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Special Palm Sunday
Services in Area 10
Open Holy Week

SUNDAY Will marx the Oeg1n-
ming of Holy Week, as Christian
churches observe Palm Sunday
with appropriate services.
In a ceremony dating from the
9th century. the Most Rev. Pat
rick A. O'Boyle, Catholic Arch
bishop of Washington, will pre-
side at the blessing and distribu-
ton Of palm frondS in st. Mat
thew'S Cathedral at 10 am. Sun
day.
He will also take part in an
outdoor procession, which will
precede the celebration Of SOL
emn high mass by the Right Rev.
John K. Cartwright, rector Of
the cathedral. Catholic churches
and chapelS in the Washington
area will hold similar ceremonies.
Bishop Dun's Services.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Episcopal Bishop Of Washington,
will celebrate holy communion
at 9 am. in the Chapel Of the
Incarnation, Brandywine, Md,
and at IL am, in st. Thomas
Church, Groom, Md.
The Rev. Stuart Cast, rector
of st. Stephen and the 1ncarna-
ton, Sixteenth and Newton
streets NV, will lead the con-
gregation in mathis and pro-
cession at IL am. Blessing OF
the palms and holy communion
will take place at 8 am, and a
parish family eucharist at $50
am.
st. Thomas Episcopal Church.
Eighteenth and Church streets
NV, will be decorated with
palms, and the choir will carry
them in procession at II am.
A candlelight ceremony will be
held at 8 pm.
Other Episcopal churches in
the Washington area holding
special services to bless and dis
tribute the palms will be:
All Souls Memorial, 1900
Cathedral avenue NV, II am;
st. Adams, Massachusetts, and,
Wisconsin avenues NV, 7:45,
$50 and II am; st. Columbus,
Forty-second and Albemarle
NV, II am; st. Margaret's,
Connecticut avenue and Ban
croft place NV, II am.
Also, Epiphany Church, 1877
G street NV, IL am; Trinity
Church, Piney Branch road and
Dahlia street NV, blessing Of
palms $50 am, and distribution
at II am, and Pinkney Memo
rial, Hyattsville, II am.
Sermon About Nicodemus.
Palms will be blessed and dis
tributed also at Peoples Congre-
gational Church, 628 M street
NV, at II am. The Rev. A. F.
Elmes, minister. will speak on
Nicodemus.
Crosses to Be Distributed.
Crosses will be given out to
worshippers at the $3.50 and II
am. services in Pilgrim Lutheran
Church, Westgate, Md. Conf1r-
nation of Juniors will take place
at II am.
Other Lutheran churches hold
ing confirmation services will be:
Trinity Church, 3705 Long
fellow street, Hyattsville, $50
am; Bethlehem Church, Six
tenth and T streets Sc, II
am; Christ Lutheran Church,
Sixteenth and Gallatin streets
NV, 11:15 am; Greenbelt
(MdO Church. IL am.
Also. Trinity Church, Fourth
and E streets NV, II am;
Calvary Lutheran, Silver Spring,
IL am. and Emmanuel Church,
Alexandria. II am.
Advent Evangelical Lutheran
Church will hold baptism of in
fants and reception of new men,
bers at IL am. in the Oakridge
School, South Twenty-fourth
and Nash streets, Arlington.
Hyattsville First Methodist
Church, $500 Baltimore avenue.
will receive new members at II
am. and 5 pm. The Rev. Ed
ward w. Beckett, minister. will
preach on when Christ Really
Triumphs."
Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Sixteenth and North Inglewood
streets, Arlington, will hold a
reception for new members at
5 pm.
Navy Chaplain Merlin A. Dit
mer, jr.. will conduct the sacra-
ment of baptism at 10:45 am.
at the Naval Security Station,
1901 Nebraska avenue NV.