The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-02-07
BISHOPS SEND OUT
 RULES FOR LENT
Read in All Catholic Churches
 Yesterday
APPEAL FOR MISSIONS
Father CoyIe at St. PauI's Makes An aOuncement Regarding Progress Of s1O,0O0 Special Fund He Is
 Seeking to Raise

| out tho country the rules for Lent were read at the various masses yes tcrday. An appeal in behalf of tn, Negro and Indian Missions" in tn, United States was also read. In eacl, diocese the Lentea circular is issue by toe bishop but the rules to be ob served during the Lenten season which are embodied in 1t are practically the same in each episcopal Jurisdiction Int Right Rev. Bishop Aliens circular was as fellows:
 l. All the faithful who have coin- pleted their twenty first year and w..o have not begun their sixtieth year, aud who are not exempted from the obi gation of fasting by sickness, hard work or otter well known reasons, gre obliged to fast on all days of Lent, cx- cspt sundays.
 ?. On those days but one full meai IS allowed, which should not be taken befc,e noor,
 5. Custom allows cup of coffee, tea or tDln chocolate, and a small piece cf bread or 8 cracker to be taken in the morning; and in the evening, I collot tion, not exceeding the fourth pl' | of 7n crd1nary meal, is allowed. .Al this collation., butter, oh eese milk, egg and all kinds of fruit, fish and vese- meal cannot without grave inconvn. liierce be taken at noon, it is pern,is jible to take the collation. in the morn ng and the dinner in the evening.
 4. Abstinence from the use of fies neat is emjoined on all the Wednes days and Fridays of Lent and on .he Saturday of Ember Week and on Holy saturday.
 5. yhe use of lard is allowed in cook ing.
 6. Fish ana flesh are not allowed a; the aa me meal, even on Sundays.
 '. Persons exempted from the obliga iion of fasting afe not bound by the restriction of using meat but once q day on the days in which the us, of meet is permitted by dispensation.
 8. Children over seven years of az, are found by the law of abstinence | HiieSS eNCuseu py SichHeSS or Ot.t causes.
 9. The paschal time, in which a' Catholics who have come to the years Of discretion, are bound to receive holy comm Inion worthily, extends from the first sunday of Lent till Trinity Sun day, inclusive. Children seven years of age arc bound by the precept ci annual confession. Pastors and pal - ents should see that the children cori- ply aith this duty.
 10. The holy season of Lent is a tirne of p.ayer, of sorrow for sin, of s-- cIuslon from the world and it's amuse- r,ents,s6nd of generous almsgiving.
 II. By a special indult granted to tEe bishops of the Unietd States for l1 years dating from March Is, 1895, work L. ing people, who cannot easily obsar tie common law of the church, are lis. | Lensed from the obliga ton of abs'' hence on al days of the year, excep, ridays. Asr Wednesday, Holy Woai and CT ristmas eve, This dispensatloi does not exempt from the additional opli Sation or fasting, where such ex Ists, n.r does 1t authorize the use O; fish a.id flesh at the same meal Il includes, however, not only the indi- | ,Iduai Worlsmen in whose favor it is granted. but all the members of thoil families as well. In return it is ex- pccted that those wno avail themselve. If this indut will endeavor to en.s, | mt irif af aI l.cnt by voluntary acts of mortifica. .ion, penance and almsgiving. A most praiseworth.. custom is that of ab staining during Lent from st timuiants in honor of the sacred thirst of oil d;vinc Sayior
 Those who entertain any reasonable !oubt about their obligation to fast Q: Abstain, ought to apply to their pas GOT or conressor for advice.
 The appeal for negro and Indian mis- sons. in the form of circular, was signed by James Cardinal Gibbons, arch bishop of Baltimore; Patrick J. Ryan, archbishop of Philadelphia, and John NJ. Farley, archbishop of New York, who constitute a commission for the supervi-
 
 cese the commissions circular was trans mitted through Bishop Allen, who or dered that a collection be taken for the missions on the first Sunday fin Lent (pcxt sunday) Those who listened to the reading of the appeal spoke of the circu- lar as an exceptionally able paper-sta tes- manlke and moving. After reviewing the field, the commission closed with this exhortation:
 Finally, brethren, we exhort you to show your missionary spirit. your love for souls, by generosity to these poor missions. Let each give according to his means; and if Catholics of wealth are listening to these words, let them pause to examine how they acquit themselves of the responsibilities God imposed when he endowed them with riches We trust God will inspire many of our wealthy Catholics, as He has already inspired some, with worthy view of their re- responsibilities and opportunities, and with an earnest desire to use their means for the spread os religious truth and the sal vation of souls; we trust that many of that large and increasing class, who, though not wealthy spend money freely, and even with sinful extravaganza, will remember the claims of charity; and we know that we can rely upon our good Catholic poor and our good Catholics of ordinary means who are the backbone of the church, to continue their aid to these
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