Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-28
FORTY DAYS Or SELF.DENIAL
Lent Begins Wednesday Season Culminat-
ing with Easter Sunday, April 8.
OBSERVED WITH CUSTOMARY DEVOTION
Catholics VIII Hold Special Services
wednesdays and Fridays and
EpiscopaIs Have Their Par
tIcuIar Exercises Outlined.

wednesday is the beginning of Lent.
For forty days from that date. or until
April s. which is Easter Sunday. all good
Catholics and Eplscopalians, and many
people Of other denominations as well, Will
devote themselves 20 acts of self-denlal
ana 70 special works of religion ana
charity.
For the guidance OF Catholics during the
season a letter of Bishop Scannell on The
Spirit of Lent" was read in all the
churches last Sunday. Besides telling the
church members how they should devote
themselves to prayer and to acts OF char
ity the bishop mentioned some OF the
things which they should not do The
giving OF formal dinners" he said "or re-
receptions assisting at theatrical per-
formances and the like are entirely out of
harmony with the spirit of the penitential
season. and Catholics can never take part
in these during Lent without giving pain
10 the pious faithful and disediication to
the public, for although non-Catholics do
not always know what we Catholics ought
to do. they know very well what we ought
not TO do. and we sink in their esteem
when, dsregarding our own principles we
make concessions to the fashions Of the
day"
Bishop Scanned said a formal dinner
should never be given on q fast day and
an invitation 10 meat dinner on Friday
should be declined
Speciai Lenten services will he held in
all the Catholic churches on Wednesdays
and Fridays, on the former day the reel
tation of the rosary and the benediction
and on the latter day the stations of tho
cross Sunday services will be as usual.
During holy week The week ending Easter
services in COMMUNICATION Of the passion
will be held every day.
At the Episcopal Churches.
Lenten services at the Episcopal churches
will. be as follows;
st. John's-Ash Wednesday evening, con-
ference by Rev. Lucius d. Hopkins on
Christian Faith and Practices; confer
ence each Wednesday evening during Lent
special services during holy week
All Saints-Services Ash Wednesday at
1890 and 1850. every Wednesday and Fri
day afternoons al and every Wednesday
and Friday evening at 1880; Sunday morn
ing services as usual and Sunday evening
services at 7:45
Church of the Good hepherd-Services
Ash Wednesday at 10 and 100, every Tues
udS dIu ditSihpOho ~ i'i" "iiN
every Wednesday evening at 1880.
Trinity Cathedral-Holy communion Ash
Wednesday at a. m, and services at 10
A. M and 1880 p. M, with sermons by
Rev. Percy Silver Of Fort Crook; services
every afternoon at 4:SO; every Wednesday
and Friday evening at 1880.
St. Barnabas-Holy Eucharist daily at
a. M; two 10 o'clock celebrations will
be held. one Ash Wednesday and one March
25 the feast of the annunciation; litany
Wednesdays and Fridays. when services
will be at O'Clock; usual Sunday SER
vices.
st. Philip the Deacon-Ash Wednesday,
holy communion at $3.50 a. M. prayer, litany
and meditation at 10; children's services at
4;15 and evening prayer and sermon at 3:
services daily through Lent at and 1880,
except Tuesdays and Fridays. when they
will be held at s.
st. Matthias-On Ash Wednesday holy
communion at a. M, morning prayer at
$3.50, evening prayer at and s.; every Fri
day evening holy communion daily at I,
except Saturdays and Sundays; morning
prayer daily at s:55; evening prayer daily
at 4; Sundays as usual.
In addition to these services there will be
union services every Thursday evening
The first week they will be held at Trinity
cathedral.
The clericus of the Episcopalian church
IN Omaha at the weekly meeting Monday
arranged for noon services to be held dur
ing Lent In the crypt of Trinity cathedral
Right Rev A. l.. Williams will have charge
of these services on the last four days
OF this week He also will preach at the
interparochial service Thursday evening
at 1880 in Trinity cathedral.