Christmas Celebrations
Appraised by Clergymen
By LOUIS CASSELS
United Press International
For several years, churches
have been imploring Ameri
cans to "keep Christ in Christ
mas." Many Christian families are
ready, even eager, to cooper
ate. But how? What can one
family do to rescue the birth
day of Christ from commer
cialization ... to make its real
significance clear to children.
United Press International
put the question to 10 of the
nation's leading clergymen.
Their answers, as could be ex
pected, varied widely. But
there were several common
themes.
Virtually all of them em
phasized the importance of
worship not only attendance
at church services, but wor
ship in the home, with the
whole family taking part.
"Read the Christmas story
from the Bible on Christmas
Eve," counselled the very
Rev. Francis B. Sayre, dean
of Washington Cathedral.
Explain Meaning of Christmas'
"Let the father of the
family explain to the children
in simple words the meaning
of Christmas," said the Rt.
Rev. James A. Pike, Episco
pal bishop of California.
Catholic Archbishop Joseph
F. Rummel of New Orleans
recommended "the recitation
of the Rosary every evening
in the family circle, and the
preparation of a beautiful crib
to be unveiled in every home
on Christmas Eve."
Methodist Bishop G. Brom
ley Oxnam of Washington
said Christmas should be
treated as "a day of thought"
as well as a day of merriment.
"Begin the day with the fami
ly singing a Christmas carol
. . . then let each individual
meditate upon the signifi
cance of the first Christmas
gift, which was God's gift of
his Son."
Most of the clergymen
agreed that exchanging gifts
is an appropriate Christmas
custom if it is done in the
right spirit. But they deplored
the giving of expensive gifts
for business reasons, for pure
ly social motives, or for show.
"It would be better to stop
the custom altogether than to
let Christmas giving so de
generate," said Dr. Eugene
Carson Blake, stated clerk of
the United Presbyterian
church.
The Rev. E. C. Scott, stated
clerk of the Southern Pres
byterian Church, said the best
antidote for a "selfish" ap
proach to Christmas is to
"center our thoughts and gifts
on those from whom we can
expect nothing in return."
And he emphasized: "Not
merely gifts of money, but of
time and companionship."
Bishop Christopher J. Wel
don of the Catholic Diocese of
Springfield, Mass., offered this
suggestion about gifts:
"Let those to whom you are
giving gifts know that these
gifts are being given to honor
the birthday of the Christ
child, and to imitate his ex
ample of opening the heart to
others."
Asks True Significance
The Rt. Rev. Thomas K.
Gorman, Catholic bishop of
Dallas-Fort Worth, said care
should be taken that Christ-
Masses Told By Roman Catholics Here
mas cards, as weu as guts,
have "true Christian signifi
cance." Greeting cards that
have no religious theme - and
especially the so-called "com
ic" cards that has shown up in
recent years - are entirely in
appropriate, he said.
Several ministers urged!
that Santa Calus be de-empha-!
sized.
The Rev. John T. Tavlarides
of the Greek Orthodox Cathe
dral of St. Sophia, Washing
ton, said Santa Claus has been
so thoroughly "identified with
commercialism" that his sym
bolic value has been lost.
Msgr. Irving A. Deblanc,
director of the Family Life
Bureau of the National Catho
lic Welfare Conference, sug
gested Santa Claus be quietly
replaced by the real-life Saint
Nicholas whose name, pro
nounced "sinter klaas" by
early Dutch immigrants to
America, gradually evolved
into the modern Santa Claus."
Saint Nicholas was a Chris
tian bishop who lived in Asia
minor during the fourth cen
tury A.D. He distributed gifts
to children, and to the poor,
at ' Christmas. His gifts, al
ways anonymous, were intend
ed as birthday gifts to the
Christ child who, when he be
came a man, said "inasmuch
as ye do it unto the least of
these my brethren, ye do it
unto me."
The first masses of Christ
mas will be offered at mid
night Christmas eve at Sa
cred Heart Catholic church
and St. Mary's gymnasium in
Medford; St. Joseph's church
in Jacksonville; and in Our
Lady of Fatima church in
Shady Cove. All will be high
masses.
At Sacred Heart church
the mass will be preceded by
the blessing of the Infant Jes
us after His image is car
ried from the sacristy, in pro
cession, and placed in the
sanctuary manger.
The men's choir, directed
by Bruno Pellegrini, will sing
the "Missa Brevis," with the
credo from Carnevali's Missa
"Sancta Maria." "Adeste Fi
delis" has been selected as
the offertory hymn and oth
er familiar carols will be
sung before the mass.
Celebrant of the mass will
be the pastor, the Very Rev.
Carl Mai.
Student Mass
The Marian choir of St.
Mary's High school will sing
''Mass in Honor of St. Fran
cis" at the students' mid
night mass in the school gym.
