Evening star., 1926-10-30
HOLY NAME TOHOLD
JOINT CELEBRATION
Feast of Christ the King to
Be Observed at Shrine
Tomorrow Evening.

A joint religious celebration by the
affiliated Holy Name societies in this
city will be held at the Shrine Of the
Imnra culate Conception. Catholic Uni
versity, tomorrow evening at 7:30
o'clock. The occasion Of this religious
demonstration is the first public
celebration of the feast of Christ the
King, which was added to the Catholic
calendar last year by Pope Plus XI
and assigned to the last Sunday in
October.
The decision to hold this public
celebration Of the new feast was made
at a meeting of the Holy Name Union
last Monday evening at st. Gabriels
church, which was attended by 100
delegates from the as branches Of the
Holy Name Society in Washington
and vicinity. Cornelius Ford, presi-
dent OF the Washington section, pre-
sided and Mgr. z. G. Gavan, rector Of
the Sacred Heart Shrine and spiritual
director of the Washington section,
made the arrangements for the
celebration. He extended an invi-
tation to all Catholic men of Washing
ton to join the Holy Name Society
in the religious service and desig-
mated the Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception at the Catholic University
as the place where the services
would take place.
Sermon on "Christ the King"
Right Rev. T. ]. Shahan, rector of
the Catholic University, will preside
and Mgr Bernard Mckenna of
the Shrine Will be master of
ceremonies. The sermoni will be de-
livered by Very Rev. Tsnatius Smith.
prior of the Dominican House Of
Sudies and professor of philosophy at
the Catholic University, who was
formerly national director OF the
Holy Name Society in the United
States. He will preach on the theme
Christ the King"
The ministers at the services, which
will be special vespers, or evening
prayer service, will be Mgr. p. G..
Gavan of the Sacred Heart, celebrant;
Rev J. Walter DAILY of ST. Peters,
deacon. and Rev. Joseph Nelligan Of
st. Gabriel's. subdeacon. Brothers
Vincent Lanctot and Andrew
ODonnell will serve as acolytes and
Brother Francis Vollimer will be
thurifer. The vespers service will be
sung by a choir of 100 voices made
up of the collegiate fathers and
novices from the Dominican House Of
Studies, with Brother Gregory
O'Connor as orSanist.
The Holy Name Branch Of the
Catholic University, composed Of 400
students, will be host Of the visiting
Holy Name members and will act as
ushers and guides to the guests. A
special section of the shrine will be
occupied by the university student
body and provision will be made for
visiting clergy in the sanctuary.
Service to BE Impressive.
The service will consist of exposi-
ton of the blessed sacrament by the
ministers, the singing Of 20 Salutarts
Hostia." and tho chanting of the
litany Of the Blessed Virgin by the
Dominican choir. This will be followed
by the public recitation of the rosary
and the impressive conservation of
assembly to loyalty in Christ the
King. The sermon will then be
delivered by Father Smith. Following
the sermon one Of the most impresSiVe
scenes of the evening will take place,
when the lights of the church Will be
extinguished and all the Holy Name
members present, with lighted candles
in their hands, will solemnly recite
the Holy Name pledge.
The service will conclude with the
chanting of the litany OF the Holy
Name, benediction of the blessed
sacrament and the singing of Holy
God, We Praise Thy Name" by the
entire assembly.
The officers Of the Washington
section IN charge Of arrangements are:
Cornelius Ford, president Harry S.
O'Neill, vice president: Matthew
Noone, secretary, and John F. Curtin,