Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-03-29
Districts Churches
Prepare for Solemn
Good Friday Rites

Members of the armed forces will
join other Washingtonians tomor-
row in prayer at churches, missions
and public meeting places for three
hours from IL to pm. to observe
Good Friday in solemn religious
rites.
Business houses, Government and
District agencies and other employ
erS, where practical, will allow en-
ployes time off to attend services
during those hours, the Rev. DR..
Oscar F. Blackwelder, chairman of
the Three Hours Observance of
Good Friday Committee, said today.
DR.. Blackwelder pointed out that
the numbers formally observing
Good Friday this year will be greater
than in any year since the move
ment first started in 1941.
The observance has received the
Endorsement of President Roosevelt.
His letter was transmitted by Will
liam H. McReynoldS, administrative
assistant to the President, to heads
of executive departments and agen-
cteS in, the Government. The Dis
trict Commissioners also took similar
action recently by addressing a let
ter to heads of departments approx
ing leave of absence" for employees
desiring ito participate in the OBJ
servance of Good Friday"
$4,000 Lists Distributed.
The Three Hours Observance of
Good Friday Committee announced
today through its secretary, the Rev.
Joseph E, Gedra, assistant pastor of
the Church of the Immaculate Con-
ception, that $4,000 folders listing
the churches holding services to-
morrow from II to pm. have been
distributed to hotels, apartment
houses, churches, USO centers,
WAVE quarters and other places.
Co-chairmen of the committee are
the Most Rev. Michael j. Curley,
Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore
and Washington; the Right Rev.
Angus Dun, Episcopal Bishop of
Washington, and the Rev. Charles
w. Flint, Methodist Bishop of Wash
ington.
Many Washingtonians are observ-
ing Maundy Thursday by attending
services during the day and tonight
in commemoration of Christ's Last
Supper.
Services as Announced.
Churches holding services from u
to 3 pm. tomorrow are:
Baptist New Bethel Baptist
Church and Calvary Baptist Church.
Catholic-Immaculate Conception,
Holy Redeemer, Shrine of the
Blessed Sacrament, st. Agnes, st.
Francis Xavier's, st. Peters, st.
Mary's, st. Patrick's, st. Stephens,
st. Thomas More's, Arlington, Va;
st. Dominic's, Sacred Heart, st. Ar
thongs, st. AIMS, Holy Name, st.
Aloysius, st. Michael's, Silver
Spring, Md; st. Augustine's and
Holy Comforter Churches. The
Catholic Evidence Guild will hold
services in Franklin Park from l to
2:30 pm. DR.. Charles Hart of Cath
ole University will conduct the
services.
Christian - wilson Boulevard
Christian Church.
Congregational-First Congrega-
tional Church.
Disciples of Christ-National City
Christian Church.
Observation-Disclosures Cathedral,
All Saints, Chapel of the Epiphany,
Church of the Epiphany, Grace. Ma
tivity, st. James, st. Johns
(Georgetown), St Johns Lafayette
Square,, st. Margaret's, st. Marks,
st. Paul's, st. Thomas, st. Stephen
and the Incarnation, Trinity, St.
Mary's, st. Johns mount Rainier,
Md, st. Agnes, Emmanuel and
Christ Episcopal Churches.
Gospel-Calvary Gospel Church.
Evangelical and Reformed-Con-
cordia Lutheran Evangelical Church.
Observation-Disclosures Church of
the Reformation, Grace, st. Mat
thew's, Takoma, Luther Place Me-
mortal, Keller Memorial and Christ
Lutheran Churches.
Other Services.
Methodist Asbury, Foundry,
Metropolitan Memorial, Mount Zion,
Calvary, Clarendon, John Wesley