'Laetentur Caeli," is their of
fertory selection, and the
Gregorian Proper will be
chanted by the Boys Glee
club.
A visiting Benedictine
priest from Mt. Angel will
be the mass celebrant.
At 11:30 a.m. the Marian
choir will repeat this music
at the final high mass of
Christmas day in. the church,
using the Rossini Proper.
There will be Christmas car
olling preceding both ser
vices. Toni Adams and Mary Rob
inson are the organists for
the Marian choir.
Low Masses
Low masses will be offered
in Sacred Heart cfyurch on
Christmas day, following the
regular Sunday schedule, at
6, 7. 8:30 and 10 a.m. Groups
of St. Mary's students from
the sixth, seventh and eighth
grades will sing carols before
and during the 7 and 8:30
a.m. masses.
Confessions will be heard
in the church on Wednesday
from 2 to 5 p.m. and from 7
to 10 p.m.
At Jacksonville the high
mass at midnight, sung by the
Rev. William McLeod and a
local choir, will be followed
by two low masses in succes
sion; the first beginning at 9
a.m.
The only Christmas mass
at Shady Cove will be the
high mass at midnight, with
the Rev. John Ilg as cele
brant. Confessions
Confessions in these mis
sion churches will be heard
immediately preceding the
masses.
On New Years day, a holy
day of obligation for all Ro
man Catholics, all masses in
the three churches will fol
low the regular Sunday
schedule.
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Sams Valley-Gilbert Mack
will narrate a showing of col
ored slides telling the Christ
mas story at 10 a.m. Sunday
at Sams Valley Community
church. Included in the pro
gram for Christmas will be
recitations and songs by Sun
day school students directed
by Mrs. Edgard Pleasant.
Cantata Planned
By Local Friends
The Christmas cantata,
"Night in Judean Hills," will
be presented at the Friends
church Sunday at 7:30 p.m. by
the combined choirs, directed
by Mrs. Claude Lewis. Mrs.
Kenneth Boshears will be or
ganist. Solo parts will be sung
by Mrs. Lewis, Dr. Lewis, Dr.
and Mrs. Wayne Roberts, Mrs.
Clynton Crisman, Deane Rob
erts, Miss Janet Johnson, and
Bill Houston.
In the 9:45 and 11 a.m. wor
ship services the choirs will
sing "Christmas Jubilate,"
and the pastor's message will
be, "This Is A Wonderful
Christmas!" An offering,
"birthday gifts for the King,"
will be received to be applied
toward the building fund for
the new sanctuary. Members
of the congregation are invit-
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ed to place a signed Christmas
card on the large decorated
poster in the foyer as their
greeting to others in the
church.
Sunday school will be held
at 9:45 a.m. for adults and
children, and at 11 a.m. for
junior high through college
age. Christian Endeavor
groups will meet at 6:30 p.m.
"Quaker Hour" will be broad
cast over station KDOV at 9
a.m.
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be held Sunday at The Aquari
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during the regular service' for
the Christmas worship service.
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Christmas Pageant
The Christmas pageant, the
Light of the World, will be
given in song and story by
the boys and girls of First
Methodist church, Medford,
at 7:30 p.m., Sunday
Children dressed in the cos
tumes of English carollers and
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en, Africa, America and
Italy, will bring their special
contribution to Christmas -while
the altar choir, under
the direction of Mrs. Milton
Snow, sings a carol of that
country.
When the. Nativity scene is
presented, an angel ensemble,
directed by Ray Lewis, includ
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Paschke, Sharon Smith, Su
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will be Glen Kaye and Jean
nine James. Mrs. Leslie Board-
man will be at the organ, and
Ray Lewis and Mrs. Robert
Baccus at the piano.
Part of the program will be
presented on KBES-TV Satur
day afternoon at 4 p.m. At
that time, Jerry Igo will be
one of the narrators.
At the Sunday services Dr.
George G. Roseberry will
speak on' "Jesus Came With a
Purpose." The youth choir
will sing "Our Pure Virgin"
and "Gloria in Excelsis Deo"
at the 9:30 ajn. service. The
chancel choir will sing
"Christmas Snows of Sweden"
and "On This Good Christmas
Morn" at the latter service.
Memorial poinsettias and
Christmas candles will decor
ate the altar at the services.
The Christmas offering,
"March to the Manger," will
be aplied to the church's
share of pension for retired
ministers.
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Ashland - "Who Is Coming
to Your House?" will be the
sermon subject at 11 ajn.
Sunday at Grace Lutheran
church by the Rev. E. Paul
Riedel, pastor. Holy commun
ion will be included in the
service.
At 2:30 p.m. the Walther
League Christmas tree trim
party will be held followed
by chili supper and caroling..
Wednesday at 7 p.m. the
Christmas eve service will be
held and Christmas day at
,10:30 a.m. a service with holy
communion is planned. The
sermon will be "God Sent His
Only Begotten Son Into the
World."
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