Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-02-25
LENTON REGULATIONS.

Lenten regulations of the diocese of
Green Bay have been issued by Rt.
Rev. Bishop J. Fox and copies distrib-
uted to the different priests. Lent be-
gan on Ash Wednesday, Feb. "a. The
regulations in detail are as follows:
Al Fridays and ast-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 Apostolic indult at all
meals, unless they happen to be fast
days.
The following are fast days OF obi
CATION: All days of Lent Except Sun
days; the Ember days; the Vigils or
Ewes of Pen1scost, or the Assumption
b. V. NJ, of All saints, and of Christ
mas; lastly The Fridays of Advent.
On fast days only one full meal day
is allowed to persons obliged to fast.
/ But indult allow coffee, tea, and choco-
late, with piece OF bread in the morn
ing and The use of eggs, butter, MIX
etc, in the evening. For sufficient
reason the collation. Qunch) may be
taken at noon and the dinner or prin-
cipal meal in the evening.
By Apostolic indult flesh meat is al
lowed only at the principal meal on at
week days during Lent except Wednes-
days 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 otherwise ex-
cused or dispensed from the law OF
either abstinence or fast. But meals
may always be prepared with the drip
pings 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 ply
sically or morally impossible to observe
the law, or when it would entail serl-
ous difficulties, they are excused from
it.
In virtue of the Apostolic faculties
granted us by the Holy See we hereby
delegate pastors to dispense IN each
single case. from abstinence, the men
actually engaged in threshing as well
as tie farmer families at whose place
threshing is going on.
We also delegate the pastor to dis
pense from abstinence all men engaged
in the lumber camps during the winter.
Catholics having completed their
twenty first year OF age, are bound to
fast. But the cases of excuse just
mentioned in regard to abstinence, APP
ply also 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
i. e. 90 years.; women nursing children;
all who are engaged in laborious and
exhausting 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 working men and their families
the use of flesh meat at the principal
common meal on all fast days and alb
stinence days throughout the year,
with the exception Of all Fridays, Ash
Wednesday, the Wednesday and Satur-
day of Holy week and the eve Of Christ
mas.
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 penanee and sanctificatlon.
Hence the pious custom of giving Lent
en- aims, Redeem thou thy sins with
aims, and thy iniquities with works OF
mercy DAN. w., "A. Also the Gus
tom of abstaining from intoxicating
drinks, of staying away from theatres,
dances, card parties and other profane
amusements, etc.
JOSEPH j. Fox. Bishop.
N. B.-1. The collection for Indian
and Negro mission is to be taken up on
the first Sunday in Lent.