Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-20
Rnntatt Gathnltt


be given before the service.
The proper of the mass will be sung
by men, chant and graduate of Nit
terer being used.
The ordinary will be the mass in
honor of the Sacred Heart, by 1gnace
Mitterer.
Music, under the direction of Jennie
Glennan, by the quartet, Mrs Norwood
Cassidy, Celia Fioravanti E. Harry
Myers, James Nolan, and chorus OF 40
voices, will be included.
There will be a solemn high mass at
midnight Christmas eve in the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, of which
the Rev. Francis j. Hurney is pastor.
Station VOL will broadcast this serv-
ice. Father Hurney will deliver the SER
mon and will also be celebrant. He
will be assisted by the Rev. Stanislaus
Czyz, deacon, and the Rev Bartholomew
Kennedy as subdeacon.
The Boys Sanctuary Choir will sing
carols before the mass. assisted by Fred
erick Nolan as soloist. The Immacu-
late Conception Choir, under the direc-
ton of Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard,
will sing the mass, with Florence
Yocum and Kathryn Bowers as soloists
and accompanied by stringed orches-
ira. The whole musical program is
under the direction of Prof. Howard.
The last mass on Christmas day will
be at 1915 noon. There will be music
at this mass, and repetition of the
Christmas carols.
Midnight mass st. James Catholic
Church, Thirty-Seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier,
Md, will be celebrated by Rev. R. Cotter
Fitzgerald, assistant pastor. The mass
will be preceded by Christmas carols,
sung by the full choir chorus of Is
mixed voices.
The program:
''rhe Proper of the Mass. "A. Edmond Tozer
Male Chorus.
Solemn HiSh Mass of Eduardo Marco, 30
S.:S
50 MRS; Aenes e, whalen, 49,,
Communion s Adests f fsEaeEo' .Novero
Florence Hager, Anna C. Whalen, Joseph
Robecheau and Bernard Gerhardt
ave mara Charles Famosa. '0'"uOef'
Recessional, Come. All Ye Faithful"
Choir.
Soloists- Florence Hager, Mary Vanne-
man, Catherine Green, Celia Klein,
Winifred Huck, Dorothea Famosa and
Mrs. Joseph w. Robecheau sopranos;
Gertrude Wedemeier, contralto; Lillian
Berry and Mrs. Andrew Shields, altos;
Bernard G. Gebhardt bass; Joseph w.
Robecheau and Paul Beckert tenors.
Chorus under the direction of Charles ].
Famosa, organist.
Other masses Christmas will be cele-
brated by Rev. j. Edward Malloy, pastor,
8 and 10 am.
The following music will be given at
the Christmas eve midnight mass at
A1A of fna Hoorf Sly
tenth street and Park road, by the
mixed choir under the direction of Mary
Louise Sullivan, organist. Beginning
at 1870, there will be program of
Christmas organ music and traditional
carols The choir will sing the 'Missa
Regina Pacis," by Yon, with the proper
of the mass by Vanden Elsen and the
"Adeste Fldeles" as the supplementary
offertory. The choir will sing Silent
Night" (Gruber), "Gesu Bambino"
CYon) and other Christmas hymns dur
ing the communion after high mass.
The Christmas hymns will be re-
peated at the IL o'clock mass on Christ
mas day which will be low mass, fol-
lowed by benediction.
The soloists are Mabel G. Latimer,
soprano: Christine L. Levin, contralto;
Robert M. O'Lone, tenor, and Joseph P.
OLone, IT,, bass.
Midnight mass will be celebrated at
st. Michaers Catholic Church. Silver
Spring, Rev. Thomas Calnan, celebrant
At l1:45 Silent Night" will be sung
by the entire choir, followed by solo
20 Holy Night" rendered by George
Kennedy, accompanied on violin by
Mr.. Donahay. Mass by Jules BAIL will
be rendered under the direction Of the
organist, Mary Keane. and solos viii be
given by Edith Mckay, Nellie Hewitt
and Dorothy Simon, with violin obbli-
cato by Lillian Barnes and Mr.. Dona-
hay. After the communion "Adeste
Fidelis" will be sung in solo and duet
by Edith Mckay and Marguerite Keane.
The services will close with the sing
ing by Dorothy Simons of THE Song
the Angels Sang" assisted by Mrs.
Barnes. violinist. Among those who
will. sustain the chorus throughout the
services are Mae Cissel, Miss Keane,
Louis Albert, Mr. Reed, Mr.. Coughlin,
MIR. Kennedy and Joseph Weber.
The music at the midnight mass at
st. Peters Church Christmas eve will
be sung by the mixed choir of 35 voices
under the direction of Christopher S.
Tenley. The program includes "Missa
Gratia Plena," by Geremina Fabrizi:
'Proper of the Mass" by Gruber, and
during the communion motets by Pales-
trina, Yon and Nowieskji. Before the
service there will be a program of ira
ditional carols, starting at IL 40 o'clock
The solo quartet of the choir consists of
Agnes Whelan Mclaughlin, soprano;
Carolyn Manning, contralto; William
p. Shanahan, tenor, and Romeo Guar
adj, baritone.
The childrens choir of 60 voices,
under the direction of Sister M. Irene,
will sing at the IL o'clock service on
Christmas day.
Christmas will be ushered in at the
Franciscan Monastery with ceremonies
similar to years past. At ii o'clock the
friars will assemble to chant mathis.
which precede the solemn high mass at
midnight. Following the mass an i'm
pressive procession of community men,
bers will go to the Grotto of Bethlehem.
adjoining the catacombs under the
church, where services will be observed
as in the little town in Palestine that
witnessed Christ's BIRTH The grotto, an
exact replica OF the original, contains
two beautiful affairs, the largest of which
Is erected over the spot where Mary
brought forth her first-born SON." while
the other altar is dedicated To the magi
The manger has been recently enhanced
with contrasting marbles of black and
gold and Botticino. At the rear of this
chapel large canvas depicts the scene
on the Plains Of Judea when the sfep-
herds heard the tidings of great JOY
sung by angelic choirs. After the mid
night services low masses will follow at
the Altar Of the Nativity, and at 8
O'Clock on Christmas day the second
solemn mass will be sung, the Monastery
Choir rendering the proper parts of the
mass in ancient Gregorian common
parts from "Puer Nstus Est Nobis'' CA
Child Is Born TO Us"), by Magri; COM
munion motetS, Domino Non Sum Dig
nus" (PieD, "Rssonet in Laudibus"
lKleinl. nroceSsinnal HYMNS "AdeSte