Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-25
REGULATIONS
FOR LENT GIVEN
BISHOP DAVIS SETS FORTH Oh
sERvANcEs FOR THE CATHOLIC
PEOPLE or DIOCESE.
THE PoNTlfF's EDIcT
Calls Attention to the Ruling Of Plus ,
With Reference 70 First Com.
munion-ssason Opens
March 1.

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The lenten regulations to be observ-
ed by the faithful gof the Cathont
church in the diocese Of Davenpor
have been Issued by James DAVIS
bishop Of Davenport. The reguiation.
are explicit and cover all tho various
observances to be followed by tne
members OF the faith. The regulation'
In full are as follows:
/ 1. Ash Wednesday falls on the mrs.
day Of March.
2. According to the Common Law
OF the Church, all the days of Lent are
fast ,days, except the Sundays.
3. All persons who have completed
their twenty first year, unless leglti.
mately dispensed. are obliged to keer
I. The one. full meal permitted on
fast days IL not to be taken Till aoou'
noon.
S. Custom allows a cup OF conee
tea or chocolate. with q small piece o.
bread, without butter, to be taken III
the morning.
| 6. In the evening collation. not ex-
|ceeding the fourth part of an ordinary
meal Is allowed ).
7. The use Of flesh meat and fish y
not allowed at the same meal during
Lent, not even on Sundays.
Persons Exempt.
The following persons are exemp'
from the obligation OF fasting
Persons under twenty-one years OF
age; persons having reached the age
OF sixty years. those who are engaged
| in hard work; the sick and conVales-
cent: those, who through weakness
cannot fast without serious injury to
health: mendicants who cannot coun,
| on a regular meal. All thus excused
from fasting are not restricted 10 tns
Use of flesh meats at only one meal on
the days on which it 10 allowed Those
who entertain any reasonable doubt
about their obligations to fast or ap-
stain ought to apply to their pastors
for advice or dispensation
The following dispensations, sare
granted:
/. The use of flesh meat Is permit
ted during Lent at all meals on Sum
days. and once day at the principal
meal on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS and Saturdays. with the excep--
ton OF the. Saturdays in Ember Week
and HOLY Week.
2. The use of butter. cheese, milk
and eggs Is permitted every day IN
Lent; the use Of lard and drippings
Is also allowed>1n the preparation OF
permitted food.
3. Those for whom the hour OF
the full meal or dinner. may invert
the order and take. their collation. IN
the morning and their dinner or fult
meal in the evening.
The time in which the faithful must
comply with their Easter duty ex-
tends in this diocese from the nrst
Sunday in Lent to Holy Trinity Sun.
day, both days included.
Laborsrs Favored.
In virtue Of special faculties given
In a letter Of the Sacred Congregation
of the Propaganda to the Ordinarles
of the United States on the 18th OF
mission to eat meat at one meal on
DAYS Of abstinence II granted to all
laborers.
From this permission, however. are
excluded all Fridays in the year. Ash
Wednesday. Friday and Saturday OF
Holy Week. and the vigil Iof Christ
mas. 1t should also be remarked
that on those days on which the use
Of meat IL thus allowed. flsh and flesh
cannot be eaten at the same meal.
This permission to eat meat on GER
tain days OF abstinence extends not
only to the laborers themselves, but
also to their families 90 that every
member OF their families participates
in the privilege Of the adult.
Those who make use Of this dispen-
sation are most earnestly exhorted TO
perform some special works OF pen
ance, such an abstaininE from the use
OF Intoxicating drink or some other
act Of modification.
Prayers 70 be Said.
Let all pray earnestly, not alone
during Lent, but at all times and sea
sons for the suppression Of intemper-
ance.
The class Of crime that degrades
our people, the quarrels and acts OF
violence, which occupy. the attention
OF our civil tribunals, are all trace
able to drunkenness.
For the correction OF this evil let
us endeavor by united action to pro
mote the temperance societies already
esta blished in many parishes and 10
create new temperance associations
wherever such do not exist In the do
cese and thus use all means IN our
power to wipe out this great reproach.
During the Holy Season OF Lent, ex-
ira devotional services will be held at
least twice every week-on Wednes-
DAYS and Fridays in all parish churches
and also in submissions on other days
selected by the pastors. The usual
devotion on Wednesdays consists I'M
the recitation Of part Of the Rosary,
a short, but practical instruction. and
Of the Most Blessed Sac
ranent; on Fridays the beautiful de-
votion Of the Stations, or way OF the
Cross will be appropriate.
The Communion Decree.
The attention Of pastors Is most
directed to the decree ct the
Holy rather, Plus X, on the daily
OF the Holy Eucharist. The
supreme Pontin in this decree en-
declares the spirit Of the
Church with regard to the reception
of daily Holy Communion.
His Holiness proclaims unbounded
liberty and manifests an intense de-
sAre to see not only the religious but
an the faithful, approach most fire.
daily to Holy Com
munior1, Is see the children OF the
Church gathered around the altar
railing every day.
The recent decree OF the Sacred
OF the Discipline Of the
as to the age Of those to
be admitted to First Holy Communion
has been duly promulgated in this
Diocese, and copy Of said decree has
been furnished to every Pastor
In holy obedience to the command
OF our Supreme Pontiff, Plus x, all
Pastors. and Chaplains to religious
houses colleges, and academies, Will