Evening star., 1945-02-13
Ash Wednesday Rites
To Usher In Lenten
Season Tomorrow

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Season Tomorrow
Ash Wednesday, the beginning OF
Lent, will be observed in most Wash
ington churches tomorrow with spe-
cial services
| AS in past years, there will be a
number of community programs
during the lenten season, in addi-
ton to individual church activities.
| Following ancient custom, Catho-
/ lie priests will place ashes on the
foreheads of worshipers tomorrow.
Bishop Angus Dun will celebrate
holy communion at Washington Ca
thedral at $50 am. There will be
litany and the penitential Office at
III am, and Dean John Wallace
Suter will preach the sermon.
Evensong will be at 4 pm.
Services at st. Matthews.
st. Matthews Catholic Cathedral,
1725 Rhode Island avenue NV,
will have masses at $50. and 8
am. and 1910 pm. Ashes will be
distributed after each mass and at
services at 3, Sis and pm. At the
ls pm. service tomorrow Msgr. Full
ton j. Sheen will sgive the first of a
lenten series of Wednesday night
talks, his subject tomorrow being
Christ and Anti-Christ."
Masses at st. Patrick's Catholic
Church tomorrow will be at 7, 7:30
and 8 am. and 1910 pm. Ashes
will be distributed after the masses
and at $50 and 7:3o pm. At the
$50 pm. service the Rev. Robert
H. Sweeney, c. S. c.. will speak on
THE Heart of Love" as the first
of series OF lenten talks.
Protestant churches in Southeast
Washington will have services daily
from noon to 1890 pm. at the Penn
Theater. $50 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc, beginning tomorrow. The Rev.
Roy L. Sloop, co-pastor of the
Church of the Reformation, will be
the speaker tomorrow.
Neighborhood Services.
| NCtsllUO3lOOu lCltCu SCiNNCS VIII
be inaugurated at pm. tomorrow
for the churches of upper Sixteenth
street NV. The first meeting will
be held in the Hamline Methodist
Church. with the Rev E. E. Perry
pastor of the Memorial Church of
God, as the speaker The partici-
pating churches are: Sixth Presby-
terian. North Washington Baptist,
Memorial Church of God, st. Pauls
Methodist, Highlands Baptist and
Hamline Methodist. Services will
be held every Wednesday night
during Lent.
MONDAY services at the Church
of the Epiphany will start tomorrow
under direction of the Rev. DR.
Charles w. Sheerin, rector They
will continue through Good Friday
March 80. Dr. Sheerin will preach
tomorrow and DR.. John w. Rustin
president of the Washington Fed
Grafton of Churches, on Thursday
and Friday
i Tomorrow's services will include
celebration of holy communion al
7:30 am, itany service and holy
communion at 10 am. and an ad-
dress by the Rev. Hunter NJ Lewis
Another celebration of holy COM
munion will take place at 1890 pm,
following the noon service, and at
$50 pm. there will be an evening
service, with an address by DR.
Sheerin.
st. Stephens Church.
st. Stephens Catholic Church
Twenty-fifth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, will observe the
beginning of Lent tomorrow with
the blessing of the ashes before the
$3.50 am. mass. The ashes will be
distributed after the other masses
at am. and 1910 pm, and at
services at 8, $50, 7:30 and pm.
The Rev Robert j. Slavin, o. p, of
the philosophy faculty of Catholic
University, will begin his Lenten
sermon course at the $50, 7.30 and
I9 pm. services, speaking on the
theme, Christ in the World Today"
The MONDAY mass will be a daily
feature Of the churchs lenten
schedule, instituted for the conven-
fence of Catholics in the downtown
district and Government depart
ments.
! The First Congregational Church
will hold a non-sectarian service of
! holy communion at pm. tomor-
row, with DR.. William S. Abernethy
pastor emeritus of Cavalry Baptist
Church, as guest preacher. The
Washington A Cappella Choir, Ruby
Smith Stahl, director, will sing, and
Marjorie Brett Slade will be So
loist.
| The Ash Wednesday service at
John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church
will be held at pm. DR.. Stephen
Gill Spottswood, minister, will ad-
minister the penitential Office, and
will also give the sermon, speaking
on '"The Call of the Cross" as the
| first in a series of lenten sermons.
The others of the serie, will be /:
February 18, Ransom for Many;
February 25, Forgiveness Offered; /;
March 4, Gods Commended Love-;
March II, THE Power of God;
March Is, Peace Through the
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