Evening star., 1960-04-14

mourning.
The officiating clergy in Ro-
man Catholic churches appear
in black garments. The altar is
stripped and the candles are
not lighted. Catholics may re-
ceive holy communion at a
special liturgical service to be
held in each church from 8
pm. to 8 pm.
:. Numerous churches will hold
continuous services from noon
Ito 3 pm, the hours Christ suf-
.'fered on the Cross on Mount
Calvary. An unusually large
number of three-hour COM
munity services will be held
, throughout the metropolitan
area tomorrow.
Q.
:. Observance Promoted
:. These services are being sup
ported by the Good Friday OBJ
servance Committee, which
since 1910 has sought the vol
.untary cooperation of Gov
eminent agencies and business
men to permit employees to
take time off so they could
worship during this sacred
period.
Co-chairmen of the commit
tee this year are the Most
Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Cath
olic Archbishop of Washing
ton; the Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Episcopal Bishop of Washing
ton, and Methodist Bishop G.
Bromley Oman of Washing
ton.
=. DR.. Charles D. Kean, rector
of Epiphany Episcopal Church.
lis serving as chairman of the
committee and the Right Rev.
Mgr. George L. GingraS, pastor
of st. Augustine's Catholic
Church, as executive secretary.
Washington Cathedral, Mas
sachusettS and Wisconsin av-
.enues NV, the Passion of Our
Lord According to st. John,
set to music by Johann Sebas-
tian Bach, will be presented
during the three-hour service
by the Cathedral Choir of Men
and Boys.
The Very Rev. Francis B.
Sayre, jr., dean of the cathe-
dral, will officiate. The choir
and orchestra accompanying it
will be directed by Paul Call
away, organist and choirmaS-
ter. Richard Dirksen, associate
organist, will be at the organ.
An ante-communion service
will be held in the Chapel Of
st. Joseph of Arimathea at 7:30
am. with the Right Rev. Will
liam F. Creighton, Co-adjuster
Bishop Of Washington, as cele-
brant. Canon Robert A. George
will conduct the 4 pm. evening
prayer in Bethlehem Chapel.
Archbishop O'Boyle will pre-
side at liturgical service to be
. held from l TO pm. in st.
. Matthews Cathedral, Rhode
. Island avenue of Connecticut
avenue NV. The service will
: be conducted by the Rev. Ar
, mand F. LaVaute, of the cathe-
: dral staff. The Rev. w. Louis
, Quinn. another assistant at the
: cathedral, will preach.
A liturgical service will also
e be held at 3 pm. in the
National Shrine of the Immac-
ulate Conception on the Cath
. olic University campus.
The National Capital Area
Council of Churches will spon-
sor the three-hour service, IL
noon to 3 pm, in National
Presbyterian Church, Connecti-
cut avenue and Eighteenth
street NV. Meditations on the
seven last words of Christ will
. be part of the worship.
. Two of Americas top reli-
a.. gious figures, Francis Cardinal
. Spellman of New York and DR.. |
, Joseph R. Sizoo of Washington.
,, will speak at Good Friday serv-
, ices tomorrow in the PentagOn.
, About 10000 persons are ex-
. pected to attend the devotions.
: Cardinal SpeIlman, Catholic I
, Archbishop of New York, will
: preach at the 1880 am. serv-
4, ice. The United States Army
Chorus, conducted by Maj. |
a, Hugh Curry, will sing. Deputy |
A., Chief of Army Chaplains Will
. liam j. Moran will lead in the
4. Stations of the Cross.
.. Speaker at the 1890 pm.
Protestant worship will be DR..
Sizoo. Milbank Professor Of
. Religion at George Washington
University. He will be presenteS
3 by Secretary of the Army
.Brucker. Chaplain Harmon D.
Moore, Military District of
Washington Deputy Chaplain.
will give the invocation and DR..
Marion j. Creeger, executive
secretary of the General
Commission on Chaplains and
Armed Forces Personnel, will
lead in the responsive prayers.
.. Members of the Disciples of
Christ Churches in the Wash
d. ington area will gather at
.. National City Christian Church,
. Thomas circle. during the IL
noon to 8 pm. services. Dis +
'ciples ministers of the city will
, speak on Christ's seven last
.. words. I
= Baptists of the Metropolitan
. Area will gather in Calvary
Baptist Church, Eighth and H
street NV, during the three
hour worship. II noon to 3 pm.
Seven Baptist ministers, includ-
ing DR.. Clarence w. Crawford, |
pastor of the host church, will
give brief meditations upon the