Evening star., 1922-08-13
MGR. LEES BODY
To LIE IN STATE
Requiem Mass Here Tomor.
row, With Burial at
Baltimore

The funeral of the late Mgr. Thomas
Sim Lee, rector of ST. Matthews
Roman Catholic Church, on Rhode
Island avenue, who died Friday morn
ing at s o'clock at the home Of his
niece, Miss Horsey, at Needlewood.
Nd, after a. brief illness, will be held
at ST. Matthew's Church tomorrow
morning.
The body of the dead prelate ar
rived at the rectory of the church.
1925 Rhode Island avenue, yesterday
| morning at o'clock and was placed
upon a couch in the main parlor to
the left of the entrance. The body
is attired in the Vestments of
priest celebrating mass and in the
hands is clasped chalice. The robes
of a monsignor were not used. as
it had been the expressed wish of
the dead priest that his funeral cere-
monies be made as simple as pos
sible
This afternoon the body will be
taken from the rectory, under guard
of an honorary escort, made up of
members of the congregation, and
carried to the chancel of st. Mat
thew's Church, where it will lie in
state until tomorrow morning, when
the funeral services will commence.
An-Night Prayers.
While the body lies in state in
| the spacious editice communicates of
the congregation, clergy and friends
of the deceased will pass the bier
| and do homage to the distinguished
monsiignor. The guard of honor
the Holy Name Society. the Catholic
Welfare Council. nuns from Holy
Cross and others from similar or
| ganizations. All through Sunday
| night. while the body lies in state
in the church, prayers will be said
| by those assigned to that duty from
| the clergy.
! Commencing promptly tomorrow
| morning at 10 o'clock, solemn high
mass of requiem will be celebrated,
| preceded at o'clock by the singing
| of the Offices of the dead, which will
be sung by Mgr. Thomas. rector of
| st. PatrickS Church. The vested
| choir of ST. Matthews Church will
sing, the Gregorian music being used.
High Mass of Requiem.
The solemn high mass of requiem
| will be celebrated. with Rev. Thomas
kerick, rector of Holy Name Church,
as deacon. The subdeacon will be
Theresa's Church, who was a. former
| assistant rector of st. Matthews
| Church under Mgr. Lee. The cele-
| brant of the mass has not been Sc
| lected.
The apostolic delegate will preside.
| accompanied by two deacons of honor
whose names have not been an
nounced. They will be clergymen of
/ the highest order probably Mgr.
| Whelan and Devine of Baltimore.
Coadjutor Bishop Corrigan of the
| Baltimore diocese is expected to at
sentative of Archbishop Curley. who
at this time as absent from the
country.
| The honorary pallbearers, who will
be made up of members of the clergy,
| and the bodybearerS, who will be
made up of members of the congre-
cation of ST. Matthews Church, have
| not been announced.
| Burial in Bonnie Brier.
! The interment will be in the family
| plot in Bonnie Brier cemetery, Baltl-
more Immediately after the con-
clusion of the mass the body,
accompanied by a delega ton of
distinguished members of the wash
lngton clergy and the church nota-
bles officially attending the funeral,
Will accompany the body with mem
bers of the family of the dead
prelate to Baltimore, the intermen ent
to take place upon arrival in that
city. A delegation of representative
members Of the Baltimore clergy and
men prominent in Catholic circles in
the Monumental city will meet the
! body at the station and escort it to
| the cemetery.
A special detail of a picked SQUAD
or members of the metropolitan police
i department will be on duty prior
| to and during the funeral services
tomorrow morning.
Mgr. Lee was personally known to
| large number of the churchmen,
professional, business men of the city'
men high in local and federal gov
ernment life, officers of the Army
Navy and Marine Corps. members of
congress. members of the bar and
higher courts, members of the Pro-
testant and Hebrew churches, who
probably will attend the ceIebra tion
OF the solemn high mass of ranuiaa.