Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1952 — Page 4
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~By EMMA RIVERS MILNER ; Times Chureh Editor
Perhaps you will feel you
Have ascended the lofties heights of Easter when musi
and ritual arouse your senti-
ment tomorrow, ! Certain informants However, hold a
of
ent opinion
flowers, the bril Hance of the mu
more moving. meaning of Kast.
: day's lovelines to what lies beneath it,
Confirmed Last Sunday
They would point out for your heart of Easter. Mrs, J. P. Me-| Attention very voung, very new Namara, 5610 College Ave, has! ¢hurch members, Consider for | something to
WE Ba RC IR HER L mols
ill Follow
Early Easter services in Indian iia and throughout the counwill follow the pathway of the In as it moves across the sky. For Christians, since time immorial, have cited the sun as ture’'s dramatization of light
the new day, Resurrection,
ter,
Mammoth sunrise services will . held at the base of the Sailors Soldiers Monument and in Coliseum at the Fairgrounds. hey will be quite different in presentation but each in its own why will commemorate the East-
er story. $ Mass at Dawn ‘Lesser sunrise services are announced for churches in the city and the suburbs, Nearly every neighborhood will be the scene of Protestant sunrise worship. And in Roman Catholte Churches everywhere, the Mass will be celebrated at dawn, The Easter Triumph” a pagéant depicting the passion; death and resurrection of Jesus rist will be presented at 6 a: m. tomorrow in the Coliseum. A cast of more than 200 persons will enact the greatest story of all time. A choir of 400 voices, both children and adult persons, will sing.
: Others In Pageant
John P. Jefferson will take the part of Jesus and Miss Marlis Katug, Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Other main character roles will be presented by Paul E. Rupprecht Jr. Kurt Ayres, Karl Kalsér, Leslie Brandt and Miss Myra Sieving. ! Robert H. Clausen, St. Louis, will direct the pageant and Donald Bruce of Station WIRE will ba narrator, Clarence Elbert will play the organ with Robert Davis as «choir director and the Rev. -~ Walter C, Maas as narrator, The interdenominational pageant will be sponsored by the Federation of Lutheran Churches --Missouri Synod. It will be given in the place of Easter dawn services formerly held in drive-in theaters. Pastor Maas said it Is
hoped that the pageant will be-|
come an annual event.
#The 30th annual Monument Clr-| lawrence. Central High School gver the country will participate cle Easter Sunrise Carol Service will furnish the setting for ani!in the council survey.
mine, somewhat differ-
er is found by | | Mrs. Milner penetrating the
arly Easter Day Rites
ming after darkness, the birth}
example, a group of boys and igirls who will worship tomorrow
in the Trinity Lutheran Church
t hey were confirmed last Bun- ¢ day, Palm Sunday. But since they first entered
ithe Christian Day School of their parish for their elementary-edu-,jcation, they have heen studying
They agree that religion. They have received inthe beauty of the,
| struction in Bible history and
= Christian doctrine for almost
| has given them intensive training
‘But they tnaist in catechism, in the church's that the deepest symbolism and
appointments “land the order of services. Beginning of Church Life #. Then there are children beginling life in a Christian home. The beginning is, of course, the very
say about this.
Sun's Path will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. It Is a spectacle presented
largely by children, some of them quite small boys and girls. More
fces each year to make a success of this Easter observance.
