Evening star., 1945-03-24

with special services beginning to-
morrow, Palm Sunday, and con-
tinuing in many instances daily
through the three hours on Good
Friday.
In some sections of the city there
will be community union services on
Friday.
In the Catholic and some Epis-
eopal churches palms will be blessed
and distributed tomorrow. Elabo-
rate musical programs also have
been arranged for some of the
services.
Churches holding the three-hour
services include: New Bethel Bap-
tist, National City Christian, Con-
cordia Lutheran, Reformation,
Fourth Presbyterian, United Breth-
ren, UniverSalist; the following
Catholic, Immaculate Conception,
Holy Redeemer, Shrine of the Bless
ed Sacrament, St. Francis Xavier,
st. Peters, St. Mary's, st. Patrick's,
ST. Stephens, st. Dominic's, Sacred
Heart, st. Anthony's, St. AIMS,
Holy Name and st. Aloysius; Epis-
copal, Washington Cathedral, All
Saints chapel of the Epiphany, Epi-
phany Church, Nativity st. James,
St. Johns Lafayette Square,, ST.
Johns (GeorgetoWn), ST. Marga-
ret's, ST. Marks. st. Paul's, St
Thomas. St. Stephen and the In
carnation; Methodist, Asbury, Foun-
dry, Metropolitan Memorial, Mount
Zion, Calvary.
Franciscan Monastery.
There will be blessing of palms
procession and high mass at the
Franciscan Monastery at am. to-
morrow, with benediction at $3.50
pm. On Wednesday, pm, tene-
brae. Thursday, 9 am, high mass,
procession to the Holy Sepulchre,
followed by mandatum; pm, tene-
brae, 8 pm, holy hour Friday. 9
am. chanting of the Passion, ven-
Grafton of the cross. procession. mass
of the preSanctifled: 3 pm, way of
the cross: pm, tenebrae, pm,
funeral of Christ and sermon.
At ST. Dominic's Catholic at m
tomorrow, blessing and distribution
of palms; pm, silent alteration
of the Blessed Sacrament. Wednes-
day, 7:30 pm, holy hour, including
tenebrae sung by 40 Dominican
Fathers and sermon by the Rev.
j. R. Coffey. Holy communion will
be distributed at half hour intervals
Thursday from to $3.50 am; sac
rament. $3.50 am; tenebrae. 7:30
pm, and sermon by the Rev. S.
Campbell. In the three-hour serv-
ice on Friday, the Seven Last
Words" will be given by the Very
Rev. P. Doane.
Foundry Methodist.
Services include the rendition of
the oratorio The Seven Last
Words" at pm. Wednesday at
Foundry Methodist. John Wing,
formerly of Chicago, guest organ
list. On Thursday night the sac
rament of the Lords Supper will
be observed. Friday night the
Foundry Forge will present a play.
Mount Pleasant Congregational will
Join with the Universalist National
Memorial in a Good Friday three
hour service in the latter church.
Ministers leading the meditations on
The Seven Last Words From the
Cross" will include DR.. E. H. Pruden.
DR.. A. j. MacCartney, DR.. J. w.
Rustin, DR. H. S. Anderson, DR.. c. H.
Wingert, DR.. S. r. Brooks and DR..
F. S. Buschmeyer.
A service from noon to 3 o'clock
on Friday will be sponsored by the
Methodist Union. Meditations on the
Seven Words From the Cross" will
be led by the Rev. Edgar C. Berry,
minister, Emory Methodist Church;
the Rev. Lawrence c. Little, minis
ter, Kemptown Methodist Church;
the Rev. Clarence W. Crawford, min
lister, Calvary Baptist Church; the
Rev. Charles F. Phillips, minister,
Mckendree Methodist Church; the
Rev. Orris G. Robinson, minister,
Calvary Methodist Church; the Rev
Daniel w. Justice, minister, Trinity
Methodist Church. and Bishop
Charles Wesley Flint of the Wash
tngton area.
The Rev. w. Clark Main, minister,
Memorial Methodist Church, will
preside. The responsive scripture
reading will be led by the Rev.
Clarkson R. Banes, minister, Mount
Rainier Methodist Church.
The 14th annual "Everybody's
Good Friday" service will be held in
Franklin Park from to 2::30 pm.
Friday, The observance will consist
of the stations of the cross with
an opening discussion of THE
Meaning of Good Friday" a medi-
tation on each station and a sermon
on The Seven Last Words of Christ
From the Cross" by the Rev. Charles
A. Hart, moderator of the Washing
ton Catholic Evidence Guild. As
sisting in the presentation of the
Way of the Cross will be a choir
of religious students from the Cath
olic University of America.
Ministers Alliance.
The Interdenominational Minis
ters' Alliance of Washington and
vicinity, the YWCA and YMCA will
conduct joint Holy Week services
at the Asbury Methodist Church
beginning Monday, noon to l pm
Bishop Monroe H. Davis will preach
the opening sermon Monday.
Other speakers are: Tuesday, DR.
c. T. Murray; Wednesday, DR.
Smallwood E. Williams; Thursday
Dr.. j. c. Beckett.
On Friday, noon to 3 pm, the
speakers are: DR.. Fred S. Busch
meyer, DR.. E. L. Lotion, DR.. l. M
Gray, DR.. c. E. johnson, Mrs
Josephine Kyles, DR.. D. M. Pleas
ants, Richmond, and DR.. Floriar
Vurpillot.
Asbury Church will conduct serv-
ices each night There will be spe.
cial guest speakers and music. Or
Thursday night a diorama of "The
Last Supper" will be unveiled anc
dedicated. 1t is a gift from DR.. T
c. Smith in memory of his wife.
At Takoma Lutheran, at 8 pm
Thursday, communion service viii
he held On Friday from 2 to