The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-21
REGULATIONS FOR LENT.
RULES READ AT LOCAL CATH
oLIC PULPITS YESTERDAY.
Commences On Wednesday-Season
of Fasting and Abstinence For
Forty Days-Letter Promulgated
By Bishop Scanlan.

D7y after tomorrow is Ash Wednesday
and the day begins the 40 days of fast ano
abstinence which obtains in the Roman
Catholic and Episcopal churches
The rigor of the fast imposed on Catho-
lies in the United States is not so severe
as in Catholic countries. Yesterday, in all
the Catholic churches Of the diocese OF
Salt Lake, the following was read from
the pulpit at all the masses;
Ash Wednesday, the first day OF Lent
falls this year on the 2Srd of February
First-All the days of Lent except sun
days are last days of obligation.
Second-All persons unosr p years or
over 60 years of age, those who are en-
gagged in hard labor the sick and con- con-
VeIescent, and those who cannot fast
without injury to their health, are ex-
smpt from the obligation OF fasting.
Third-All bound 20 keep the fast shall
make but one full meal day except on
Fourth-The meal permitted on fast
days should be taken about noon.
Fifth-A collation. is permitted in the
Sixth|When the principal meal cannot
conveniently be taken about noon, the or
der may be inverted, so that the collation.
may be taken about noon and the dinner
Seventh General usage has made it
lawful TO take in the morning cup OF
coffee, tea. or chocolate, with small
piece of bread.
Eighth-Necessity and custom have au-
thorIZed the use of lard instead OF butter
in the preparation of all permitted foods.
Ninth-By dispensation the use of flesh
meats is permitted at all meals on sun
day and once day at the principal meal
on Mondays Tuesdays, Thursdays and
SATURDAYS with the exception of Ember
Saturday and the last Saturday OF Lent
Tenth-Persons exempt from the obli-
CATION of fasting may partake OF Hesn
meat at all meals on days when the use
of meat is permitted at the principal meal
Eleventh-Flesh meat and fish are not
to be used at the same meal during Lent
even on Sundays.
Twelfth-The use of butter. cheese. milk
and eggs is permitted every day in Lent.
Thirteenth-By virtue of an indult
granted by the holy see March 10, 1882
working men and their families are al
lowed TO use of flesh meat once dav
or all the fast and abstinence day ,
throughout the year, with the exception
of all Fridays. Ash Wednesday. the We'd
nasdav and Saturday of holy week and
the vigil of Christmas. Those who are
exempt from the obligation of fasting are
permitted to use meat more than once
2 day on all days except those before
mentioned namely, Fridays, Ash We'd
nesday. the Wednesday and Saturday of
holy week and the vigil of Christmas.
Those who avail themselves of this indult
are not permitted TO use nesh meat ana
fish at the same meal and are earnestly
eXhorted to perform soma other act OF
modification, such as abstinence from
intoxicating liquors.
from the first Sunday IF Lent until Trim
ity Sunday inclusive. during which time
all Catholics who have attained the prop
er age are bound to receive holy com
munion worthily.
Fifteenth-To afford the faithful op.
portunities of gaining the graces of tht
Lenten season. it is hereby ordered thai
in addition 10 the usual Sunday devotions.
Lenten exercises be held on two evenings
of each week in ali the churches of the
diocese to which are attachd resident
pastors. On one of the evenings an in
struction is to be given. on the other the
stations of the cross. and permission is
hereby given for benediction of the
blessed sacrament on both evenings.
Sixtaenth-The faithful are reminded
that besides the obligation of fasting
imposed by the church. the season of
Lent should be in a very special manner
a kind of earnest prayer of sorrow for
sins, of abstention from amusements
which not sinful in themselves are per-
mitted during other portions of the year,
ard of generous almsgiving to the poor.
Seventeenth-To comply with the decree
Of the third plenary council of Baltimore,
a collection will be taken up on the first
Sunday of Lent at all the masses and the
vespers for the missions among the In
dams and negroes. L. SCANLAN
Bishop of Salt Lake.