Mrs. James M. Ogden founded the Monument Carol Service as a living memorial to her small son, James M. Ogden Jr. The Ogden Chorale sponsors the service. As many as 50,000 persons are said to have crowded radiating streets to witness the sunrise service in other years, The complete program follows: Christ Church Chimes—Frederick Weber UMPET CALL ro Sehmi s aries Ludy,
String Ensem ho rs, rector
Brass ngem le, — James B, ou abodes 0 i STRING ENSEMBLE
st Vigline: L. Ludy, Director: a Mae Her Nn; ni vig i TR oore; Cello: red uts, Marcena rewer,
RRASS ENSEMBLE
James B. Calvert, Director; Per e. A
08 it rps randl, Richar: Apson, George Jackson, Aen Megas Son + Jushin Bon Aeeoek avid Bosworth. ® Vn, GLORY OF OUR COUNTRY Holy, Haly Holp-Drkes the Christian Flag—Led Hy the
Salute to onorahle Henty ¥, Behricker, Governor bert Day and Hollis Tay-
f Indiana; A or, e Scouts, Troop 83 r ith of ut Rivers ions and Walton Clyilian Pledge to the American Plag{Governor Sehricker Lord's Prayer--L. Camiliere
GLORY OF THE CROSS | Jesus Christ Is Risen ay-—-Davidie | Offering o tik on ol fussed fross— | “Joan Davis, Alison Parris Alleluta—Monart; Bettys Brown GLORY OF THE CHILDREN'S VOICES Who Shall — adh EE It Not the Children? A--Anonymous Our World s & Lovely Garden—TFoote PROCESSIONAL OF FLOWER CHILDREN Nn the Oarden-—Miles Fall the Stor f TP, - nor: William Tall Jeierson ¥ 4 Chal 00
jiwels—R yalesus 1 Love Thee-Cordon RECESSIONAL OF F fier Ye the Kinane RB CHILDREN ght of the Doves
GLORY OF THE RESURRECTION 1 a That My Redeemer - Liveth-—Han-all
" el; Mrs. June od 2 A Coa je At. | fe Norman Me
elujah Chorus ue 5 A Capella Cho man rri- » Director, Anthem Benediction~-Anonymous; Reces« { sional { . Service instituted and & . ames M, Ogden: Mr. Sted Walls again, Sisters: Hl, Haver children's choir gL Bchnleke: Accompanist, John Cates,
“Glory of Our Country” is lovingly ded!ated to the men and women who so faith ully serve their country and to those who ave given their lives for it. | Flowers will be taken to Veterans Hospital after the service.
3 Tableaus Planned
than 1000 persons give their serv-|
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4. She has six small children includ- munfon when they were in the first grade of the parish school. Catholic children are learning Mass, the great feast days, the cal objects used in worship. i
ing one tiny baby. “It is a pleasure and a joy to give the religious traiging but busy as I am there are times when it adds another chore,” sald the honest, sincere Mrs. McNamara. She is a faithful member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cath-
olic Church. When Baby McNamara, Mary, Ann, was just three weeks old,| she was taken to the Immaculate {Heart of Mary Church for bap-|
sic, the sermonsisicht years. And In addition, their |tism. Older children of the family
and the 1 be | PAStOT, the Rev, Walter C. Maas,
ireceived their first Holy Com
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{Easter sunrise pageant beginning at 6:30 a. m. The combined choruses of the Lawrence, Castleton and Oaklandon Grade Schools, with the Glee
Lawrence Central | will present the music, Three tableaus will depict the Easter story with the following high school young people as the cast: Nancy Bell, Patricia White, Joan Pridgen, Donald Perrin, Monte Wetter and Bill Alexander. This pageant has been given for 10 years. ’ ; Warren Zarick assisted by Miss Nancy Carlson will direct the music and Merle Hooten wil play the organ. The Rev, Gerald Bright of Oaklandon is program chairman. He will be assisted by the Rev. Kenneth Holdzkun of {Castleton and the Rev, Maurice {'T, Eicholz of Lawrence,
Subject Announced By Scientist Churches
“Are Bin, Disease and Death Real?” is the subject of the les-son-sermon in all Churches of Christ Scientist for tomorrow. The lesson-sermon includes the following passage: “Jesus mapped out the path for others, We unveiled the Christ, the spiritual idea of divine love,” The passage was taken from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and {Health with Key to the Bcrip{tures” by Mary Baker Eddy.
