Evening star., 1939-11-10
Catholic j. Rites
10 Mark Close
Of Jubilee Year
3-Doy Celebration
To Begin Tomorrow;
Pope to Give GREETING

10 De9In Tomorrow
Pope to Give Greeting
Catholic University.s year of gold
en- jubilee, celebrating it's 50th an .
niversary, will close with three
commemorative days" beginning
tomorrow and climaxed by a direct
message from Pope Plus XII. broad
cast from the Vatican to the uni
versity gymnasium at noon Monday.
The greeting from the Pope, seven
minutes in length, will be the high
point of the semi-centennial con-
vocation, beginning at 10:3O am.
November 13 marks the 5Oth an
niversary of the beginning of classes.
An grafton will be delivered by the
Right Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, S.
T. D., rector of the university, and
honors will be announced and hon.
orary degrees conferred on a group
OF distinguished figures in church,
state and education.
Close to 300 delegates from COL
leges, universities and learned So
cieties in Europe and America have
accepted invitations to take part in
the closing commemorative days to-
morrow, Sunday and Monday.
Delegates From Europe.
Despite conditions in Europe, there
will be two delegates from England,
four from Italy and one each from
Ireland and Lithuania. The dele
gates from France will include
Canon Ernest Dimnet. noted phi
losopher, author of "The Art Of
Thinking" He will represent the
Catholic University of Lille. Etienne
ellison, another widely known phi
losopher. will represent the College
de France.
Ten Canadian institutions Of
higher learning will be represented
and virtually every State in the
Union will have one or more dele
gates. A number of American in
stitutions are sending their presi-
dents.
The golden jubilee year began
october IL, 1888, with an apostolic
letter from the late Pope Plus XI
reafirming the position of Catholic
University as center and source
of leadership for the Catholics of
America.
The final days of the celebration
will begin tomorrow morning with
registration of the delegates in the
Mullen Library, followed by tou-
OF the campus and of the 30 or more
religious houses of study affiliated
with the university.
Tomorrow night the university
will give dinner in honor of its
distinguished guests at the Ward
man Park Hotel. In place of a
speaking program, the university
will exhibit a motion picture film
depicting its history. Afterward
the play, Brother Orchid" written
by student, will be staged In the
Wardman Park Theater by the
Blackfriars' Guild. directed by the
Rev. Gilbert v. Hartke. o. p, head
of the university's department of
speech and drama.
At 1890 am. Sunday solemn
pontifical mass will be sung by the
most Rev. Mitchael j. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore and WASH
ington and chancellor of the uni
versity. at an altar built for the
occasion on the stage of the gym
nasium. The sermon will be
preached by one of the leading
archbishops of the country. More
than 100 members of the American
hierarchy are expected to assist at
this mass.
The massing of the colors, a re-
ligious patriotic observance, will
take place in the university stadium
at 3 pm. Sunday. Taking part will
be military and patriotic societies of
Washington, the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade, the Catholic
schools and other units. A parade
will precede the ceremony. A bene-
diction of the most elbssed sacra-
ment will be held on an altar erected
at the stadium The Right Rev. Msgr.
Fulton j. Sheen will preach. Guests
will include Raymond j. Kelly, ma
tional commander of the American
Legion.
Tour to Be Taken.
Out-of-town delegates will be
taken on tour of the city, Mount
Vernon and Arlington Sunday after
noon. Wreaths will be placed on
the grave of George Washington and
on the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier.
An organ concert will be given at
the National Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception at pm. by Conrad
Bernier, university organist.
The Semicentennial banquet will
be held at 8 pm. Sunday at the
Willard Hotel. The hierarchy, dele
gates and the trustees and faculty
OF the university will be guests.
Several speakers of national promi-
nence will be heard.
In addition to the convocation,
the events of Monday will include
the singing of "Te Deum" in the
crypt Of the National Shrine at 7:30
pm. by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty,
Archbishop of Philadelphia and a
member of the board of trustees.
The university band will give a con-
cert from BIS to 9:15 pm. and the
three days of commemoration will
oe brought to a close with a fire.
works display in the stadium. The.
final set figure in the exhibit will
be the new university flag, designed
for the semicentennial celebration.
A bronze medal has been struck
off as a souvenir of the golden
jubilee year.