Evening star., 1940-05-19
K. Of {. Will Serve
As Guard Of Honor
To Father 0'Conn1or
First Solemn Mass
Of Recently
Ordoined Priest

Members of Washington General
Assembly, Fourth Degree, Knights
OF Columbus, will assemble In the
Church of the Nativity, 5000 Georgia
avenue NV. today at II o'clock
to serve as a guard of honor at the
first solemn mass of the Rev. Alloy
sius O'Connor, who was ordained
to the priesthood last Tuesday at
the Cathedral in Baltimore.
A meeting of the assembly will be
held tomorrow evening at the May
flower Hotel. The guest speaker will
be the Very Rev. DR.. Edwin Ryan
of Catholic University. Refresh
ments will be served.
State Deputy Col Thomas F. Car
lin will preside at the annual meet
ing Of the State Council on Wednes-
day evening in the Knights OF Co.
lumbus Club. Election of officers
will be held.
State Deputy Carlin will present
to the Right Rev. Msgr. Eugene j.
Connolly, pastor of st. Peters
Church and State chaplain of the
order here, check representing the
Knights of Columbus contribution to
the rebuilding fund of st. Peters
Church. recently damaged by fire
Alfred A. McGarraghy, chairman
of the st. Peters Fund. announced
there is still time to make contribu-
tions toward this cause. All con-
tributions should be mailed to the
Knights of Columbus Club on or be-
fore Wednesday evening.
Joseph M. McKenna, faithful nav
igator Of Washington General As
| sembly Fourth Degree, tomorrow
evening will head delegates to Bal
timore to take part in the annual
meeting of the Masters Committee.
at which an election of master of
the Fourth Degree for Maryland
and the District of Columbia will
take place.
The 58th annual meeting of the
Supreme Council will be neld in In
dianapolis, Ind, August 20, 81 and %.
A prayer-for-p peace program, spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus
and the Columbia Broadcasting Co.,
from Station KMBC, Kansas City,
Mo-. and a coast-to-coast network,
will be heard this evening at 8 o'clock
(E. D. IT,.
The speakers will be the Most
Rev. Francis J. Spellman, Arch
| bishop of New York. and Supreme
Knight Francis P. Matthews, and
musical selections may be, heard by
Father Flanagan's Boys Town Choir
of Omaha, Nebr.
Potomac Council, Knights of Co.
lumbus, will celebrate the 4lst an
niversary with dinner and dance
at the clubhouse on May 27 at $50
pm. Robert L. Sheridan, grand
knight, is honorary chairman and
Roy Harding lecturer, chairman.
Reservations may be made at the
club at any time.
Carroll Council will meet Tuesday
evening in the club. Thomas j.
Myers, grand knight, will preside.
4ilC diuludl IcIledI 1OT IIleIuOerS
Of the five local councils is being held
this week at Manresa -on-the-Sev-
ern, with Rosa F. Downing in
charge Members desiring to make
a motor trip to Manresa this morn
ing may do so and may remain
for the completion of the retreat.
Theodore F. Moseley, president of
the Knights of Columbus Bowling
League, announced the annual
awards will be made next Thursday
evening at banquet at the Conti-
mental Hotel.
Plans have been completed for the
Second Annual Solemn Memorial
Military Field Mass in the Amphi-
theater at Arlington National Ceme-
terry at 10 o'clock May 26 under aus
pices of the combined Catholic So
cieties of Washington and nearby
Virginia and Maryland.
The Most Rev. John Francis
OHara, auxiliary bishop of the
Army and Navy Diocese and former
head of Georgetown University, will
preside and deliver the sermon. The
celebrant will be the Rev. Patrick N.
McDermott, national chaplain of the
American Legion.
Following the mass representatives
from local and national Catholic or
CARNATIONS will gather at the Tomb
OF the Unknown SOLDIER and place
wreaths. The Knights of Columbus
band will give a sacreo concert and
members of Washington General
Assembly will act as a guard of
honor. The general public is invited.
Reserved seats have been limited
to the boxes and are for members of
the diplomatic corps and other dis
tinguished guests.
Plans are nearing completion for
the AID anniversary banquet of
Keane Council on June Is at the
Hamilton Hotel. Daniel Boone is in
charge of the tickets. Francis Miller
is in charge of arrangements. Grand
Knight James F. Keloe will be host.
At the meeting of spalding Coun-
Gil on June 6 will be nomination and
election of officers.
James, A. Sullivan, grand COM
mander, has called meeting of the
divan of Alcantara Caravan, Order
Of the Alhambra, for Tuesday at 8
pm. at the knights of Columbus
Club. Matters under discussion will
be dance for the caravan members
and their ladies at one of the coun-
try clubs early in June, a midsummer
outing at one of the beaches and a
run" OF the caravan In the early
fall.