Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
$1,000 TO ATTEND
GALA FIELD MASS
At c. i. STADIUM
Catholic Students of Capital
Meet at University
May a..
GUESTS WILL INCLUDE
GROUP OF DIPLOMATS
Archbishop of Baltimore Will
Pontifcate at Service for
Mission Crusade.

Fifty thousand students and their
guests, including high United States
Government officials, members of the
diplomatic corps and prominent clergy.
men of several denominations. will at
tend the annual gala military field mass
in the Catholic University Stadium
Thursday, May IA, under auspices of
the local chapter of the Catholic Stu
dents Mission Crusade
The military mass. to be punctuated
with the booming of cannon and the
rattle OF side arms and field pieces in
the ranks OF uniformed guards OF
honor, will be pontihcated by Most
Rev. Michael j. Curley, Archbishop of
Baltimore. Right Rev. Msgr James
Hugh Ryan, rector of the Catholic Uni
ver.Ay, will preach the sermon. while
Rev. J. Leo Barley will direct a choir
OF 1000 children.
Rear Admiral William S. Benson.
U. S. NJ, retired, will be personal aide
to the archbishop during the cere-
monies. Rev. w. Milholland will be
master OF ceremonies. Thomas Pang-
born of Hagerstown, Md. also will be
an aide to Archbishop Curley.
Regulars to Man Artillery.
The military guard of honor will in
clude the st. Johns College Cadet
Corps and the Georgetown University
r. o. T. c. The Artillery piece will
be manned by detachment of United
States Regulars yet to be announced
AS aide to the archbishop, Admiral
Benson will receive the American and
foreign dignitaries in the reception be-
fore the mass. The mass itself will be
preceded by a colorful procession into
the stadium beginning at $50 o'clock
in the morning.
The demonstration centering about
the military mass, one of the most
spectacular religious ceremonies in the
Catholic Church, will be participated in
By parochial schools. high schools and
colleges of the entire Baltimore ARCH
diocese. Elaborate plans now are be-
ing made for the reception and hous-
ing of the thousands of students who
will be in Washington for the confer
ence. Sixty-eight thousand persons at
tended the first field mass last year
when it was held in Baltimore. Ac-
commodations for $4,000 viii be made
available at the mass here on May IA,
by installation of $4,000 additional
seats in the infield of the Catholic
University Stadium and the erection of
a belt of temporary stands around the
bowl itself
Organization Is Four Years Old.
The Catholic Students Mission
Crusade is an organization of boys and
girls and young men and young women
engaged in promotion of home and
foreign missions. Only four years ago,
the crusade had its beginning in a
meeting of four high school students.
Washington alone, the crusade menu
bership includes students of 19 insti.
tuticnS of learning and three additional
units named for clergymen prominent
in the life of the crusade.
The schools maintaining crusade units
are Catholic University, Georgetown
University. Georgetown Preparatory
School, Georgetown Convent of the
Visitation, Gonzaga High School, Holy
Cross Academy, Holy Trinity High
School, Immaculate Seminary, Academy
of the Immaculate Conception, Nativity
High School, Notre Dame Academy,
Academy of the Sacred Heart, st.
Anthonys School. st. Cecilia's Academy,
ST. Johns College, st. Paul's Academy,
ST Theresa's Academy, st. Patrick's
School and st. Roses Academy. The
three other units are the Vaeth, named
for Rev. Louis Vaeth. founder Of the
crusade; the Mcnamara, named for
Right Rev. John M. Mcnamara, auxil-
larry bishop of Baltimore archdiocese,
and the Shahan, named for Right Rev.
Thomas j. Shahan, rector emeritus OF
Catholic University.