Evening star., 1941-04-10
Added Services
Are Announced
For Holy Week
Business Firms Asked
To Release Employees
For Rites Tomorrow

Christianity's most joyous rites, the
Easter Sunday services.
Business firms in Washington
have been asked by q committee
of leading Catholic and Protestant
churchmen to release as many en-
ployes as possible for Good Friday
devotionals between noon and 3 pm
tomorrow. 1t was suggested that
employers allow recess for prayer
and worship during this sacred pc
riod."
A large attendance is expected
Sunday morning at the 18th an
nual sunrise memorial service con-
Quoted by the Grand Encampment
of Knights Templar in the amphi-
theater at Arlington National Gene
terry. Harry G. Pollard, grand mas
ter of Knights in the United States
will be present with his staff.
A parade of uniformed knights
Templar from the District and near
by States will march from the west
gate of the cemetery at ITO am.
and services will begin in the
amphitheater as soon as the march
ers are seated. The United States
Marine Band will participate in the
exercises.
Bishop Wright Speaker.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Right Rev. Adna Wright Leon
ard, Methodist Bishop for the WASH
ington area, and those taking part
in the services will include the Rev
DR.. Ze Barney T. Phillips, chaplain
of the Senate; the Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, chaplain of the House,
and Grand Master Pollard. Music
will be furnished by the Marine
Band and a uniformed choir of
Knights Templar.
Easter communion will be cele-
brated at New York Avenue Presby-
terian Church at o'clock tonight,
an anniversary of thes first Lord S
supper DR.. Peter Marshall will
speak on The Savior's Paradox. ''
and the church choir and chorus
will sing.
A Good Friday service will be held
at the church as pm. tomorrow
DR.. Marshall will conduct the serv-
ice and the meditation will be based
on the seven words from the cross
Easter Sunday services will be held
at 8 and ii am. They will be iden-
tical. with DR.. Marshall as the
speaker.
A candlelight communion service
will be held at 7:45 o'clock tonight at
the National City Christian Church
in commemoration of the Last Sup
per. The choir will sing a short cam
tata, The Last Supper" by Forsyth
The mass of pre-sanctifled will
be held in the Shrine of the I'm
maculate Conception at noon tomor-
row for the first time in the history
of Catholic University. it was an
nounced. The Rev j. B. McAllister
instructor in philosophy at the uni
versity, will be the celebrant. The
Passion will be sung by three dea-
cons OF the Sulpician Seminary.
Special Dev0tions.
Special lenten devotions in the
Shrine will be concluded Sunday
with solemn pontificial high mass
at II O'Clock. The most Rev. Joseph
M. Corrigan, Bishop of Bilta and
rector OF the university. will be the
celebrant. The Rev John J. Reilly
director Of the Shrine, is to deliver
the sermon.
Holy Thursday services will be
held at 8 o'clock tonight in the
Shrine, with the chanting of the
Office of the Tenebrae by the choir
of the Sulpician Seminary. The
service will be held again at 8 pm
tomorrow.
Easter Sunday masses will begin
at the shrine at o'clock and con-
tlnue hourly until the IL O'Clock
service, it was announced.
CandIelight Service.
A candlelight holy communion
service will be held at Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church at 8 O'Clock
tonight. The choir. under direction
OF Deane Shure, will sing.
A meditation service is to be held
in the chapel on Good Friday after
noon at S O'Clock, and at 8 pm. the
play, Out of the Darkness" will be
presented by the Mount Vernon
Players.
Holy communion services will bs
held at Takoma Lutheran Church
at 8 O'Clock tonight with the Rev. j
Adrian Pfeiffer, pastor, delivering
the sermon A Good Friday medita.
tion will be held from 2 to 3 pm. to.
morrow. Tomorrow night Mr.
Pfeiffer will speak on Jesus Meet!
All the Worlds Sinners at the
Cross" concluding lenten series al
the church.
A pre-EaStern communion service
and reception of members will be
held at Western Presbyterian
Church, 1906 H street NV, at 6
o'clock tonight.
Three Hour Service.
Methodist churches of the cit,
will hold three-hour Good Frida,
service from noon to 8 pm. tomorrow
at Foundry Methodist Church unde
auspices of the Methodist Union
DR.. Edgar C. Beery and DR.. G. Eli
Williams will be in charge.
Addresses on the seven words O
the Cross will be delivered by Bishol
Leonard; DR.. William r. Barnhart
executive secretary of the Washing
ton Federation of Churches; Dr.
Oscar F.. Blackwelder of the Lutheran
Church of the Reformation, the Rev
Haskell R. Deal of Lewis Memoria
Methodist Church, DR.. EdWar,
Hughes Pruden of the First Baptis
Church, the Rev. Edwin A. Ross Q
st. Paul's Church, Kensington, Md
and DR.. Calvin H. Wingert of Grac
Reformed Church. Others partici
pating will be Drs. William A. Hag
gerty, Beery, Frederick B. Harri
and williams.
The music will be in charge o
Justin Lawrie, with william o. Tuft
as organist. The soloists will b.
Nancy Thielson Fisher, soprano, ant
David Lawrie, baritone.