This was the last night of 40 Hours devotions at St. Alphonsus in Baltimore. Beginning on Sunday with a high Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament, procession and chanted Litany of Saints, it ended tonight with another procession and chanted Litany, as well as benediction. St. Alphonsus has the great distinction of having as its first Rector St. John Nepomucene Neumann, who later as Bishop of Philadelphia initiated the wonderful practice of maintaining continual 40 hours devotions throughout his dioceses by designating a parish for each weekend of the year. The german Redemptorists continued at St. Alphonsus until 1917 - Blessed Francis Xavier Xeelos also served as Rector during this period - when it was transferred to the Archdiocese and a large Lithuanian parish. The Messe de toujours is said at 11:30AM on Sundays and at 7PM on Holy days of Obligation.