Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-10
LAST SUNDAY BEFORE LENT
Celebrated with Fitting sslemHity in
Episcopal and UsihOlis ohIrhsL
BISHOP scANNElrs LtNTEV LINER
Recommends Acts of Charity and
Piety on the Part OF the Laity
order of the Forty
Hours Devotion.

day is celebrated with solemnity fitting
the Sunday which ushers in the pentitential
season Of the Christian year.
In all OF the Catholic churches the len
ten letter OF the bishop, with the rules for
Lent promulgated by him, was read. This
year the lenten letter Of Bishop Scannell
r. a homily, having as its theme sorrow
and pen1tenee for sin. The letter is writ
ten around the lesson which is to be read
at all masses on Ash Wednesday, from the
prophet, Joel. The bishop recommends acts
Of charity and plety, and continues:
why should the laity leave all works Of
charity to the clergy and the religious or
ders? To do their part in delivering others
from ignorance, error. vice. irreligion. in
Justice, and in making them comfortable,
~virtuous and happy, would be the surest
way Of promoting their own perfection and
their own happiness. And there Is another
cogent reason why the laity should take
part in every movement that has for its
object the good Of religion and the bet
terment Of the people. In times of religious
persecution and great social or political
upheavals the people will easily become
demoralized and will succumb to the as
saults that will be made upon their faith
and morals unless they have been trained
beforehand to labor for and defend their
religious interests. Let a bigoted
or an atheistlc party get into power in
any country and one OF its first attempts
will be to enslave the church and under
mine religion among the people. And such
attempts have always succeeded in the
past whenever the church had not the sup
port OF an active and intelligent laity.
Priests and nuns cannot very well enter
the political arena, and therefore enemies
Of religion pay little attention to their OPP
position or protests.
Urges Practical Work.
"And now, TO be practical, i recommend
to the laity Of this diocese, as a beginning,
the establishment in every parish of a con-
ference of the Society OF st. Vincent de
Paul. This is a society of which 1 can
speak in terms of the highest praise. Let
no pastor say that there is no room for
such a society in his parish. AS soon as
II is established 1t will find work enough
to do. Two or three men Of the right kind
will be enough for a beginning. and when
the conference is established others of APP
proved fitness can be received
The collections in the Catholic churches
are announced as follows: For the propa-
cation Of the faith on the first Sunday, for
the Holy Land on Good Friday, for the
rope on the SUNDAY W1lnln the octave Oh
the feast of IS. Peter and Paul, for the or
phans on the first Sunday in October.
The regulations for Lent are as follows:
All the faithful not lawfully dispensed or
excused are obliged to observe the fast
OF Lent; they are not allowed to eat but
one full meal a day; in the evening a light
COLLATION. is permitted by way Of dispense
tion, flesh meat is permitted at every meal
on Sundays and once a day on all days
except Wednesdays and Fridays and the
second and last Saturdays Of Lent; the use
OF milk, butter, cheese and eggs is per-
mitted; hsh and flesh are not allowed at
the same meal, even on sundays; the spec
ial dispensations promulgated in 1887 are
renewed as TO the use OF food during the
1enten season.
Forty Hours Devotion.
The order of the forty hours devotion for
the diocese OF Omaha is as follows:
Sunday, February Est. Johns, Omaha.
Sunday, March 2St Joseph's, Omaha;
w sunad aSin March rel SSnasst. wen rssss Su omaha;
Raeville, Humphrey. Atkinson.
Sunday. March l6-st. Patrick's. Omaha;
Sunday, April 6-North Platte, Bancroft.
Petersburg, Krakan, ST. Anthony's. Platte
Sunday April isGMonterey. Jackson.
Creighton. wisner, Sacred Heart academy,
TWenty-8eVenth street, Omaha.
Sunday, April 2O-o'connor. Kearney,NPa-
sunday. june s-snyder. verdigris.
Randolph. Montrose, oieyen, Stuart. st.
Joseph's hospital, Omaha.
schuyieT, Menominee. LexinSton, Convent
OF the Good Shepherd, omaha
Sunday, September 2s-Immaculate Con-
platte Center, Howeils, SITS. Peter and paul:
Bloomfield. Columbus. Sacred Heart acad-
s@ sSSind rslA hpTii a@st. Peters. Omaha;
sunday May .4-st. Brldget's. South
Sunday, May 11-Assumption of the B. v.
M, South Omaha: Constance.
Sunday. May lS-st. Francis South
sunday, May 25-Cathedral. Dixon, How
els sn ss John 9Tp Se fP@Hois Family. Omaha.
Ashton, Our Lady of Mount Carmel; Chad
ron, Fremont, Eigin; GRAND Island,
Cecilia's. Omaha: Spencer. Geranium
Ssrnard's Platte county; Ashton. ST.
i suP SsSI. 9 GsS9Ssr 1 v%aIsnsiDs, h&I HHlSSs5S.
Sunday. October Is-Heun, spaiding. Bow
Valley, Newcastle Elba, St Mary Magda-
Sunday. October ss-Norfolk. st. Francis
hospital. Grand Islandi St Mary's, South
The appointments of Bishop scannell are
- follows;
April II. Omaha, conferences; April Is,
and, conference; April %, West Point, con
Ference: April q, ONeill, conference: April
6. Bancroft. viaitation and confirmation
April 80, jackson, conferences; May 5,
Gretna. visitation and confirmation; May
~, Kearney, visitation and confirmation;
May -, Lexington. visitation and confirm
alton: May IA, ogallaia, confirmation; May
ik sidney, visitation and confirmation
hrmation; May 20. Greeley, visitation and
and confirmation; May %. O'Connor, vista.
ton and confirmation; jun 3, Heun, vista.
ton and confirmation: June 4. Schuyler
visitation and m June s, Ere.
mont, visitation and confirmation: June 0
Harrington. visitation and confirmation
June 10, Constance. visitation and confirm.
alton: June II, Menominee, visitation and
confirmation; June II, 81 Helena. visitation
and confirmation: June IL. Bow Valley
visitation and confirmation.
On POntiacal Jubilee.
The Lentsn letter is accompanied by
copy OF q letter from Cardinal Respighi
cardinal vicar OF Rome. on the subject o
the approaching pontincal jubilee Of Pop.
Leo XIII. The letter states that an efior
Is being made to repair the Archbasilic
Of St. John Latern. and ask funds 70
that purpose. The request Is approved ant
0aefora ara narmitted IN ask couaraRation