Evening star., 1932-10-16
40 SCHOOLS Join
IN CATHOLIC RALLY
Students Mission Crusade
Exercises This Afternoon
at National Shrine.

Approximately 5000 boys and girls
from parochial schools of the District
will take part in the third annual rally
of the Catholic Students Mission Cru
sade at 3 pm today in the Crypt of
the National Shrine, at Catholic Uni
versity.
The cadets of st. Johns College will
form the military escort for the pro-
cess.on in which more than 40 schools
will be represented. Clerics and men,
bers of the religious community from
the houses of study at Catholic Uni
versity will take part.
Most Rev Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi
the apostolic delegate will preside at
the solemn benediction and Right Rev
Msgr. John William D. OBrien, presi-
dent of the Church Extension Society
of Chicago will preach. In the sane
tuary will be Archbishop Michael j
Curley CT Baltimore. Most Rev. John
M. Mcnamara. auxiliary bishop Of Bal
timore, and Right Rev. Msgr. James
Hugh Ryan, rector of the university
During the services the Crusaders pledge
will be taken under the leadership OF
Charles Lee. president of the Catholic
University Conference.
Mission Education Aim.
The Crusade is an organization tC
promote missionary interest through
mission education There are 2.79e
units, with a total membership of 509.-
$50 students. The ceremonies today vii
serve as a public profession of faith.
Twenty-seven pupils OF Washington
schools will receive the Paladin Medals
for outstanding achievements in cru.
sade activities from his excellency the
apostolic delegate. The candidates vii
be presented by Brother Samuel. S. A.
of the Atonement Seminary of the Holy
Ghost. The candidates are: ST. John:
William SpaetZ, Bernard Schwarz
Bernard Lloyd, Basil Allison: Gonzags
Joseph Keegan, Thomas Tilson, Edwin
| Durall; st. Patrick'S-Louise Brew
, Thelma Rhodes, Elizabeth Colon; I'M
| maculata-Eileen Collins and Orics
Donohue; ST. Paul's-Mary c. Come
and Catherine Murphy: Holy Cross
| Margaret Mcdonald and Martin Houll'
han; St. Cecilia s-Catherine Dargan
Mary Curtin and Anna McCullin
! Kathleen Crowley; st. Anthony ys-Clara
Klein and Rita Driscoll Notre Dame
Mary Dunn. Mary Keehan. Mary Bar
rett and ST. John Frederick.
Veteran Unit Medals.
The candidates from veteran units
comprised of older students also will re-
ceive the Paladin Medals. They are
Edward McLarney. Richard Roberts
and Martin Quinn from the Vaeth unit
named in honor of the Rev. Louis c
Vaeth. one of the outstanding workers
in the crusade and director of the
Propagation of the Faith for the Arch
diocese of Baltimore Father Vaeth is
largely responsible, for the success ol
the local organization and is absent from
the annual Fall rally for the first time
in several years He ives taken i'll early
in the Summer and is at present in Los
Angeles endeavoring to recover MS
health.
From the Shahan Unit, named in
honor of the late rector OF the Uni
versity, the candidates are Uriel Sheehy
and John O'Connell. Dorothy Burche
and Albert Brown will receive their
medals from the hands of the apostolic
delegate for whom their unit was
named
Father John McLarney, Father
Bernard Schneider and Brother Luke
C. F.. S.. members of the Catholic Uni
versity Conference of Clerics and Re
ligious, will also be awarded Paladin
medals
Clerics of the Holy Cross College will
furnish music for the benediction and
the ministers of the mass include
Thomas Fitzpatrick, c. S: C., master
of ceremonies; James J. Mcneil O. M. l..
deacon and Peter Wygbert Weineber
s. D. S., subdeacon.