Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-02-19
RULES FOR LENT.
Regulations for Forty Days Fast and
Abstinence as Issued by Arch
Diocese Of Baltimore.

The Father Rector of st. Mary's
Church, Rev. Francis E. Klauder, has
published the following regulations
for Lent issued by the Archdiocese of
Baltimore:
Ash Wednesday, the first day of
Lent, falls on the twenty-frst day of
February. All the faithful who have
completed their twenty-first year,
unless exempt by dispensation or some
other legitimate cause, are bound TO
observe the fast of Lent. They are
to make one meal only a day, except
on Sundays. A small refreshment,
commonly called collation., is per-
mitted in the evening.
The following persons are exempt
from obligations of fasting: Persons
under twenty-one years of age, the
sick, nursing women, those who are
obliged to do hard labor, and those
who, through weakness, cannot fast
without great prejudice to their
health. The faithful are reminded
that, besides the obligations of fasting
imposed by the church, this holy sea
son of Lent should be, in an especial
manner, time of earnest prayer, of
sorrow for sins, of seclusion from the
world and its amusements, and of gen
erous almsgiving.
By virtue Of an Indult to the Uni
ted States, the following dispersal
tions are granted.
/. The use of flesh-meat is permit
ted at all meals on Sundays and once
day on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, with the excep-
tion of the second and last Saturdays
of Lent. But fiesh-meat and fish are
not to be used at the same meal DUR
ing Lent, even on Sundays.
2. The use of butter, cheese, milk
and eggs is also permitted every day
in Lent.
8. 1t is allowed in the morning to
take some warm liquid. as tea, coffee
or thin chocolate, made with water,
and with Us liquid mouthful of
bread.
4. Those for whom the hour of
| noon may be an inconvenient time or
dinner may invert the order and take
| their collation. in the morning and
their dinner in the evening.
| 5. The use of hogs lard or drippings,
instead of butter, is authorized in pre-
pairing permitted food.
6. Persons exempt from the obliga-
| ton of fasting are free to take meat
more than once on those days when
its use is granted by dispensation.
By virtue of an Indult granted to
us by the Holy See March Is, 1895,
AMI renewed until March Is, 1916, we
permit to all working men and their
families the use of fiesh-meat once a
day on all fast days and abstinence
days throughout the year, with the
exception of Fridays, Ash Wednes-
day, the Wednesday and Saturday of
Holy Week and the Eve of Christmas.
Those who are exempt from the
obligation of fasting are free to take
meat more than once on the days
mentioned. Those who avail them
selves of this Indult are not allowed
to use fesh-meat and fish at the
same meal, and they are earnestly
| exhorted to perform some other act
of modification, such as abstinence
from intoxicating liquors.
The Paschal time extends from the
| first Sunday of Lent till Trinity Sun
day, during which time all Catholics
who have attained the proper age are
| bound to receive worthily the Holy
Communion. The holy season of Lent
is very proper time for children to
make their first confession, which
they ought to do generally at about
the age of seven years. Parents should
/ see to this.