Evening star., 1950-02-21
Ash Wednesday
Opens Season Of
Lent Tomorrow
Washington Churches
Have Full Programs
For Holy Period

FOR Holy Period
Lent, the 40 days of fasting be-
fore Easter, will begin tomorrow
Ash Wednesday.
The traditional ashes will be
placed on the brows of Roman
Catholics at the chancel rails of
their churches as the priest re-
peats the admonition, "Memento
homo, qui pulvis es ct in pull
verim revertis" remember man,
that thou art dust and unto dust
thou will return). In some of
the Episcopal churches ashes also
will be placed.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, has ar
ranged services throughout the
day at Washington Cathedral.
The day will be devoted to medi-
alton and prayer on the theme,
God, Man and the Hydrogen
Bomb" The services will be con-
tlnuous from 7:30 am. through
5 pm.
Senators to Speak.
Marquis Childs, columnist, and
Senators Hubert Humphrey of
Minnesota and Henry Cabot Lodge
OF Massachusetts,. will be the
speakers at II Am. The conclud-
Ing addresses will be at pm. by
the Rev. DR.. Clarence w. Gran
ford, pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, and Bishop Dun. Inter-
cessions will be at noon, con-
Quoted by the Very Rev. John w.
Suter, dean of the Cathedral.
The Rev. William j. Await will
will preach the sermon at 8 pm.
at st. Matthews Cathedral, 1925
Rhode Island avenue N. w. Masses
will be held at 6. $50, 7, 8 and
1910 O'Clock. After each, ashes
will be placed. They also will be
placed after services at 2:30, Sis.
7 and pm.
At st. Patrick's Church, Tenth
and G streets NV, masses will
be at 7, 7:30, 8 and 1910 o'clock.
Distribution of ashes will be after
all masses and at 9 am, 8 pm.
and after the Sis and 7:30 pm.
services.
Prominent clergymen will ad-
dress daily MONDAY lenten serv-
ices at the Church of the Epiph-
any. 1917 G street NV, beginning
tomorrow.
The services tomorrow include
communion at am. and also
corporate communion for the
Brotherhood of St. Andrew at
that time; communion and medi-
tation at 1920 am; service at
noon conducted by the Rev. Le-
land Stark, rector; communion
at 1890 pm; Litany. with an
address by the Rev. Warran Mace,
assistant rector, at $50 p m. and
communion at pm.
The Washington Federation of
Churches will sponsor daily lenten
service at the National Presby-
terian Church, Connecticut avenue
and N street NV, beginning to-
morrow. The Rev. DR.. Louis H.
Evans, pastor of the First PreSby-
terian Church of Hollywood, Calf,
who is conducting preaching
mission there through Friday, will
speak tomorrow at 1905 pm.
The Very Rev. Msgr. John S.
Spence, director of education of
the archdiocese of Washington,
will preach at 7:45 pm. tomorrow
at st. Stephens Church, Twenty
fifth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV.
Immaculate Conception Church.
Ashes will be blessed before the
6:45 mass and distributed after
the 6:45, 7:30. $50 and 1915
masses at the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception, Eighth and
N streets NV, and after the 7:45
pm. service.
The first of a series of fellow
ship suppers will be held at
the Westmoreland Congregational
Church, Western and Massachu-
setts avenues NV, at 6 pm. to-
morrow.
DR.. Wyatt A. Smart, chaplain
of Emory University, Atlanta, Ca,
who is conducting a series of serv-
ices at Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church, Ninth street and
Massachusetts avenue NV, will
speak at 1910 pm. tomorrow on
What Did Jesus Think About
Man?"
The first of seven lenten sup
pers will be held at the Luther
Place Memorial Church, Thomas
Circle, at $50 pm. tomorrow.
The Rev. Paul L. Reaser, pastor
OF Atonement Lutheran Church,
North Capitol street and Rhode
Island avenue, will preach at 8
pm. on "We Believe in God the
Father" The sacrament of the
Lords Supper will be admins
tered at the Foundry Methodist
Church. 1900 Sixteenth street
NV. at 8 pm.
Holy communion at Albright
Memorial Church, Fourth and
Rittenhouse streets NV, will be
at 7:45 pm.
"The Sacraments."
Chaplain Fred H. Heather will
speak on THE Sacraments" at
pm. tomorrow at Eldbrooke Meth
odist Church. River road and Wis
consin avenue NV.
Weekdays, during Lent, at $50
pm. at Christ Episcopal Church,
3100 o street NV, there will be
a 15-minute service.
A communion service will be con-
Quoted by DR.. Clifford Richmond
at the Chevy Chase Methodist
Church, 6401 Connecticut avenue
N yIy ot