Evening star., 1943-03-09
Ash Wednesday
Services Open
lenten Season
Groups of Churches
Throughout City
Plun Union Rites

Will mark the opening OF Lent. uSh-
erlng IN series of special religious
programs planned in observance OF
the 46-day holy season.
L. Ralph Tabor. pastor-elect ot
Luther Place Memorial Church. vii.
begin his active pastorate in Wash
ingtOn at 7.30 pm. tomorrow, when
he will preach the first of a series
OF lontCn ceditatiOns on the theme
Toward Understanding the Lords
Prayer Other sermons in the
series will be heard on "Wednesday
evenings throughout Lent.
Another succession of midweek
sermons will be opened at Grace
Lutheran Church, where the pas
tor, Dr. Gerhard E. Lenski, viii
speak at pm. tomorrow on BE
ginning With Sinner Named l."
Federation Services.
The Washington Federation OF
churches, representing more thar
10 churches and missions, will
sponsor weekly lenten services from
$50 to pm, each Thursday AT
Epiphany Episcopal Church. 1917 G
street NV. The church itself will
hold noon lentcn services daily, AT
which religious lead from various
sections Of the country will offciate
The Rev. DR.. Charles w. Sheerin
rector Of Epiphany. will conduct the
opening program at noon tomorrow
southeastern Washington Pro-
testant churches belonging to the
Southeast Tnterchurch Council plar
daily services, except on SATURDAY
and Sunday, at the Penn Theatel
from noon to 10 80 o'clock.
Chevy Chase Congregations.
Chevy Chase congregations viii
meet at 8 pm. Thursdays during
Lent at successive community
churches. The opening meeting
this week will be at Chevy Chase
Baptist Church.
Members of upper Sixteenth
street churches are to hold unior
services at different churches each
Wednesday at pm. The Rev. Dr.
Harry w. Burgan, pastor Of Ham
line Methodist Church, will preach
at the opening service tomorrow at
the Sixth Presbyterian Church.
Holy communion services will be
held al 8 pm. tomorrow in the First
Congregational Church. The Rev
DR.. Peter Marshall, minister of the
New York Avenue PRESBYTERIAN
Church, will be guest preacher. The
A Cappella Choir under the direc-
ton Of Ruby Smith StahI will sing
Paul De Long Gable will play the
organ.
Msgr. Sheen to Speak.
The Right Rev. MSgr. Fulton J
Sheen will deliver a series of lenten
sermons al St. Gabriel's Catholic
Church. Grant Circle NV. on the
theme Peaceful Thoughts in War
time" The first sermon will be
heard at 7:3O pm. tomorrow. with
subsequent ones on Tuesday eve
nings
Ashes will be distributed tomorrow
at St Stephens Church, Twenty.
fifth street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, at the $50. : and 1910 masse.
and at the 3. $50 and 7:45 pm
services. The Rev. William F. Mul.
laney, 0. M. l., Of Catholic Univer.
sity, will talk on "Catholic Answer.
to Some Timely Questions at the
last service.
-Four services will be held tomor.
row at Washington Cathedral Holy
communion will be celebrated at 7 81
a m, with the canon missioner O
the Cathedral. the Rev. Theodore
0. Wedel, as the celebrant. A spe,
cial service Of litany and penetentia
Office will be held at II am, fol
lowed by interCessions at noon, ant
an evensong at 4 pm. The canol
chancellor Of the Cathedral the Rev
Charles w. F.. Smith, VIII officiate a
the last service and the boys choi
will sing.
Despite the stringencies OF ra.
tionlng and other changes wrought
by war, lenten regulations for civil.
lanS in the archdiocese of Baltimore
and Washington. which were reac
in all Catholic Churches Sunday
are essentially the same as in previ,
Gus years. Working people anc
their families are to abstain from
meat on Ash Wednesday, Holy Sat,
urday and all Fridays. Others are
to abstain also on all Wednesdays
In special cases, it was pointed out
dlspensations may be obtained tc
excuse parishioners from observing
the rules OF the fast.
A series Of Lenten lectures on Re
f1ectlons for Times of Stress" vii,
begin tomorrow, Ash Wednesday. al
the Sacred Heart Church. Sixteenth
street and Park road NV, the pas
tor, Msgr. Smyth, announced TODAY
The lectures, by Rev. John Garter
Smyth. c. S. P, professor Of horni-
letics at Catholic University, will be
given each Wednesday in Lent at
7;30 pm.
There will be distribution Of ashes
At Sacred Heart Church after each
mass tomorrow, s am. 7 am, 8 am
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