Evening star., 1942-02-17
Churches Of Capital
Open Lenten Services
Tomorrow Morning
Special Rites Listed
By Houses Of Worship
OF All Denominations

Shrove Tuesday-eve of the Chris
tian season of penitence-was being
marked today by the devout of
Washington with contemplation of
self-denial planned for, Lent.
Special lenten programs Of wor-
ship will begin tomofrow-Ash We'd
nesday-in Catholic and Protestant
churches of the city, continuing
until Easter Sunday, April S. Ashes,
reminder of mans mortality, will
be distributed at all masses in Cath
olic churches and at some Episcopal
services.
The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, will
conduct the Ash Wednesday service
at II am. tomorrow in Washington
Cathedral and deliver the sermon.
In ST. Matthews Cathedral the
masses will be at s, 7, and
am. and 1910 pm.
Services at Epiphany.
The annual lenten services under
auspices of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches will begin at
1905 pm. in the Church of the
Epiphany and will be held each
day, Monday through Friday, there
after. The Rev. DR.. Hubert Wool
fall. rector of st. Peters Episcopal
Church, st. Louis, and former
rector of st. Marks Episcopal
Church here, will be the speaker
tomorrow, Thursday and Friday.
The Rev. DR.. Charles w. Sheerin
will be in charge of the services.
The Rev. Dr. Warren Bowman will
be first speaker in the series of
services sponsored by the Southeast
Council of Churches which will be-
gin at noon tomorrow in the Penn
Theater. The services will be held
daily, Monday through Friday,
until April 2.
The II churches cooperating in
the series are: First Methodist.
Christ Episcopal, Wilson Memorial
Methodist, Fifteenth Street Chris
tian, Trinity Methodist. Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian, st. Marks Epis-
copal, Lutheran Church of the
Reformation, North Carolina Ave-
nue. Methodist. Washington City
Church of the Brethren and Grace
Baptist.
Masses in st. Patrick's Catholic
Church tomorrow are to be at 7,
7:30 and o'clock am. and 1910
pm. In st. Dominic's Catholic
Church. they are to be at s, 7, 8
and $50 am. and 1915 pm.
Ashes To Be Distributed.
Distribution of ashes will follow
all of these masses and also will
take place after 3 pm. service in
st. Dominic's. The Rev. J. F. Nc
Manus. o. p, will preach on Death
Marches On" at 7:30 pm. during the
holy hour service in ST. Dominic's S
The Rev. Edwin Pieplow pastor of
Trinity Lutheran Church. Mount
Rainier, Md. will preach at 8 pm.
on The Cross of Christ Towering
Over the Wrecks of Time"
In connection with joint lenten
services of the four Methodist
churches of Northwest Washington,
services will be held at pm. to-
morrow at Eldebrooke Methodist
Church with the celebration of the
Lords Supper. The Rev. DR.. Cliff
ford H. Richmond. pastor of Chevy
Chase Methodist Church, will give
the communion address.
Services at pm. tomorrow will
usher in the lenten season at the
Luther Place Memorial Church.
Services will be held at pm.
each Wednesday during Lent at
Concordia Lutheran Church. The
Rev. Charles Enders will deliver a
series of sermons dealing with words
about Jesus. His subject tomorrow
is 1T Is Expedient for You That
One Man Should Die for the
People"
DIR. Blackwelder in Pulpit.
The Rev. DR.. Oscar Blackwelder,
pastor of the Lutheran Church of
the Reformation, will conduct holy
communion at pm. and preach on
Pilgrims of the Inner Way"
Congress Street. Aldersgate and
oulilUdl Ccll hFCiluC M IL " "
Churches will hold a corporate COM
munion service at 8 pm. at the
Aldersgate Church with the three
ministers participating.
Lenten services will be held at s
pm. on Wednesdays at Grace Luth-
eran Church. Holy communion will
be celebrated tomorrow and new
members received The Rev. DR..
Gerhard Lenski's sermon series will
have the general theme, "Unforget-
able Truths From the Passion
Story" His topic tomorrow is THE
Mystery and the Madness of Sim"
A congregational dinner will be
served at $50 pm. tomorrow at AL
bright Memorial Evangelical Church
after which the hour of the open
heart" will be held.
Services for women will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. H. w. Bur-
gan, pastor of Hamline Methodist
Church.
Beginning tomorrow evening
services will be held at O'Clock
cdCu WCullCoOdy dI VIC AohoAio
Lutheran Church. The Rev. j.
Adrain Pfeiffer will present series
of sermons on Gods Plans for
Men" His subject tomorrow is
Gods Perfect Plan" Holy COM
munion will be celebrated.
The union lenten services for
Sixteenth Street Heights and the
Brightwood areas will open at pm.
tomorrow at the Sixth Presbyterian
Church. Other churches partici-
pating are: st. Paul Methodist,
Hamline Methodist, Highlands and
North Washington Baptist and the
Lutheran Church of the Incarnation.
The Rev. William Pierpont, pastor
Of st. Pauls Church, will preach.
A special service at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the First Congregational
Church has been arranged by the
two ministers, the Rev. Howard
Stone Anderson and the Rev. John
Elmo Wallace, and by the Board Of
Deacons, E. Donald Preston, chair
man. This service will include holy
communion. Music will be fur
nished by the A Cappella Choir
Ruby Smith Stahl, director, and by