The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-04
[ENTEN SERVICES
BEGIN TOMORROW
SERMONS ON SPECIAL ToPIcs AT.
ST. PAuB's EVERY
DAY.
ISSUES REGULATIONS
BISHOP o'CoNNELL. OF DIOCESE
OF RICHMOND, MAKES AN
NoUNCEMENT THROUGH
CHANCELLOR.

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special services, beginning tomorrow,
which is Ash Wednesday. Lent be-
gins on February eth, and not on
February 18th, as stated in The Vir-
gilman yesterday morning through an
oversight.
Union Lenten services for men win
/ be held every week day except Sat
urday from Thursday, February 9Th,
| through March 14th. the services be-
ginning at / o'clock and ending at
1880 These half-hour MONDAY SER
vices will be held at St. PauHs church,
and win be conducted by the several
! Episcopal ministers of the city, The
schedule for these services follows:
| The Schedule.
I February 9Th. Tth. 10th. 11th--"The
Temptations of Jesus" Rev. James
| w. Morris, d. D.
| February i2th-1 4th, 17th-1 sth-
Temptations in Personal and Social
Life" Rev. y. 8. Farland.
| February Isth-2ist, 2Ath-25th---
| Temptations in Business and Pro-
| fessionai Life" Rev. w. Russell Bowie
| February 26th-2st March 3d-4th
-"Inspiration Through the Bible"
Rev. s. Roger Tyler.
| March 5th-7th, oth-11th-''Insph
ration Through Prayer" Rev. f. E.
4 w aSERH.
March 18th 14th --- Inspiration
Through the Church" Rev. David s.
| Lewis
| Lenten vesper services will be held
| in the church every Thursday from
/ February 9Th through March 18th at
Is o'clock in the afternoon. Special
sermons will be preached in the morn
! ing and afternoon of the Sundays dur
| ing Lent by Rev. w. r. Bowie, d. D.,
rector. On the first four Sunday
mornings in Lent the rector will
preach on the following topics:
! February 9th-'The Spirit of Jesus
and Ambition
February 1sth---"The Spirit OF Je-
sus and Pleasure"
| February 23d--"The Spirit of Jesus
and Wealth"
March 2d--'"The Spirit of Jesus and
Power"
On the first FIVE Sunday evenings
in Lent the rector will preach series
of sermons based on the five great
themes of the Cateehism:
February 9th---"Christian Renunci-
alton
February 16th-"Christian Faith"
February 23d--"Christian Service"
March 2d-"Christian Prayer"
March 9th---"Christian Sacramento
Lenten Regulations.
Through Father Felix F. Kaup,
chancellor, Rt. Rev. Bishop ID. J..
| O'Conneli, has isued regulations for
Lent in the dioceses of Richmond.
They are:
! General Laws--Ash Wednesday, the
first day OF Lent. will be February 9Th,
| /. All the faithful who have complet-
ed their twenty-first year. are, unless
legitimateiy dispensed, bound to OBJ
serve the fast of Lent. 3. They are to
4 take but one meal day, excepting
| Sunday. The meal allowed on fast
ing days is not to be taken till noon.
8. A small refreshment. known as col
lation, is allowed in the evening. 4.
Flesh meat and fish are not to be used
at the same meal during Lent, Sum
days not excepted.
! General Prtvileges-undult of Au-
gust 5, 1887)--Flesh meat is permit
ted In Lent; ca at all meals on Sum
days: (2) once a day on week days.
excepting ta) all the Wednesdays and
| Fridays Of Lent: (b) the second and
last Saturday OF Lent. g. II is al
lowed to take in the morning some
warm liquid, as tea, coffee, or thin
chocolate. made with water, and with
| this liquid a mouthful of bread. 8.
Butter. cheese, milk and eggs are per-
mitted every day in Lent. d. Hog 8
| lard or dripping, instead of butter. Ia
authorized in preparing permitted
food. s. Those for whom the hour
of noon may be an inconvenient time
| for dinner, may invert the order, and
take their collations In the morning,
and their dinner in the evening.
/ Personal Dispensations--1. Com
pletely exempt from fasting are: Per-
sons under twenty-one years OF age,
! the sick; nursing women: persons
obliged to do hard labor. persons who.
| through weakness, cannot fast with
out great prejudice to their health.
| thi,a from thG nhlfpa A.
| ton of fasting are free to take meat
more than once a day in Lent, ex-
cepting
ta) The Wednesdays and Fridays
| in Lent; CD the second and the hast
| Saturday in Lent tIndult OF August
/ 3, 1880.
2. Workingmen and their families
are, by an Indult of the Holy See
granted to US, allowed the use of
! flesh meat on all fast days and alb
stinence days throughout the year,
excepting ta) all the Fridays of the
year; (b) Ash Wednesday, the Wed
nesday and Saturday of Holy Week.
and Christmas Eve. (Indult granted
till March Is, 1879.
This Indult. however. does not per-
/ RAFT the use al flesh meat and fish, at
the same meal.
The above dispensations are grant
| ed by us with the earnest exhorta-
/ ton to perform some other acts or
modification, such as abstinence from
Intoxicating liquors and theatrical
amusments.
Other Obligations.
s. All the faithful are reminded that
besides the obligations of fasting i'm
posed by the Church. the holy season
| OF Lent should be, in an especial man.
ner, time OF earnest prayer, of sor-
row for sin. of seclusion from the
world and its amusements, and of
| generous almsgiving.
d. The time for the Easter duties
extends from the first Sunday in Lent
till Trinity Sunday. during which
| time all Catholics who have attained q
! hitting age are bound to receive worth
4 lily the Holy Communion.
/ The Rev. Pastors are reminded that
on the first Sunday In Lent the COL
\ lection for the Indian and colored
| missions is to be taken up In all the
/ churches throughout the diocese.
BY order of the
/ Rt Rev. Bishop.
4 FELIX Y EAIfP