The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-07
LENT REGULATIONS
GIVEN CATHOLICS
Pensioners Reminded of Pc
Rod of Fasting Which Com
menCeS Wednesday.
TO ABSTAIN FROM MEAT
DANCING AND OTHER REVELRY
CEASES UNTIL AFTER EASTER.

From all of the Catholic pulpits in Salt
Lake yesterday members of the various
parishes were reminded of the Lenteu
season, which begins Wednesday. and
continues for forty days. during which
there will be fasting and a suspension of
dancing or such other revelry as might
detract from spiritual thoughts. Foods
that may be consumed during the days
of fasting are restricted 10 necessities.
and only such as are invalid or hard
worked may parJakc of meats during
the majority of the days of Lent
Rules and regulations governing the
Lenten season, prepared by Bishop Scan
Ian ana given Out from the Cathohc
pulpitS yesterday, are as follows:
/ All the days of Lent except Sun
days, are fast days of obligation.
= All persons under p years or over
80 years of age. those who are engaged
in hard labor, the sick and GONZALES
cent. and those who cannot fast with
out injury To their health, are exempt
from the obligation of fasting.
>. All bound to keep The fast shall
take but one fun meal day, except
ON Sundays
{. The meal permitted on fast days
should be taken about noon
.. \ collation. is permitted in the
evening
g. When the principal meal cannot
conveniently be taken about noon, the
order may be inverted, so that the col
lation may be taken about noon and the
dinner in the evening.
:. General usage has made it lawful
TO take i'm the morning cup of coffee,
tea or chocolate, with q small piece Of
bread.
thurized the use of lard instead of but
ter in the preparation of all permitted
foods.
. BY dispensation. the use of flesh
meats is permitted at all meals on
Sundays and once day at the principal
meals ON Mondays, Tuesdays Thursdays
and Saturdays, with the exception of
Ember Saturday, the last Saturday in
Lent
10 Persons exempt from the obliga-
ton of fasting may partake of flesh
meats at all meals on days when the
use of meat is permitted at the principal
meal
IL, Flesh meat and fish are not to be
usG& at the same meal during Lent, even
on SUNDAYS.
p. The use of butter. cheese, milk and
eggs is permitted every day in Lent.
-. BY virtue of an indult granted by
the Holy See, March 10, 1893, working
men and their families are allowed the
use of flesh meat once a day on all the
fast and abstinence days throughout the
year, with the exception Of all Fridays,
Ash Wednesday. the Wednesday and
Saturday of holy week, and the vigil
of Christmas. Those who are exempt
from the obligation Of fasting are per
mitted to use meat more than once a
day on all days except those before men
toned. namely: Fridays Ash Wednesday.
the Wednesday and Saturday of holy
week, and the vigil of Christmas. Those
who avail themselves Of this indult are
not permitted to use flesh. meat ana TlSn
at the same meal, and are earnestly eN-
hOrted to perform some other act of NOR
tIfiCatlOn, such as abstinence from in
tOXICating liquors.
H. The PaschaI time extends from the
first Sunday of Lent until Trinity Sun
day. inclusive. during which time all
Catholics who have attained the proper
100 hTT N n4TT hnl
munion WOrUhily.
%. To afford the faithful opportunities
of gaining the graces Of the Lenten
season. il is hereby ordered that in addi-
ton To the usual Sunday deVOtiOns, Len
ten exercises be held on two evenings Of
each week in all the churches of the
archdiocese to which are attached the
resident pastors. On one of the evenings
an instruction IS to be given, on the
other. the stations of the cross. Per
mission is hereby given for benedictiOn
of the blessed sacrament on both even
iugs. On Good Friday the devotion of
the way Of the cross shall be given twice
in all parish churches, once during the
afternoon and then again in the even
ing. The afternoon service IS for the
children. though grown people, especially
the old. and those who cannot attend in
the evening, should not be excluded
A. the service in the afternoon is for
the children, it should not begin before
$50 D. m, thus giving them time to reach
the tHuItH dLltI tllt CiOSllS u iIit
schools
The exercises on Good Friday after
noon shall consist of the stations of
the cross with the singing in English
of a verse of the SJahat Mater between
each station a short sermon on the pas
sion and death of our Lord, and the read
ing of the prayer to the five wounds. |
strongly recommend all who have pas
tOTal charges of souls that wherever il
is possible. the children be brought To
their respective parish churches on eVer-
Friday afternoon during the Leutau
season for the devotion of the way Of
the cross, and short sermon relating
10 ;hc passion of our Lord. Wherever
jhs is done permission is given to have
benedictiOn of the blessed sacrament at
The afternoon service as well as at the
evening service, with the exception, Of
course. of Good Friday.
16 The faithful are reminded that he
sides the obligations Of fasting imposed
by the church. the season of Lent should
he i'm a very special manner a time for
earnest PRAYER. of sorrow for sin, of
abstentiOn from amusemerts. which. not
sinful in themselves. ara permitted dur
ing other portions of the year. and of
generous almSgiviug to the Door.
L. tt comply with the decree of the
Third PlenaTy Council of Baltimore q
collection viii be taken up on the first
Sunday of Lent at all the masses and at
Naspcrs for the missions among the IN
dams and negroes
L. SEAMAN, Bishop of Salt Lake.