Evening star., 1941-05-18
Program Arranged
For Military Field
Mass Next Sunday
RooseveIts, Members Of
Congress ond Cabinet
And Justices Invited


Members of washington General
Assembly, Fourth Degree. Knights
of Columbus, in association with
the National Capital Committee of
National and Local Catholic So
cieties, are completing arrange
ments for the third annual solemn
memorial military field mass at 10
O'Clock next Sunday in the Amphi-
theater at Arlington National Gene
terry.
Carmine Garofalo, past faithful
navigator of Washington General
Assembly, is general chairman OF
arrangements.
The Most Rev. Peter l.. Ireton,
Co-adjutor Bishop of Richmond
and Titular Bishop of Cine, will be
the celebrant of pontificial mass.
Bishop Ireton will have as assist
ants the Very Rev. John M. j.
Quinn of New York, national chap
lain of the Catholic War Veterans,
who will be the arch priest; the
Rev. Paul A. Nee. chaplain OF the
Marine Base at Quantico, Va, and
the Rev. Joseph F. Donoghue, chap
lain at Boiling Field. The choir
from the Sulpician House Of
Studies at Catholic University will
sing the mass.
Wreaths to Be Placed.
The sermon will be delivered by
the Very Rev. Edmund A. Walsh,
regent of the school of foreign serv-
ice at Georgetown University.
After the mass, representatives of
more than so national and local
Catholic organizations will place
wreaths at the Tomb of the Un-
known Soldier. These wreaths will
be formally blessed by Bishop Ire
ton before being presented.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
been invited to attend, as have been
members of the cabinet, Supreme
Court justices and members Of both
Houses of Congress.
There will be presentation Of
the Catholic war veteran plaque,
which will be housed in the upper
trophy room of the amphitheater.
It will be presented by National
Comdr. William Walsh of New York.
He will head a pilgrimage of vet
erans from New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware and Mary
land to the tomb.
The Third Order of st. Francis
Terteraries is arranging a pilgrim
age from Pittsburgh. Delegates
from Pennsylvania and Maryland
will be headed by the Rev. Maximus
Poppy of st. Louis, national secre-
tary of the Third Order in the
United States, who will place a
wreath on behalf of that religious
society.
Groups to be Represented.
Among the national groups plan
ming to send representatives and
place wreaths are the knights of
Columbus Supreme Council, Ma
tional Council of Catholic Men,
National Council of Catholic Wom-
en-, Catholic Daughters Of America,
Daughters of Isabella, Ancient
Order of Hibernians and Ladies'
Auxiliary, Ladies' Auxiliary, knights
Of st. John; International Fedora
ton of Catholic Alumnae, Catholic
Women's Benevolent Legion, Catho-
lie Central Verein of America,
Order of the Alhambra, National
Federation of Catholic College Stu
dents, American Lithuanian Roman
Catholic Alliance and National
Catholic Evidence Conference.
Catholic Knights of st. George,
First Catholic Slovak Union, Ma
tional Alliance of Bohemian Catho-
lies of America, st. Vincent de Paul
Superior Conference, Catholic Order
OF Foresters, Christ Child Society,
Alumnae Association of the Catho-
lie Summer School OF America,
Catholic Ladies of Columbia, Ma
tional Catholic School of Social
Service, Ladies' Catholic Benevolent
Legion, National Catholic Women's
Union and the Newman Club Fed
Grafton.
The Knights of Columbus wreath
will be placed by Supreme Knight
Francis P. Matthews of Omaha,
Nebr. Other wreaths will be placed
by national heads of visiting groups.
Reception and Luncheon.
Following the presentation of
wreathS, an informal reception and
luncheon will be rendered Bishop
Ireton and Father Walsh at the
Mayf1ower Hotel.
The committee on transportation,
headed by Vincent A. McGarry, an
nounced that buses will leave Fiji
teenth street and Pennsylvania av-
enue NV. every five minutes, be-
ginning at $3.50 o'clock.
1t Is also announced that there
are to be no cards OF admission
and no reserved seats.