The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-09
ASH WEDNESDAY, MARKS THE
OPENING OF FASTING SEASON
FOR CATHOLICS.
FORTY DAYS BEFORE EASTER
Episcopalians Will Refrain From For
NAL Parties for Forty Days-Easter
on April 16-First Sunday After
Full Moon After Spring Equinox.

Kansas City Mo-, Feb. S.-Lent be-
gins on March / this year. Many OF
the priests in charge of Roman Cath
Ollie dioceses in the city are asking
their parishioners to observe the rules
oe the church for Lent
How Ash Wednesday and the Lent
season are reckoned seems to be a
mystery to many people, the Rev,
James d. Fowler, pastor of the Holy
Name Church, Benton Boulevard and
Twenty-second Street, said last night.
Lent always is reckoned from Easter
Sunday but to many people this is
equally mysterious.
Easter Sunday always is the first
Sunday after the first full moon after
the spring equinox, March 81. If the
fill moon is on Sunday, Easter is the
Sunday following Easter comes April
1G this year.
Lent always is forty days before
Easter. There usually are six Sun
days intervening, but they are not
counted in the forty days. This makes
Lent always begin on Ash Wednesday.
II always is preceded by Shrove Tues
day. which is the last day before
Lent"
The Rev. Michael p Bowling, pas
tor of the St. Aloysius church, Pros
pect Avenue and Eleventh street, told
what the Catholic church required of
her members as the proper obser-
vance of Lent.
Lent is the Christian season of OBJ
serving the forty days fast of our
Savior in the wilderness, and conse-
quently, the church expects its men,
bers at least in a small way to follow
the example of the Christ he said.
"All dances and other forms of amuse-
ment are forsworn. On Wednesdays
and Fridays the members eat no flesh
of animals and on all other days in
Lent flesh is eaten only once day.
Eggs and fish can be eaten at any
time and to any extent. Some aged
or infirm persons are exempt
THE Episcopal churches observe
Lent but do not dictate any certain
method" the Rev. DR.. julius A. Schaad
pastor of Grace church, Ais West
Thirteenth street, said. I'VE leave
that rather to the mood and temper
ament of the person. The rules say:
The church orders such a measure
of abstinence as is more especially
adapted to the extraordinary acts and
exercises of devotion That means
that there are to be no formal par
ties, but the church places no ban on
the more innocent amusements. It is
left. in fact, to the dictates OF the per
sons conscience"
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