Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-17
FIRST PROMUL.
CATION SINCE ASSUMING
OFFICE.
SEASON BEGINS FEB. q,
SOME PRIVILEGES ACCORDED
Devotions Ordered Held in All
Churches of Diocese on Each We'd
nesday and Friday - Arehbishop to
Deliver Series Of Address es-Nsws
of the State,

Dubuque, Feb. 1.-THE season OF
Lent, the special periodic prayer and
fasting for the Catholic world, be-
gins next Wednesday. the Catholic
churches OF the city are preparing
Tor the season and christians in gen
eral are looking forward 10 forty
days OF retirement from social life and
OF more serious thought OF higher
innings OI specla. interest TO the peo-
pie OF the CITY Is the announcement
sAat -Archolsnop heane w!ll preach a
series OF Lenten sermons IN ST. ia
paaa.'s cathedral! Taese sermons
wl!i De dtAlyered on the sundays OF
Lent, Dut the SUBJECT ana the hour
al which the metropolitan viii tail.
are a. get uncertain.
The following rules ana regulations
Archbishop heane:
Regulations for Lent.
The Holy Season OF Lent begins
this year, W Wednesday,, Feb. Il.
Al. week Gays ct Lent are fast
aa.s OF obligation.
rToAl t2.s obligation many are eX-
cUssd by reason OF youth, old age. in
trinity, exnausllrg laoor and other
conditions Of lie, as viii be explained
- each Pastor. THESE should sanciify
the time OF Lent by ether worhs OF
selt-den.al ana piety.
Persons excused from fasting are
not thereby excused from abstinence
from nesh meat
BY Papal oispensation the following
privileges are accorded:
The use OF flesh meat is allowed at
all meals on sundays, and at the prin-
cipal meal On Mondays, Tuesdays.
Thursdays, Saturdays, except Satur-
day III En2ber week and Holy Satur-
day.
By q special induit of the Holy See
renewed March 10, 1905, working peo-
pie and their families are allowed flesh
meat once day on all days OF abstin-
ence thruout the year except Fridays,
Ash Wednesday, the Wednesday and
Saturday Of holy " eek, and Christmas
eve.
THOSE who are exempted from fast
ing may use fresh meat at all means
On the days on which ii is allowed at
the principal meal.
L aS dSSiAcil lIiIIe, ing Which al
are strictly obliged TO receive Holy
Communion, extends from the first
Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sunday.
Pastors will provide their parishion-
ers of the various nationalities with
confessors Of their own tongue at
some period during the Paschal time.
The decree, Guam Singulari.' of the
Sacred Congregation of the Discipline
Of the Sacraments as 20 the age Of
those to be admitted to first holy COM
munion has been duly promulgated,
and copy of said decree has been
furnished to every pastor. In holy
obedience to the command of our su-
prene pontiff Plus ", this decree is
TO be stricely enforced. All pastors
will read this decree yearly at Easter
time in the vernacular language and
explain its full significance.
In eli Of the churches Of this do
cese served by resident pastors. de-
votions will be held on the Wednesdays
and Fridays of Lent. These devotions
will consist on Wednesdays Of the ros-
airy a sermon and benediction Of the
most holy sacrament; and on Friday,
of the holy way Of the cross an ap-
propriate eXhortation and benediction.
]. J. NANE,
Archbishop of Dubuque.