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PAGE 8-HONGKONG DAILY PRESS CATHOLIC NEWS & NOTES

EMBER DAYS: THE BLOOD OF ST. JANUARIUS: A DRESs designeR ON PILGRIMAGE; A MISSIONARY COURT MUSICIAN IN PEKING WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF NEXT WEEK ARE EMBEE DAYS, THESE DAYS OCCUR FOUR TIMES IN THE YEAR, AND FOR THAT REASON THEY ARE ALSO CALL- THE LATIN "QUARTER TENSE” A CORRUPTION OF

QUATUOR TEMPORA, "FOUR TIMES," The word "Ember" from" an Anglo-Saxon word mean- ing a circuit or regularly-recurring period. The days are days of prayer, and special prayers are assigned for them in the ". Church Hturgy. The prayers are offered in thanksgiving for the

· gifts of nature, of the preceding season and in petition

WORDS

in

* the noods of the coming months.

The institution of

these days, year on this day

for

some

岿

and on is one of the many instances of other fixed days during the year.

The blood is contained in the adaptation of pagan customs

sealed phlal, four ancient hermetically In to Christian use. Rome "sacrifices were offered to inches in height and two and a diameter. Normally the gods at the beginning of the quarter in time's of seeding and harvesting. the substance In June they were offered for a solid and "bountiful harvest.

in

im this phial is

on opaque, but

cer- September tain days of the year when it is for a rich vintage, and in Decem. brought close to some other relics substance ber for success of the planting of the saint, the hard of the seeds.

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ST. JOHN'S

‚ CATHEDRAL

Sept 17-15th, Sunday After Trinity.

8 am Holy Communion (Com- municants' Fellowship),

8

a.m. Holy

Peak Church.

Communion

in

11 a.m. Mattins, Preacher: Rev. A. P. Rose, 12.15 pm. Holy Communion. 6.30 p.m. Evensong. Freacher: The Dean,

CHILDREN'S SERVICES Cathedral, 10 am. Kindergarten and Children's Service.

Chapel of the Resurrection, Happy Valley. 10 am, Kindergar- ten arid Sunday School,

Stanley Sunday School Room.

10 am, Kindergarten and Sunday School.

DZI

WEEKDAYS

Roly Communion is celebrated

CHURCH

ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S

· CHURCH"

The Sailors' Home and Seamen's "

Institute Hengkong

OHURCH SERVICE

Holy Communion, Evensong and

Short

BB 8 p.m. Address.

Preacher Rev. Charles Strong. (Chaplain).

All seafarers are invited to a Social Hour in the Ömavers" Lounge after the Evensong Service.

NB-The Church is open to the general public.

EMMANUEL MISSION

CHURCH

The following are the Services at Emmanuel Mission Church, 218 Nathan Road, Kowloon:-

Sunday, 10am. Service of Holy

11

am. Morning Communion; Service Preacher, Rev. J.E. Morri- Thursday (St, Matthew's Day) son; 3 p.m. Bunday School Bible and Saturday at 7.30 am. "

Classes for Young Men and Young Friday at 7.45 am (in Canton-Women; 7.30 p.m. Song Services;

8 pm. Evening Service.

ese).

Wednesday, Frayers for the sick, at 10.15 am.

Monday, 7.30 p.m. Soldiers and Ak-men's Christian Association Blackboard Meeting: 8 p.m. Bible OTHER NOTICES

Study Circle at 792" Nathan Road September 20-10-12.30 p.m. Cathedral Women's Fellowship (First floor); Tuesday 2.30 p.m. Meeting for Chinese amaha.; Wednesday, 8 pm, Praise snd CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL Working Party, Cathedral Hall.

4.00 p.m. Choir Practice (Boys),

Prayer Meeting; Thursday, 10.15 8.00 p.m. Badminton. Cathedral m. Ladies Bible Study Circle at 216 Nathan Road; Friday. 8 p.m. Hall

September 21.-3.30 pm. Cathe-Bible Study Circle at Mr Jansson's dral Women's Fellowship Working house, 3 United Terrace. Ho Man Party, Cathedral Hall.

T the carliest days of Chris- tianity these days were also ob

and served by the Christians

their of prayers saetified with

The following are the forthcom-Cathedral Hall own. Fasting waS added, anding services at the Catholic Cathe-. there 15 1 record special drai, Caine Road.

of

ob- September mstructions relating to the

17- 16th Sunday servance of the days, dating from after Pentecost. the third century.

