral Benson, selection
| by the glee club, and address by Victor
]. Bowling. associate justice, court of
appeals, New York.
The mass on Sunday, June 10, Will be
the pontifical mass of jubilee. and will
be celebrated by Cardinal Gibbons in
the presence of the Catholic hierarchy
| Of the United States.
The Laetare medal for the year 1917,
which was awarded Admiral Benson by
Notre Dame University. is the highest
honor within the power Of the univer-
| stty to bestow. and is given each year
to the Catholic layman whose merit has
entitled him to the distinction.
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A very attractive program has been
| arranged for the fourth annual session
of the Mount st. Alban Summer School,
which opens June II for all engaged in
the work of religious instruction at the
| spacious National Cathedral School for
Girls at Mount st. Alban. The school is
| held under the joint management of
the boards Of religious education Of the
province and of the diocese Of Wash
! ingtop and of the chapter of the Ma
tional Cathedral, with the approval of
the president of the synod and of the
Bishop of Washington. The courses pro-
vide for the training, not only of Sun
day school teachers, but also of leaders,
directors and superintendends, both Of
schools and departments.
] The opening service will be held in
| the Bethlehem Chapel at pm. on the
opening date. with festival music by
| the cathedral choir and addresses by
Bishop of Erie. The school will close
Friday afternoon, June Is. Immediately
after the luncheon.
There will be two classes in religious
elementary course. "a study of child
/ nature" being taught by Miss Helen !.
Jennings. superintendent of elementary
grades, Trinity Church School. Potts
vile, Pa, and the course in advanced
! pedagogy, "the fundamentals Of teach
ing" by the Rev. Stewart U. Mitman.
Phi. D., Sunday school field secretary of
the province of Washington. These will
meet on Monday afternoon from $50 to
$50, and on Tuesday to Friday morn
ings from $40 to 1910. Those taking
either of these courses and submitting
acceptable theses will receive certifi-
Gates from the general board of re-
| ligious education.
An informal "get-together" meeting
will be held Monday evening at s:15
O'Clock. and on Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday evenings at $500, in st
Hilda's Woodland Theater. The Rev
Llewellyn N. Galley of the general and
provincial boards of religious education
, will deliver a series of stereopticon lec-
lures. free to the public, on English
church history.
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Elaborate exercises will mark the
| raising of flag on pole sixty feet
| high on the lawn adjoining st. AIMS
Church, on Wisconsin avenue tomor-
row afternoon at o'clock, which will
be the occasion of a patriotic demon
stration in which not only the parish
people but the citizens in general will
take part.
The fagpole is donation of James
Calvin of the Holy Name Society, and
the flag was given by Mrs. Francis Ar
mold as a memorial to her father. who
was a general during the civil war
The program will include the invo-
cation, by Rev. T. G. Smyth. pastor of
st. AIMS Church. and addresses by
Charles p. Neill. on behalf of the Holy
Name Society. Col. Charles Lancaster,