Evening star., 1933-11-29
CAPITAL CHURCHES
.SOLEMNLY PREPARE
FOR THANKSGIVING
Individual or Union Services
Will Be Observed by Most
Congregations.
ST. PATRICK'S PLANS
PAN N-AMERICAN MASS
Archbishop Curley Will 0Aiciate at
25th Anniversary of Catholic
Ceremony.

Thanksgiving services will be held in
the majority of the churches of the
District tomorrow. In some instances
there will be union services.
The twenty-fifth anniversary Of the
Pan-American mass of Thanksgiving
will be observed at IL o'clock at st.
Patrick's Catholic Church. The cele-
bration this year will be Of especial in
terest in that it is the silver jubilee
observance. Most Rev. Amleto Giovan-
nj Cicognano, apostolic delegate to the
United States, and Archbishop Michael
]. Curley of Baltimore will preside, with
the apostolic delegate pontihcating mass.
will be Very Rev. Justin McManus. The
deaconS Of honor to the delegate will
be Very Rev. Francis Mcbride and Rev
William Noonan. The master of cere-
monies will be Rev. Joseph M. Nelligan
Very Rev. w. Coleman Nevils will be
the assistant priest to Archbishop Cur
ley, and Rev Michael ]. Riordan and
Rev. Edward F. Reilly deacons Of honor.
The master Of ceremonies will be Rev.
Francis E. Montgomery. Rev. Andrew
j. Carey will be the deacon of the mass
and Rev. George Curtiss subdeacon.
Baltimore Priest Will Preach.
The sermon will be delivered by Rev.
James A. Smyth, pastor Of st. Peters
Church, Baltimore. who was assistant
at st. Patrick's for many years.
Members Of the diplomatic corps rep
resenting the Pan-American nations
will attend the mass, and the flags Of
the Pan-American nations will be hung
in the church. The music will be Of q
high order. Msgr. c. F. Thomas, rector
Of the church, has arranged the ex-
ercises.
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, WASH
ington district, Baltimore Conference.
will preach the sermon at II o'clock at
Foundry NJ E. Church. when DR.. Fred
erick Brown Harris, the pastor, will
preside.
A union service will be held at II
o'clock at the First Conversational
Church which will be attended by mem
bers of Calvary Baptist Church. DR..
W. S. Abernethy will be the guest
preacher.
Bishop Freeman on Program.
Bishop James E. Freeman will preach
at Washington Cathedral at 1890
O'Clock. There will be holy communion
at 7:30 and $50 am. There will also
be evening prayer at 4 pm.
A. Columbia Heights Christian
Church union services will be held at
II. o'clock. The other churches partici-
pating will be Church of the Latter Day
Saints. Mount Pleasant Congregational,
Universalist Memorial, All Souls Unita-
rian. Francis Asbury M. E. and Irving
Street Friends Meeting Rev. William
II ho 0f frI,
will preside.
Edward p. Kimball will conduct the
responsive reading. Rev. Russell Clinchy,
pastor OF Mount Pleasant Congrega.
tional, will give the Thanksgiving proc
lamation. The scripture lesson will be
by Rev. Frederick w. Perkins, pastor
OF the Universalist Church. Prayer will
be offered by Rev. U. G. B. Pierce Of
All Souls Church. Rev. E. G. Beery.
pastor Of the Methodist Church. will
preach on Genuine Thanksgiving"
Union Services Scheduled.
The Capitol Hill churches will unite
at 1890 am. in Keller Memorial Luth-
ing are Ninth Street Christian, Ingram
Memorial Congregational, Keller Memo
byterian.
In st. Johns Lutheran Church at 10
o'clock there will be q union service
The other churches participating are
the Church Of the Reformation and st.
Marks Lutheran. Rev. j. Luther Frantz,
pastor OF st. Marks Church, will deliver
the sermon. The subject is Thanks
giving in Hard Times" There will be
special music.
At st. Margaret's Episcopal Church
at IL O'Clock there will be morning
prayer and sermon, with early COM
munion at 7:30 am.
There will be held communion and
choral at 1890 am. in st. Stephen and
the Incarnation Church, conducted by
DR.. George Fisk Dudley. Holy COM
munion also will be observed at 7:30 m.
Mass will be said at st. Agnes Epis-
copa] Church at $50 am.
Rev. Harry Lee Doll will preach the
sermon at II O'Clock at st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.
Holy communion will be observed at
am.
Holy Communion at 1880.
At st. Marks Episcopal Church holy
will be conducted at 10:30 am. by Rev.
William r. Moody
DR.. J. R. Sizoo will conduct the serv-
ices at the New York Avenue Presbyte-
rian Church at IL am.
In all of the Christian Science
Churches services will be held at II
O'Clock. The subject of the lesson
sermon is Thanksgiving"
DR.. z. B. Phillips, rector Of the
Church of the Epiphany. will preach at
II o'clock: 1t is the feast Of st. Andrew
DR.. J. Phelps Hand, pastor of Wesley
NJ E. Church, will preach at the Chevy
1890 in Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church. DR.. J. Hillman Hollister, pas
tor, will preside. The participating
churches are Chevy Chase Baptist.
Chevy Chase Methodist, Chevy Chase
Presbyterian and Wesley Methodist.
Rev L. Lloyd Black. pastor of the
Christian Church at Rockville, Md,
will be the guest preacher at 10 o'clock
at the National City Christian Church.
An address will be made by DR.. Ber-
nard Braskamp at 1890 am. at the
Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church. Special music has been ar
ranged.
DIR. Mccartney to Be Speaker.
DR.. Albert Joseph Mccartney, pastor
Of the Covenant First Presbyterian
Church, will preach the sermon at
II am.
The services at TRANSPORTATION
Episcopal Church will be at 1890 am.
under the direction of Rev. j. j.
Queally, rector. The combined choirs
will sing under the direction of Miss
Mary Wilkins.
The Petworth Community Thanks
giving service will be held at II am.
in the Petworth M. E. Church, with the
Wallace Memorial United Presbyterian
and the Petworth Baptist Churches
uniting. Dr.. G. Z. Hawthorne Of the
Presbyterian Church will preach the
sermon. The three choirs Of the