Valley Mills Church To Aid in Survey
The National Council of Churches has invited Valley Mills Friends Church to be part of a nationwide survey of youth work, Interviews with 10 young people of the congregation will {furnish the survey material. | About 200 Protestant parishes
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Elmer A. Steffen to Direct Cathedral Choir Program
The Schola Cantorum of the S8. Peter and Paul Cathedral
Mass in the cathedral also will hear one of the Perosi works. The initials following Mr, Stef-
Will sing a part ot the solemn, .."\ ame indicate a honor that pontifical high Mass tomorrow in|came to him in 1937. Then, His ‘Gregorian chant. (Holiness, Pope Pius XII, named Eimer A. Stetten, K.8.G. ME Steffen a Knight of St. Greg-|
ory. founder of the Schola Cantorum| Also a Composer
(& men's choir) and choirmaster | From the time he began to sing of the cathedral for 40 years, 28 a choir boy in early childhobd, lL direct the Taster muse pro be ins eee ot Hi ni Sm in, the church. la composer and directs the sacred ol . fen has chosen as an music for schools and churches 8 {standing feature for the 11jof the archdiocese. During his 8 am. Solemn pontifical high Mass regime, standards of church and h Missa Pontificalis” com- school music have been raised to p J by Msgr. Lorenzo Perosi of/meet the ideals of those in author-
Rame. ity in the area of music of the i - Still Active at 80 {church, . Msgr. Perosi is 80 but still ac- Some of the most important
u : and most beautiful music of the His as Serpetual director of the catholic church is contained in r Erombeie Pans eters. the liturgy of Holy Week,” Mr. agani, a 8chola|gtetten commented in an inter ntorum charter member, on a view. “The average layman finds his major t the Sistine Choir in one of nrg Gath Ihe Taster “Perhaps the most thorough sald asiuge of the music of Holy Week takes place in
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Club and Special Chorus of the|. School.
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Presbyterian Group Announces Speaker Thursday Night
Mrs. Frederick Allen Jr, Colum-{ The Indianapolis Choir Direc-
Mass Chorus to Sing
greatest exponents of Gregorian chant.” Able instructors among the Benedictine Fathers teach the! chant to seminary students, {
3 Types Of Music |
“Roman Catholic music three different types. The -supreme model is Gregorian] chant. Then there are la ne polyphonic and modern types. “The Polyphonic type Is unwhich each voice has a melody of accompanied vocal music In its own, It was composéd by Palestrina and others of the 16th century, “The modern music requires the greatest care of selection in order to conform to ecclesiastical rulings. Most of the Indianapolis Catholic churches will use all three types of music for tomorrow’s services.” It could easily be seen in what regard Mr. Steffen holds Gregorian chant. For he sald
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bus, O., will speak on nationalitors’ Association will present a
missions enterprises of the Pres-
mass chorus of singers from 17
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here next week. jchurches in a choral festival
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saints, the Bible and all phases of the Roman Catholic religion.
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joined the Union Congregational
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Easter
school years, about their church, about the ues, the candles and all theliturgi- grownup church members assume responsibility for the mainten=
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Adult persons, like Mr. and ance of their parish and for exe
Mrs. W. E. Pedlow who recently]
Each evening, the McNamara Chureh, start to live out, in a t
family says the Rosary together. And before. meals they ask God's
religious treat, Mrs. sometimes takes the children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, when no services are in progress, just for a visit. i The youngsters like nothing better, the mother says, than to| stroll about looking at the stat-
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Plan Study Of Spiritual Security
The Indianapolis Council of Churchwomen will devote their meeting the coming week to study of “The Spiritual Security of Today’s Families.” Sessions will begin at 9:45 a. m. Baptist Church. Mrs. Wayne Freeman is president of the
such as the Rev. Gerard B, Blue
particular place, the spirit of Easter,
bestowed upon the Pedlows. On the other hand,
tending Christian
Upon these men and missionaries, blessing on the: food. But for a women rests the blessing of the ....... or Jaymen, who with the McNamara church given by their minister dawn of each new day, give theme
| selves to the great undergirding the and ongoing of Easter.
influence ' in their own country and abroad. ministers, priests, runs and great
There are
Orthodox Groups Won't Observe Easter "Til Apr. 20
The Eastern Orthodox Churches| They explain Jesus was crue
of Indianapolis and the w not observe Easter until
orld will cified and rose from "the dead Apr. 20./atter the Jewish Feast of the
Local Orthodox congregations Passover. Passover began at sune
linclude Romanian, Greek, Syrian, down last Wednesda | Bulgarian and Serbian Churches. end Thursday. :
In marking the later date,|
y and will
Orthodox law says observance
Orthodox Churches will be follow-|of Easter must come after Passe
|ing a law of their denomination.’ over. Thus Apr. 20 is the day.
