Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-03-10
LENTEN REGULATIONS
For the Diocese of Green Bay.

l. All Fridays and fast-days during
the year are days of abstinence from
flesh meat. On Saturdays which by
law are always days of abstinence,
flesh meat is allowed by APOSTLE in
dult at all meals, unless they happen
to be fast days
2. The following are fast days of
obligation: All days of Lent Except
Sundays: the Embers-days; the
Vigils or Ewes of Pentecost, of the
Assumption B. V. NJ, of All Saints,
and of Christmas: lastly, the Fridays
of Advent.
On fast days one full meal day is
| allowed TO persons obliged to fast.
But indult and custom allow coffee,
| tea, chocolate. with piece of bread in
| the morning, and the use of eggs,
| butter, milk, etc, in the evening.
For sufficient reason, the collation.
| (lunch) may be taken at noon and the
dinner or principal meal in the even
ing
| By Apostolic indult flesh-meat is
allowed only at the principal meal on
all week days during Lieut. except
Wednesdays and Fridays and the
Saturdays in Ember week and Holy
week. On fast-days, flesh meat and
fish Including OYSTERS crabs, frogs,
turtles, etc. are never allowed at the
same meal, rule which applies even
to the Sundays in Lent and to all
| persons however otherwise excused or
| dispensed from the law of either alb
Stinence or fast. But meals may al
ways be prepared with The dripping
of either fat or lard.
| Persons excused from fast may use
| flesh meat more than once on the
days when it is allowed to all. All
who have attained the sufficient use
of reason are bound by the law of
abstinence. But when it is either
physically or morally impossible tC
observe the law, or when it would
entail serious difficulties, they are ex.
cuSed from it.
In virtue of the Apostolic faculties
granted US by the Holy See we here
by delegate pastors to dispense, in
each single case, from abstinence the
men actually engaged ia thresbng as
we'll as the farmer families at whose
place threshing is going on.
We also delegate the pastors tC
dispense from abstinence all men en-
gagged in the lumber camps during the
winter
4. Catholics having completed theil
tWenty-tirSt year of age, are bound to
fast. But the causes of excuse just
mentioned in regard to abstinence,
apply to the law of fasting Hence
the church ordinarily exempts from
fasting the sick and those in feeble
health whether by sickness or old
age;) women nursing children; all who
are engaged in laborious and exhaust
ing occupations. Persons in doubt
whether they are excused or not,
should consult their confessor or
pastor for advice or dispensation.
| In virtue of an Apostolic indult we
permit workingmen and their families
the use of flesh meat at the principal
common meal on all fast days and
abstinence days throughout the year,
with the exception of all Fridays,
AS Wednesday and Saturday of Holy
Week and the eve of Christmas.
| 5. Persons excused or dispensed
from the law of fast or abstinence
ought to perform some other good
works of piety and charity in the
spirit of Christian penance and santi-
tication. Hence the pious custom of
giving Lenten Aims. Redeem thou
thy sins with aims, and thy iniquities
with works of mercy" DAN. ", "a.
Also the custom of abstaining from
intoxicating drinks, of staying away
from theaters, dances, card parties
and other profane amusements, etc.
JOSEPH J. Fox, Bishop.