Evening star., 1937-11-01
CATHOLIC SERVICE
HERE CELEBRATES
feast OF CHRIST
Several Thousand in Rites
at BrookIand Nc
Mamara Takes Part.
DR.. JOHNSON MAKES
A PLEA FOR PEACE
Procession Has City-Wide Repre-.
sentation of Parishes-Scouts,
Other Units March.

With several thousand members of
the faith participating, the Feast of
Christ the King was celebrated by
Catholics of Washington yesterday
afternoon with colorful procession
IN Brookland, followed by services at
the stadium Of Catholic University.
The demonstration was directed by
the Holy Name Societies and was one
OF four in the archdiocese, the others
being in Baltimore, Emmitsburg and
La Plata.
The marchers assembled on Michi.
gan avenue NE. and headed by the
Right Rev. John NJ Mcnamara, Aux
iliary Bishop Of Baltimore, proceeded
to the stadium. In the line were q
city-wide representation of parishes,
religious orders. Legionnaires, Boy
Scouts, bands, drum and bugle corps
and other units.
In the reviewing stand cadets from
st. Johns College formed q guard
Of honor for Bishop Mcnamara, the
Most Rev. Joseph NJ Corrigan, presi-
dent of the university: the Rev. DR..
George johnson of the university
faculty, who gave the principal ad-
dress, and others Of clergy and laity.
Plea for Peace.
DR.. Johnson's sermon was q plea
for peace, but he admonished that
holiness is the principle according
to which men must live If peace is
to be their portion"
"The American people want peace"
he said. THE very essence of the
democratic principles upon which our
institutions are founded is that in
the settling of all controversies, the
reconciling Of all differences, the cas-
ing of all strains. recourse shall be
had not to force and compulsion, but
to understanding and cooperation.
"Democracy's weapon is peace" not
violence; democracy's way is the way
of voluntary sacrifice of personal
advantage for the common good.
We want nothing of war; we refuse
to admit the inevitabihty of the
struggle Of class against class. We
are convinced that justice and Sc
curity and equal opportunity can be
achieved for all of us by peaceful
means.
However, the while we talk Of
peace, we are uncomfortably aware
that there is no peace. The dark
shadow Of war falls athwart the land.
and although its substance is none OF
our making, We are little more than
fearful of its portent. Within our
borders, forces that should be working
together are being torn asunder, and
hatreds are being engendered where a
common interest should dictate under
| standing and mutual sympathy"
Bishop Gives Benediction.
Bishop Mcnamara was celebrant at
the benediction that concluded the
| exercises, and in a brief sermon urged
his hearers to take the significance OF
the day to heart.
The Holy Name pledge vow
against profanity-was repeated, led
by the Rev. Joseph Buckley, pastor Of
st. Francis Xavier Church
Joseph L. Gammell. president OF the
Washington section of the Holy Name
was chairman of arrangements, as
sisted by H. w. Collins, president OF
the Archdiocesan Union, and William
Joseph Neale. former president of the
Washington section.
The apostolic delegate. the Most Rev
Amleto Cicognani, participated in the
Emmitsburg ceremonies, which were
held on the campus Of Mount ST.
| Mary's College.