For the first time in the history, of the Catholic Church in In-| dianapolis, the Holy Saturday Mass will be permitted to be cele-| brated in the evening.
cordance with authority from His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, in Rome, has granted the permission to priests of the archdiocese. The Holy Saturday services whether in the morning or, at night, reflect longtime customs of the church. Although Holy Saturday honors the burial of Christ, rays of Easter gladness are noticed in the words of the liturgy for the day.
Before the Mass begins, the
in the Woodruff Place Blessing of the New Fire, and the
Easter Candle, the saylpg of the “Exultet” and the Lessons, all
Woodruff Church's Women’s Society, host organization.
held in April it will stress the spirit of an annual observance sponsored by the United Council of Churchwomen called the “May Fellowship.” .
Plan Shower of Gifts
The Christian Family Committee and Mrs. R. H. Crockett, chairman, will present the morning program showing the tremendous part played by the home in the training of children and providing the security of the family. A “shower” of gifts for the
Home Economics Department of Flanner House also is scheduled.
Prosecutor Frank Fairchild will speak on the day's theme at the afternoon session. The Fellowship Choir will sing. and Dr. Ralph L. Holland, genéral secretary of the Indiana Council of Churches, will install new officers. Mrs. W. M. Baumheckel, president ‘of the churchwomen, will preside at the all-day meeting. - s
{will take place,
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jtismal vows at the service. Thus {they will reaffirm their loyalty {to Christ and to the eternal {truths and moral principles taught by Christ and the church in Christ's name. The Rev. Fr, Victor Goossens, pastor of St. Mary’s &hurch where Holy Saturday services will begin at 8 o'clock tonight, has this to
say of the renewal of the vows: -*The purpose of this ceremony is to bring home to all men and women who profess Christianity that they must do more than pay lip service to Christianity, its doctrines and its moral code.” The evening services will be held at 10 o'clock tonight in St. Rita's Church. The chapels of the Carmelite Monastery and St. Vincent's Hospital also will be the scene of private evening services. Plan Public Baptism
Both children and adults will be baptized, publicly, tonight at St. Mary's. And the adult persons who are baptized will receive their first Holy Communion during the Mass. In fact, all members of the congregation may re-
Night Holy Saturday Masses Planned Here
ceive Communion, provided they have abstained from food and drink from 7 p. m.
The ceremony of the striking of the fire with steel and flint
The Most Rev. Paul C. Schulte, | Usually lakes place poise the church or in the ves e. archbishop of Indianapolis, in ac-|} orks back to days long ago when
kindling a charcoal fire made °
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smoke and confusion. Old liturgists explain that this
fusing the fire of His divine love into the world by His death.
five grains of blessed incense in the Easter Candle in the form of the cross, This commemorates the five wounds of Christ. Afterward, with the rod, which holds three. lighted tapers recalling the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, he
Easter Candle.
Remains Until Ascension
The lighted Easter Candle will {stafid on the Gospel side of the sanctuary in Catholic Churches
Although the meeting is to be tions, for the first time in the until Ascension Day, May 22, modern era, will renew their bap-|
express the tone and atmosphere of the Holy Saturday ceremonies
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ceremony symbolizes Christ in-
At one point in the Holy Sature : day services, the deacon will place
will light the tall Paschal, or °
Perhaps the words which best |
are those from the Exultet. Its , {music is said to be one of the ¢
{most beautiful éxamples of plain{song in existence. The English {translation from the Latin reads {in part: [< “Let ‘the angelic choirs of {heaven now rejoice; let the divine
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(and let the. trumpet of salvation [resound for the victory of so great {a King.”
Easter Event Planned [For Hospital Patients
Patients in Sunnyside Sanae {torlum and Flower Mission
|Hospital will have their enjoye
1 |favors made with colored eggs
{ment of Easter Day increased by .
|given them by the Lutheran
| Women's Missionary Council.
