Evening star., 1934-11-28

Special services OF Thanksgiving
will be held by most of Washington's
churches tomorrow, many Of Them
meeting for union services.
st. Patrick's Church will act as host
to delegates of the Catholic Church
from North and South America at the
annual Pan-American Thanksgiving
mass to be celebrated at 1890 am.
tomorrow. His excellency, the Most
Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani,
apostolic delegate to the United
States, will preside at the service.
Right Rev. Emmet Michael Walsh,
Bishop of Charleston. S. c., will
pontificate and the sermon will be
delivered by Very Rev. Edward G..
Fitzgerald After the service Right
Rev. Cornelius F. Thomas, pastor Of
the church, will entertain clerical and
lay participants at luncheon in the
rectory.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Episcopal Bishop of Washington, will
deliver the sermon on The Signifi-
canoe of Thanksgiving Day This
Year." at the special services at IL
am. tomorrow, in the Great Choir Of
the Washington Cathedral. Holy
communion will be celebrated at 7:30
am. and $50 am. Evening prayer
service will be held at pm. There
will be special music at the IL o'clock
service by the Cathedral Choir under
the direction of Edgar Priest. Pilgrim
aides will be on duty throughout the
day to escort visitors through the
Cathedral and crypt.
Solemn High Mass.
There will be a solemn high mass
at the Immaculate Conception Church,
at 10:15 am. tomorrow, with the
Rev. Francis P. Hartity as celebrant.
On Friday the solemn Novena in
honor of the Immaculate Conception
will begin with sermons at the l2:l5
noon mass, and at 7:45 pm.
Bishop William F. Mcdowell will
preach the annual Thanksgiving Serv-
ice of the IL Georgetown Protestant
churches at 1890 am. tomorrow in
the Georgetown Presbyterian Church
on P street near Thirty-fir street. A
plate Offering and contributions Of
food will be received for the Aged
Women'S Home on Wisconsin avenue.
Special music will be provided by the
Georgetown Presbyterian Choir.
Rev. James Shera Montgomery
chaplain Of the House, will deliver the
sermon at the Metropolitan Memorial
Church, Nebraska and New Mexico
avenues, at 1890 am. Special music
will be provided by a mixed quartet
and by Harlan Randall. baritone.
Chancellor J. M. M. Gray will offer
the prayer.
The union Thanksgiving service Of
the Bethesda Presbyterian, Methodist
and Baptist Churches will be held at
II am. in the Presbyterian Church,
Wilson lane, Bethesda, Md Rev. J. H.
Blakemore, jr. pastor of the Central
Methodist Church, will preside and
the sermon will be delivered by Rev.
B. M OSgood. pastor OF the Bethesda
Baptist Church. Music will be pro-
vided by the united choirs Of the
Methodist and Presbyterian Churches.
Charles H. Brough will speak at a
union Baptist Thanksgiving service to
be held at the National Baptist Me-
mortal at 10:45 am.
Chevy Chase Service.
The Chevy Chase union Thanks
giving service will be held at 10 a m.
in the Chevy Chase Baptist Church.
The sermon will be preached by Rev.
Arthur j. Jackson Of American Uni
versity. The churches uniting for this
service are the Wesley Methodist.
Chevy Chase Presbyterian. Chevy
Chase Methodist and Chevy Chase
Baptist.
Rev. w. Angie Smith, pastor OF the
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copal Church South, will preach the
Thanksgiving sermon at II O'Clock In
the auditorium of the Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H streets. This
is a union service in which the First
Congregational Church, Calvary Bap-
tist and Mount Vernon Place Metho-
dist Episcopal will unite, with Rev
Allen Stockdale, Rev. w. S. Abernethy
and Rev. Smith cooperating. A