Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-04
LEsT 5esiAS NEXT WE'D !ESDAY
SOCIAL SEASON CLOSED FOR NEXT
SEVEN WEEKS-LENTEN
REGULATIONS

Next Wednesday, FEB. 9tn, IS
the beginning of the Lenten sea-
son, which will continue until
Easter Sunday, March 27th. The
following Lenten regulations have
been sent out by Augustin f.
Schinner, Bishop of Superior Do
cese:
All the DAYS of Lent, Sunday ex-
cepted, are fasJ-days of obligation. on
which Int one full meal is allowed.
2 The use of fesh-meat is allowed,
| bv Apostolic dispensation, at the prln-
cipal meal only, on all days except
Wednesdays and Fridays, and also Sat
urday of the second or ember week and
Saturday of Holy week. Those who
are exempt from fasting may more
| than once partake of flesh meat on days
| not enjoining abstinence.
The use of eggs, butter, milk and
cheese is by custom allowed through
| ont lent. and also the use of lard III
stead of butter in the preparation OF
| food.
4 Fish and flesh-meat are not per-
mitted at the same meal.
5 A cup of coffee or tea with little
milk and a small slice of bread may be
taken in the morning, and COLLATION.
or repast in the evening, but this re-
past should not exceed the fourth part
of an ordinary meal or eight ounces.
Beside Lent there are during the
| year the following days OF fast and alb
stinence:
l Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
of every ember-week
2 The virgils of Penticost, OF the
| Blessed Virgin, of all Saints, and OF
Christmas, likewise the Fridays in Ad-
vent: fast and abstinence is recommend
ed on the Saturday during the octave
of ST. Peter and ST. Paul, or on the
Saturday before the feast if it falls on
Sunday.
3 All Fridays during the year are
days of abstinence from flesh meat; on
SATURDAY the use of hesh-meat is al
| lowed again for this year, 10y Apostolic
dispensation, except in case fast day
on Saturday.
Ali must consider themselves as
strictly bound to this fast; those only
are exempt from fasting Though not
| from abstinence) who are under the
age of twenty-one, and such persons us
are sick infirm, convalescent, or other
| wise of delicate constitution, or whose
strength is impaired by old age, nurs-
ing, or by hard labor. Such as are
seriously sick are also exempt from alb
stinence. Those who entertain any
reasonable doubt about their obligation
to fast or to abstain ought to have re-
course to their respective pastors for
advice or dispensatiOn.
By virtue of special faculties granted
by the Holy See, we also dispense from
the law of abstinence all laborers, and
we permit them the use Of fesh-meat
at all meals on all days. with the eX-
cepti0n of the Fridays during the en-
tire year, Ash W ednesday, the Vigil of
Christmas, and those days Of the Holy
Week on which the other faithful are
not dispensed. This dispensation is so
to be understood that at the common
meal the whole family may avail itself
of the dispensatiOn. However, it is
never allowed to eat fish and flesh meat
at the same meal.
The faithful without exception should
enter into the spirit of Lent, and
though dispensed from fasting, per-
form some works Of penance, i. e., alb
stain from Intoxicating drink and
amusements, especially from dance, and
consider the Lenten season as the most
appropriate time for good works, pray
err and aims giving.
Given at Superior on the End day of
February, A. D., 1910.
AUGUsTIN F. SCHINNER,
Bishop of Superior.