Evening star., 1943-03-10
Washington Pauses
For Ash Wednesday
Rites Opening Lent
Many Churches Plan
Series Of Services
Throughout Season

Thousands of Washingtonian to-
day paused to attend Ash Wednes-
day services, marking the opening
of Lent
-Four different services were to be
held at Washington Cathedral. The
first, holy communion at 7:30 am,
was celebrated with the canon mis-
sioner of the Cathedral, the Rev.
Theodore o. Wedel. This was fol-
lowed at II am. by special service
Of lltany and penetential Office and
intercession at noon.
Evensong will be held at 4 pm.
at the Cathedral, when the canon
chancellor of the Cathedral, the Rev.
Charles w. F. Smith, will offlciate.
The boys choir will sing.
Daily Services Planned.
A series Of daily lenten services,
which will be held, except on Satur-
days and Sundays, for the Southeast
Protestant churches at the Penn
Theater, $50 Pennsylvania avenue,
started at noon today. DR.. Bernard
BraSkamp. pastor Of Gunton- Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church. was
the first speaker.
Another series Of daily MONDAY
lenten services started today at
the Church of the Epiphany with
DR., Charles w. Sheerin, rector. The
Rev. Vincent c. Franks, rector of
st. Paul's Episcopal Church. Rich
mond, Va, will preach tomorrow
and Friday.
DR.. j. Warren Hastings, pastor of
the National City Christian Church.
Will be the first speaker at special
lenten services of the Federation of
Churches tomorrow from $50 to 6
pm. at the Church of the Epiphany.
The evangelism department of the
Federal Council Of Churches is CO.
operating with the federation here
in the Our Capital of Christ"
lenten evangelistic project.
Three Choral Works.
The Covenant-First Presbyterian
Church, Eighteenth and N streets
NV, will mark Ash wednesday
with the presentation of three coral
works by the Chancel Choir. directed
by Theodore Schaefer, at $50 pm.
George Barritt will be the tenor
soloist.
The Rev. John R. Edwards. West
Washington district superintendent
OF the Methodist Church, will be at
the services at 8 o'clock tonight at
the Foundry Methodist Church Six
teenth and P streets NV. Also TAX
ing part in the services will be the
Revs. Frederick Brown Harris and
James H. Phillips.
At the Universalist National Me-
mortal Church, Sixteenth and S
streets NV, the Association of
Universalist Women will hold their
annual dedication service at 7:3O
O'Clock tonight. 1t will be preceded
at $50 pm. by Fellowship dinner.
The service will be in charge of Mrs.
Seth R. Brooks. wife of the pastor.
Ashes Distributed.
Ashes were distributed at services
in the Catholic churches throughout
the city. At the Sacred Heart
Church, Sixteenth street and Park
road NV, the distribution followed
mass at 6, 7, 8 and 8 am. Ashes will
also be distributed at 7::30 pm. serv-
ices. The church is holding a series
OF Wednesday Lenten lectures on
Reflection for Times of Stress be-
ginning at 730 pm. today, with the
Rev. John Carter Smyth, C. S. P.
professor of homiletics at Catholic
University.
At st. Stephens Church, Twenty
fifth and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
ashes were distributed at services at
$50, 7 am. and 1910 pm. masses, to
be followed at 3, $50 and 745 pm.
The following are some of the
other services planned for today:
Luther Place Memorial Church, 7:30
pm, with pastor elect L. Ralph
Tabor; Grace Lutheran Church. 8
pm, DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski; Sixth
Presbyterian Church, pm, the
Rev. DR.. Harry w. Burgan, pastor of
Hamline Methodist Church, First
Congregational Church, 8 pm, the
Rev. DR.. Peter Marshall, minister of
the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church; st. Gabriers Catholic
Church, 7:30 pm, the Right Rev.
Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen; Reformation
Lutheran Church, pm, holy COM
munion, DR.. Oscar F. BlackWelder.
president Of the Federation of
Churches.