Evening star., 1950-04-08
Rev. Bush 10 Address Series Of Sunrise Rites
Tomorrow 10 Open
Easter 0bservances

CeS'Sl SuiiuaN, ille OaV WneN
all reverent Christians sather to
celebrate the triumphant resur-
rection Of Christ, will be observed
tomorrow in churches and at sun
rise services throughout the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Thousands of WASHINGTON area
residents are expected TO attend
the sunrise services. Later crowds
of devout followers will Al the
churches at II am. services.
Many churches will hold more
than one service in anticipation
of the large numbers expected.
More than $4,000 worshippers
are expected at the Fort Lincoln
Cemetery sunrise service at SAL
am. The service is under the
auspices of the Organized Bible
Glass Association.
Other Early Services.
Four other services in nearby
Maryland and Virginia also are
scheduled for Sal am. They will
be held at:
National Memorial Park and
Lee highway. west of Falls Church.
Va; Magruder Park. Hyattsville.
Md; outside St. Matthews Epis-
copal Church. Seat Pleasant. Md.
and the church yard of Calvary
Lutheran Church, 9845 Georgia
avenue. Silver Spring. Md.
Other sunrise services include
those at:
The Navy Medical Center. Be-
thesda. $50 am: Walter Reed
General Hospital. am. in front
of Founders Library. Howard Un-
iversity, 7 am; Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery. 400l Suitland road Sc,
and the Arlington National Gem
etery Amphitheater, 7:30 am.
Services at Catholic Churches.
Catholics throughout the Dis
trict area will gather IN the moro
than 100 churches and missions OF
the archdiocese of Washington
tomorrow to attend Easter Sunday
services.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle. Archbishop Of Washing
ton. will pontificate at 10 am.
mass at ST. Matthews Cathedral.
il725 Rhode Island avenue NV.
Msgr. John K. Cartwright, rector
of the Cathedral, will preach the
sermon.
The Most Rev. John M. Nc
Namara. Auxiliary Bishop Of
Washington. will pontificate at
the IL am. mass at st. Gabriel's
Church. Grant circle NV. Preach
er at the mass will be the Rev.
Joseph B. Coyne. an assistant at
the church.
A solemn high mass will be
celebrated at 9:45 am. in st.
Patricks Church, Tenth and G
streets NV. The Rev Thomas j.
Harte of Catholic University will
be the preacher.
st. Aloysius Service.
The Rev. Neil J. Gargan, rector
of St. Aloysius Church, North
Capitol and I streets. will cele-
brate the GAS am. mass and will
also preach the sermon.
Preacher at the 12:45 pm, high
mass at the Church Of the I'M
maculate Conception, Eighth and
N streets NV. will be the Rev.
Kevin Conley Of st. Paul's Mon
astery. Pittsburgh.
Masses scheduled for downtown
Catholic churches are:
st. Matthews Cathedral-6. I.
8. 8. 10 (high mass. 1880 am.
and 1890 pm.
st. Patrick's Church-6. 7, 8. 9.
9:45 (high mass, l1:l5 am, IL
noon and l2:45 pm.
St. Stephens Church-6. 7, 3.
9. 10, IL am. and l2:15 pm.
St. Aloysius Church-5:30. 6, 7.
8, 9. GAS (high mass, 10, 1890.
11:l5 am, IL noon and 12:l5 pm.
st. Augustine's Church-6, 7.
$50. $50. 1920 (high mass). am.
and 1890 pm.
st. Mary's Church u. $50.
10:15, 11:15 am. and 1915 pm.
Immaculate Conception 2.
tbs. 8:15, 9:15, 10. 10:45. 1880
am. and 1915 pm. (high mass .
The Gospel of st. John will be
sung in four ancient liturgical
languages when an Easter mass
for Ukranian Catholics Is cele-
brated at 10 am. tomorrow in the
Carmelite Chapel. 2l31 Lincoln
road NV. The languages to be
used are Old Slavonic. Greek.
Latin and Hebrew.
The Very Rev. Stephen Hry-
muck, rector of st. Josaphat's
Seminary, will celebrate the mass.
He will be assisted by the Revs.
Joseph Shary. Paul Harchison and
George c. Pazdrey.
Many at Good Friday Rites.
Yesterday, thousands of Good
Friday worshippers crowded
Washington churches between
noon and 3 pm. in memory Of
Christ's death on the cross.
With some business concerns
closed for the three-hour period.
and many Government workers
permitted to leave work for the
annual devotional services. down.
town Washington was packed with
throngs of milling crowds. many
Of them going to or returning
from nearby churches.
Hymns. prayers and silent
meditation characterized the OBJ
servance, which was aided by per-
feet weather-clear, crisp and
bright with sunshine.
Seven Speak at Service.
At the National City Christian
Church on Thomas Circle. nearly
200 persons filled the church to
hear seven different ministers
speak on the seven last words
uttered by Christ. After each