Evening star., 1937-02-10
CAPITAL CHURCHES
OPEN LENT SEASON
WITH RITES TODAY
Ash Wednesday Services
and Masses Scheduled
by Many.
CATHEDRAL EXERCISES
WILL BE LED BY BISHOP
Catholics Receive Ashes During
Morning Worship-St. Thomas
Sermons Start Tonight.

Special masses and services were
being held by many Washington
churches today, Ash Wednesday, In
observance of the beginning of the
40-day Lenten period of devotions and
spiritual preparation for Easter.
Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will conduct
the evening prayer in the Great Choir
of the Washington Cathedral at pin
Canon Raymond L. Wolven officiatcd
at the morning prayer service. Holy
communion and the service of the
litany were celebrated earlier.
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes will be-
gin series Of six addresses on "Our
Bible, Its Origin, Transmission and
Significance" at the evensong services
tomorrow and Friday at 4 pm
The traditional distribution Of the
ashes of palms was held in all Catholic
churches at early morning masses.
Members Of these churches will be
called to worship again tonight for the
first of series of Lenten devotious
Ashes to Be Distributed.
In the Church of the Immaculate
Conception blessed ashes will be dis
tributed in the evening after the
Lourdes novena services at 7:45 pm.
in addition to the morning masses
Rev. Thomas Mcmahon of the
Paulists of New York City will preach
the closing sermon Of the novena of
Our Lady Of Lourdes at 7:45 pm.
tomorrow. with accompanying cere-
mony.
Rev. Dr. John K. Cartwright, pastor
of the church, will be celebrant of the
solemn high mass at 11:15 am. Sum
day. Rev. F. P. Harrity will preach
on ''The Christian Priesthood" Rev.
Speer Strahan Of Catholic University
will deliver the first Of his Lenten
sermons, THE Church of the Living
at pm. Sunday over the Washing
ton Catholic Radio Hour, broadcast
over Station VOL.
Right Rev Frank w. Creighton, S.
T. D.. of Garden City. Long Island,
present Suffragan Bishop of Long Is
land and recently elected Bishop Co.
adjutor Of Michigan, will deliver the
sermon at the first of a series of eve
ming Lenten services in. st. Thomas
Episcopal Church. The services will
start at 8 o'clock.
Communion Thursdays.
During Lent there will be celebra-
ton of the holy communion and ad-
dress by the rector, DR.. H. S. Wilkin-
son, at 10 am. each Thursday. Every
Tuesday at pm. there will be a brief
service. and address by DR.. Allen J.
Miller, assistant to the rector. A
volunteer group of ladies will meet in
the parish house for Red Cross sewing
every Monday at 10 am. during Lent.
DR.. Oliver j. Hart, rector of st.
Johns Church, Lafayette Square, will
begin a series of Wednesday night
services today at 8 O'Clock.
Canon Stokes of the Washington
Cathedral will conduct service at
st. Pauls Church, Rock Greek, at
8 pm.
st. Paul's Episcopal Church, near
Washington Circle, will observe the
opening Of Lent with a service at
8 pm. by Rev. Calvert E. Buck.
After morning services and special
MONDAY service of prayers for world
peace, devotions will be held at 4:45
pm. at the Church of the Epiphany
under sponsorship of the Washington
Federation of Churches. Rev. Howard
S. Wilkinson of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church will be the guest
preacher.
Ash Wednesday devotions will be
held at pm. by Grace Episcopal
Church. with Rev. William PenSe
James, formerly dean of st. Johns
Cathedral, Quincy, Ill, preaching. DR..
Carl c. Rasmussen, church pastor, will
conduct Wednesday night Lenten serv-
ices each week, beginning today.
The Mayfower Hotel Lenten lectures,
which have been conducted in past
years by DR.. Joseph r. Sizoo, former
minister of New York Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, this year will be car
ried- on by Rev. Albert Joseph Nc
Cartney, pastor of Covenant First
Presbyterian Church. The six weekly
services will be held at II am. each
Monday.
Bishop Freeman will deliver the first
lecture Of the series Monday. He will
be followed by Rev. Mr.. Mccartney,
Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris of
Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rev. DR.. Oscar F. Blackwelder of the
Lutheran Church of the Reformation.
Rev. Mr.. Hart of st. Johns Episcopal
Church and again by Rev. Mr.. Nc
Cartney.
Lutheran Services.
Grace Lutheran Church will observe
Ash Wednesday with special services
at 8 pm. Holy communion will be
administered, and Rev. G. E. Lenski.
pastor, will preach on '"rhe Renewed
Challenge Of Lent" The church will
hold devotions each Wednesday
throughout Lent.
Bishop William Fraser Mcdowell
will address the congregation at eve
ming services today in Foundry M. Z.
Church. It will be a corporate COM
munion service for Methodists of the
Washington district. The meeting will
follow a conference of ministers. DR..
g. Ellis Williams, District superin-
tendent Of the Washington area, will
preside.
Rev. Mr.. Blackwelder of Reforma-
ton Lutheran Church will preach ON
"The Inner Way-Outer way" at
services there at 3 pm.
"a Turn for the Better" will be
the subject of a Lenten sermon to-
night by Rev. Henry w. Snyder, pastor
Of st. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Rev. ]. Luther Frantz, pastor of
st. Marks Lutheran Church, will
preach on Making Religion Real"
at devotions at his church at 8 pm.
Lenten services at Christ Lutheran
Church will be conducted at 8 pm.
BY Rev. J. Frederic Wenchel, pastor.
Rev. Sam II. Korhmann, pastor of