Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23

Church OF the Nativity.
Midnight mass to be celebrated by
Rev Father Frank x. Bischoff. Mass
es at 6. Z. s, 9. 1890 by Obliate Fathers
from Catholic University. The choir.
under the direction of Miss Iona Huek.
will render special music. The Sunday
school entertainment will be held
Thursday night in the basement OF tne
church and will be given under the dl-
rection of the pastor. An entertain
ment for soldiers and sailors is to be
given in the church basement Fr1uaF
night.
st. Paul's.
Solemn high mass at am. by Mgr.
James F. Mackin. and again at l
o'clock Low masses at $50, Z and 10y
o'clock. Special music will be sung at
the high masses The ,,s eholr ,e wln s the
mass. Christmas carol service is to
be given in the evening at 7:3O O'Clock.
The soloists will be Arthur A. Moore
Rutherford j. Dooley, Lawrence :. M..s'
Master Samuel Emmons and Master An
drew Gentry.
Lady Of Victory.
Midnight mass bv Rev. Father M
Francis Yingling. Masses at ana
o'clock. Special music Will pc sung ny
NJ M. Peter, Miss Ruth Peter, MISS
Landlord. Mrs. Doyle ana MRS. huiiioh-
Il
st. Stephens.
Midnight mass by the pastor, Rev.
Father Joseph II. Cassidy. Masses at
s, 9, 10 and II o'clock. The choir. UNDER
the direction of Mrs. A. c. Taylor, the
organist, will render Unfold 1e Por-
tails Adeste Fidelis, Benedictus, y Holy
Night and Glory to God.
st. Martins.
At the midnight mass Haydn's Sec
ond Mass will be sung. R. EMMETT
Robson, violinist, will assist the organ
ist before and during the mass. MISS
Edna Strudley will sing HOLY Nignt;
Before the sermon Mrs. John SIS VIII
by Mrs. Carr, Misses Strudley and
Quigley and Rea Won Curtin. sopranos;
Mrs. John Sis and NJ. A. King. altos;
William Connolly and 7. P. Rooney
tenors; William Garyes and homes Iii p;
sing solo after mass. The choir Will
be assisted by Mrs. Joseph Dunn, So
prano and William Parker, bass.
Holy Trinity.
Rev. Eugene Mcdonnell. S. J., will
celebrate mass at midnight Christmas
eve. He will be assisted by Fatners
Brennan, McGraw and Leonard. Spe-
rection of Prof. Benin. Masses are also
to be held at 5, 6. Z, 8. 8, 10 and IL
o'clock Christmas morning.
st. Patrick's.
Both choirs will sing. augmented by
an orchestra, at midnight solemn high
mass Rev. John NJ. Mcnamara viii
be the celebrant and the sermon will be
preached by Mgr. Thomas. Other
masses will be at 6. Z. s. 9. 10 and II
o'clock The II o'clock mass will be
solem high mass. and the same music
will be rendered as at midnight. Rev.
Father Egan will celebrate the mass
and Mgr. Thomas will preach the SER
mon.
st. Peters.
Solemn high mass will be celebrated
at midnight by Mgr. ]. NJ. O'Brien. Rev.
S. T. Morris will be deacon and Rev.
j. F Wiedenham. subdeacon The SER
mon will be preached by Father Nor
ris The choir, under direction of Mrs.
Hattie Richie Prescott, will render the
following program: o Holy Night.
Veni Creator. Hac Nocte Cum Natus
Est Jesus, Adeste Fideles and Nazareth.
holy Rosary.
Solemn high mass at midnight is to
be celebrated by Mgr. Aluigi Cos
sio, auditor to the apostolic delega-
ton. who. also. will deliver the ser
mon Attendants at the mass will be
Mgr. F'ilippo Bernardini and the
pastor, Rev. N. De Carlo. The
music program at the midnight mass
God. Holy Night. choir; Joseph Con-
cones First Solemn Mass. Offertory,
Noel 90 heata nox) solo, Mrs. ]. Steg
mann. Mass will be sung by Misses
Mrs. Charles Lockwood, Mrs. stegmann
at the organ and ,Signor Nicola Reale,
from Italy. on the violin. accompanies.
Low masses will be said at s, and 10
o'clock, after which will follow the
sacrament. given by the pastor.
St. Joseph's.
Midnight mass by the pastor, Rev. P. ].
O'Connell. The music of the mass will
be Marcos First Mass. sung by the
mixed choir. or quartet and chorus
Joseph A. Geehan will sing Holy
Night before the mass and Mrs Gee
han will sing the incidental soprano
solos of the Adeste Fideles. Christopher
S. Tenley, the organist, will close the
service with The Star Spangled Ban
ner.
st. Matthew'S.
Masses will be offered in three SETS
each set consisting of three masses
Immediately following one another The
frSt VIII be begun at midnight, the
second at Z o'clock Christmas morning
the third at o'clock. The first and
last of these masses will be solemn
high masses. Vespers are to be held
at o'clock in the afternoon.
Sacred Heart.
Midnight mass is to be held, at which
special musical program is to be
given. The numbers to be sung be-
fore the mass include: Xmas Morn and
Adeste F'ideIes. At the close of the
mass o Holy Night will be sung The
choir, which is under the direction of
Armand Gumprecht, consists of Miss
Mabel Latimer, soprano; Mrs. Edith
White, alto: Edward Whitman tenor
and William Madigan, bass.
st. AIMS.
Solemn mignight mass. at which the
choir will sing La Hasch's mass. At
the offertory the Adeste Fidelis will be
sung by mixed choir The boy choir.
which has been trained by Prof George
H. Wells. will sing the professional
Angels We Have Heard on High. AT
the children's mass. which will be
said at 10 o'clock. the Junior choir will
sing.
Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
Solemn mass ar 6.2n O'clock uhar