The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-02-21
OBSERVANCE OF LENT
Regulations to he Observed by Roman
Catholics in this Diocese Dur
ing the Lenten Season.

Thu following regulations have
been issued BY Bishop John Jansen
OF Belliyle for the observance OF
the Lenten season by Roman Catho
lies in this diocese:
An the faithful who have com
plets "a their twenty.frsl year are
bound TO observe the Fast Of Lent
2.-They are to make one full meal
only day, except on Sundays.
S.-The full meal permitted on fast
DAYS is not to be taken till about
noon.
IA collation. may be taken in the
evening
The following persons are exempt
from the obligations of fasting.
Persons under twentyone years OF
age, the sick and conyalescent deli.
cate and nursing women. those who
are Obliged to do hard labor; those
who. through weakness, cannot fast
without great prejudice to ther
health mendicants who cannot count
on a regular meal,
By virtue OF an Indult granted by
the Holy Father to the United States
and renewed June S 1897 for ten
years. the following dispensatlons are
granted
1.-The use of fleshmeat is permit
ted during Lent at all meals on sun
days. once a day at the principal mea
on Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays and
Saturdays. with the exception Of the
Saturdays in Emher week and Holy
Week. But flesh meat and fish are
not 20 be used at the same meal dur
ing Lent. not even ON Sundays
, The use Of butter cheese, milk
ana eggs is permitted every day in
Lent
"A cup OF coffee, tea or chocolate
made with water, and with this NOR
sci Of bread without butter, may be
taken In the morning
Those for whom the hour OF
noon may be an announcement time for
dinner. may invert the order and take
their collation. in the morning and
their dinner in the evening
5.-The use of lard or drippings Is
allowed in preparing permitted food
6.-Persons exempt from the obi
cation OF fasting are free 10 take
meat more than once on those days
when It's use is granted by dispen
sation
Under the date OF March 3. 1885
the Holy See has granted for term
Of ten years TO the Ordinaries of the
United States special faculties regard.
ing the law of abstin5 nee.
BY virtue OF this lndult we hereby
permit to all laborers (and also their
families for whom the Keeping Of the
law OF abstinence is really combined
with difficulty. the use of fesh.meat
on all the fast and abstinence days
throughout the year with the exeep-
ton of all Fridays in the year, Ash
Wednesday. the Wednesday and Sat
nrday of Holy.Week, and the Eve OF
Christmas. but to those that are oblig,
ed to fast. flesh.meat is permitted only
once in the day Those who make use
OF this dispensation are on said days,
not allowed to eat flesh and fish meat
at the same meal. and they are ex.
hOrted to perform some other act of
mQrtiticNion, for instance. abaysin
from all intoxicating liquors, etc
AS at present in the City OF Rome.
50 in former times everywhere. all
the Saturdays Of the year were days
of abstinence BY virtue of the Holy
see renewed April. rs. 1896. the com.
mon Saturdays of the next year are
With Ms no dogs of abstinence.
The Fridays in Advent are not days
of fast in our diocese. but all the EN-
Der days during the year, as also the
Vigls Of the feast of Christmas. Pen.
ticost the Assumption Of the Blessed
Virgin and Of All Saints are days Of
asst ami abstinence.
The time In which the faithful must
,dmply with their Easter duty ex.
tends In this diocese from the First
Sunday Of Lent to Holy Trinity sun
lay both days included.
The faithful are hereby reminded
hat the holy season Of Lent should
10, In A special manner a time for
earnest prayer of sorrow for sin. OF
'ecluson from the world and its
imusements also OF generous aims.
giving In order 10 compensate thus
for the relaxation Of the laws Of the
Church