Some

MORNING SERVICES

time later. certainly before the Afth century, the fourth was added.

lat Masy at 6. with sermon in Chinese.

*

5.30 p.m. Ordination Service. 5.30 p.m. Cathedral Scouts Meet- and Mass at 8 with sermon in ing. Cathedral Haif, English.

.September 23-5,30 p.m. Choir 3rd Mass at 10 with sermon in Practice, Cathedral. English.

EVENING SERVICE

season

About the same time the obser- vance of these days was extend- ed from Rome to the rest of the Christian world. The practice was introduced into England by St. Augustine. Finally in the eleventh century Pope Gregory XII fixed the prayers and cere monies in connection with Ember Days, which continue to the pre-tinence dispensed. sent day.

At 3.30 Catechetical Instruction At 4 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. recitation of the Holy Rosary and Benediction

September 20-Ember Day-Aba-

Matthew. September 21-St, Apostle and Evangelist. Benedic tion of the Blessed Sacrament at 5:30 p.m.,

Please note that on and after next Sunday September 17 the time of Evensong will be 6,30 p.m.

LESSON SERMON FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONGKONG

ANNOUNCEMENT

SUBJECT MATTER ~ The subject of the Tesson Ser- all Christian Science

max in

BLOOD OF ST. JANUARIUS Tuesday next is the feast of St. Januarius, the martyred Bishop of Beneventum and patron September 22-Ember Day-Abs-churches to-morrow September 17 saint of Naples. The saint tinence. dispensed.

will be "Matter." and his feast are well known On week days Mass at 6 and because of the remarkable oe-7.30.

currence of the liquefaction of Confessions morning and even- the blood which takes place every g

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ANNOUNCEMENT

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hongkong (a Branch of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass) No 31 Macdonnel Road, close to Peak Tram Station, Sunday Service 11.15 am. Sunday School 10 am Testimony Meeting, Wednesday, 6 p.m. A Reading Room is located in the Church Building and is open every morning (except Sunday) from 10.30 am to 1230 pm, and on Tuesday and Friday evenings from 5.30 p.m. to 7 pm. All au thorised Christian Science litera- ture is available at the Reading room. The bublic is cordially-in- vited to attend the services and to visit the Reading Room,

CHRIST CHURCH

(Waterloo Road. Kowloon

Tong)

Services, etc., for next week. Sunday, Sept. 17-15th Sunday

after Trinity.

7.15 am. Holy Communion.

9

am. Sunday

"Young People's Class.

schools and

10 am. Choral Eucharist and ser- mon. Preacher the Vicar

11 am. Mandarin Service,

The Sunday schools will meet at

9 am, in the future. Some of the children in the Senior School will

go to the Young People's Class in the Church. The others will meet

in Duke Street at 9 am.

Monday, September 18. Meeting

of the Fete Committee in the

Vestry at 6:00 pm,

Wednesday, September 20. Wolf

Cab Pack in No, 3 Duke Street at

4.30 p.m.

Thursday, September 21. 7.15 am, Holy Communion 10 am. Weekly meeting of the Guild of Martha and Mary in the Vicarage flat, 100 Waterloo Road

Full-

Friday, September 22, choir practice, & p.m.

Saturday, September 23. Blind Girls' plenie,

ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH Sept. 17-18th Sunday after. Pentecost

t

First Mass and General Com- munion at 8 am

Becond Mim et 10 am, followed by Benediction at the Blessed Sacrament.

Bunday School for Children ab

3 D

On week days, Holy Mass at 8

Confessions are hesed every day, before and arter Kinas, sklad

On Baturdays, the mental time for Centerstome da trom 4.30 pm

Tin Street.

All are welcome.

No collection on Sunday even-

ing.

..

ST. TERESA'S CHURCH Sept. 17--16th Sunday after Pentecost

6.30 am. Holy Mare with Ber- mon in Chinese.

800 a.m. Holy Mass, Sermon in English, Novena to St. Teresa and Benediction.

10.00 a.m. Holy Mass Sermon in English

with

Holy

On Week-days, 8.30 am. Mass.7.00 Novena to St. Teresa

Benediction followed with

second Mass."

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