Residents of Marion County
|Home, Altenheim, Indiana Wome en's Prison and Indiana Girls’
ties made and distributed by the council. Mrs. Henry Scheperle is council president.
Singers, Musicians to Offer Up Vast Hymn of Easter Praise
Singers and musicians of ‘In-,9:30 a. m. in the, Old Trail|will sing the anthem, “A Green
Mrs. Allen will give her address Thursday night in the Roberts dianapolis and the world willl Theater, W. WasHington and Hill Bright with Morn,” at 7:30
at the meeting of the Indianap- Park Methodist Church. olis Preshyterial Society begin-| Richard Whittington will dining at 9:30 a. m. Thursday in the rect the chorus which will sing on Meridian Heights Presbyterian the program after a 6:30 p. m. Church. The guest speaker served supper for the association. Choirs for several years as a mission which will give special numbers worker of her denomination in|include that from the host church the Langdon Memorial School,iand from Third Christian, First Mt. Vernon, Ky. She also has|priends and Zion Evangelical and visited Presbyterian mission sta<paformed Churches. Richard Or-
tions in the southeast and south-ly,n and Dr. H arple are ¢owest, which she will describe miss 85d of He ® Marple ul
her talk. ‘ Mrs. Ralph Guernsey, Presbyterial president, will preside,
speaker Announced
For Cathedral Hour Committees jo Meet | Dr. Roy Ewing Vale will give om oF the reh- the address for the Cathedral didbpatn Joy ae, Rally he Hour at 3:30 p. m. tomorrow = Knights of Columbus Hall. the Scottish Rite Cathedral, John Carroll is general chair-| The Scottish Rite Choir directed man for the annual outdoor res/by Edwin Biltcliffe will sing.
“Chant is not a rendered but a prayer sung.” -
solemnly: . ‘ plece of music
ch Steft result, monasteries. St. tio attend tte 41.8. 1. East Melntad's Abbey is one of the|(E. RJ)
|offer thanksgiving for the Risen Lord in a vast hymn of prdise
tomorrow. The long Lenten fast which began on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 27, ends today. The period of mourning ‘is about. over.: Tomorrow, “the stone will be rolled away from the tomb.” Whatever their differences may be, Christians of the world tomorrow will stand and sing simultaneously, ‘rightfully raising their voices in joy in their common heritage—Egster.
Remember the moving line in the Scriptures which says that the Son of Man had nowhére to lay His head? That is the plight of the little Mt. Olive Methodist Church
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| Mrs. Elva Strause will direct {the music and the Rev. Henry {Braun will preach.
|] In the First Presbyterian (Church at 9:30 and 11 a. m. tomorrow, Dr. George Arthur [Frantz and the choirs directed by E. U., Testerman will give a hymn and readings antiphonally. The children’s processional will open the 10:45 a. m. service featuring cello solos by George Flexman and a sermon by Dr. E. Burdette Backus in All Souls Unitarian Church. Mr, Flexmd¥ is a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. . White-robed young people of the Union Congregational Church will present an all-musical worship service at 6:30 a. m. tomorrow and breakfast after-
The Sanctuary Choir of the
and 11 a. m, services tomorrow {in the church. The Westminster {Fellowship Choir will give ‘the {music for the third service of the day at 9 a. m. The 16-voice choir of the Wood« ruff United Presbyterian Church, directed by David Mann, will give the Easter program, titled “The Gospel According to-St. John,” in the First United Presbyterian Church. A brass quartet of two cornets and two trombones will augment the organ music for services tomorrow in 8t. Paul's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Jane Burroughs Adams will direct the choir. « The Chancel Choir of ths Witherspoon United Presbyterian Churéh will ‘sing Dubois’ cantata,
6 a. Mm, sunrise service tomorrow, The Seventh Presbyterian
tion of a cantata by its choir as
liglous demonstration to be held|Raper, Oriental and Franklin/bined adult and youth choirs t Victory Field on Sunday, May Commanderies will take part in have prepared their Easter music 18, St ‘ ithe vegper service. . jand they will sing in services at - A A : 3 : .
a main feature at 10:45 a. m,.
{School also received Easter novels
“The Seven Last Words,” at the
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