Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-02-12
NEANE MAKES RULES FOR
LENT

Archbishop Prcmu!gates Plans
to be Followed During Zine.
Dubuque, Ia, Feb. II. ~ Arch
bishop John j. Keane has is
sued a set of regulations to be
observed in Lent, which he has
sent to the priests of his diocese.
Lent commences this year on
Wednesday, February 25, and
Easte. ison Sunday, April IL.
The archbishop's rules are
given below.
All week days of Lent are
fast days ofobligation.
From the obligation many are
excused by reason of youth, old
age, infrmity, exhausting labor
and other conditions of life, as
will be fully explained by each
pastor. These should sanctify
the time of Lent by other works
of self-denial and piety.
Persons excused from fasting
are not thereby excused from
abstinence from flesh meat.
Flesh meat and fish must not
be used at the same meal on
any day of Lent, Sunday not ex-
copied.
By papel dispensation the
following privileges are accord
ed:
The use of flesh meat is al
lowed at all meals on Sundays,
and at the principal meals on
Mondays, Tuesdays. Thursdays,
Saturdays, except Saturday in
Ember week and Holy Satur-
day.
Those who are exempted
from fasting are allowed flesh
meat once a day on all days of
abstinence throughout the years
except Fridays, Ash Wednes-
day, Wednesday and Saturday
of Holy Week and Christmas
eve. If not bound to fast, they
may, as above stated, use it
more frequently.
| The Paschal time, during
which all are strictly obliged t.
receive the holy communion,
eXtends from the first Sunday
of Lent till Trinity Sunday in
clusively. During this time
pastors will see that their par
ishioners Of various nationalities
be as far as possible, provided
with confess5i's of their own
tongue.
In all the churches of this
diocese served by resident rec
tors, devotions will be held or
Wednesdays and Fridays OF
Lem. These devotions will
|consiss on Wednesday of the
rosary, a sermon and benedic-
ton of the most holy sacrament
and on Fridays of the holy way
OF the cross, an appropriate ex-
hortation and benediction.
The first Sunday of Lent is
the day appointed for taking up
the collection for the negro and
Indian missions of the United
States, and for the propagation
of the faith, or the support OF
foreign missions throughout
the world. Owing to pressing
needs of schools for Catholic
Indian children, we are com
PEELED to appeal to the genera
|sity of our laity to contribute
more literally towards the sup
port of these schools particular
|ly until such time as a branch
of the society for the preserva-
ton of the faith among the
Catholic Indian children is es-
tablished in the diocese. On
Good Friday the offerings of
the faithful for the mainten-
ance of the holy places will be
received.
The amount of these collec-
lions will be sent as soon as
possible to the chancellor.
On the Goth of February our
most holy father, Leo XIII, will
complete the twenty-fifth year
of his pontificate.
AS we have offered special
supplications for his welfare
throughout the year, by daily
recitation in the mass of the
prayer Pro Papa, so also it is
our duty to take part with our
whole hearts in the rejoicings
and prayers with which the
children of the church in every
part of the world will celebrate
the happy completion of this
\ year Of jubilee.