The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-03-07
REGULATIONS FOR
LENT PUBLISHED
Services AT Catholic Church Twice a
Week During Time Rules For OBJ
seryance Of Fasts Are Given.

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday and
will be celebrated in the morning at
the Catholic church by blessing and
distribution of ashes, which Will be
followed at 7:45 a. m. by the mass of
the day. In the evening there will be
services including a sermon by Wis
iting priest During Lent, which con-
tinues until April %, there will be
services held every Wednesday and
Friday at 1880 p. m. Sunday services
will be held at present at o'clock
and 1890 o'clock in the morning and
at 1880 o'clock in the evening
The following are the regulations
for the diocese of Boise, which in
cludes Twin Falls:
All the faithful, who have com
pleted their twenty-first year, are, I'M
less exempt, or legitimately dispensed,
bound to observe the fast of Lent
All days of Lent, Sundays excepted,
are fast days of obligation, on which
only one full meal is permitted
By dispensation flesh meat is al
lowed at the principal meal on all
days of Lent, except Wednesdays, Fri
days, the Ember Saturday, March IS,
and Holy Saturday, April %
The use of fish and flesh meat is
forbidden at the same meal, even on
Sundays, in Lent
Custom sanctions the taking of a
cup of coffee, tea or thin chocolate in
the morning. and in the evening a col
lation which should not exceed the
fourth part of an ordinary meal At
this collation. meat only is forbidden.
the use of butter, cheese, milk and
eggs being allowed in virtue of a
Special Indult of the Holy See.
The use of lard and drippings is
permitted in the preparation of absti-
hence food
When the principal meal cannot be
taken at midday, it may be taken in
the evening, and the collation. in the
morning
All persons under twenty-One years,
or over sixty years of age, those who
are engaged in hard labor, the sick
and convalescent, and those who can
not fast without injury to their health,
are exempt from the obligation of fast
ing. Those who have any reasonable
doubt as to their obligation to fast
or abstain should consult their Con-
lessor
Those who are not bound to fast
may use flesh meat more than once
each day on which its use is permitted
The time for fulfilling the precept
of Easter Communion extends, in this
Diocese from the first Sunday in
Lent March u, to Trinity Sunday,
June IS.
In virtue of a special indult granted
to the Bishops of the United States,
we permit workingmen and their fam
lilies the use of flesh meat once day
with the exception of all Fridays, Ash
Wednesday. the Wednesday and Sat
urday of Holy Week, and the eve of
Christmas. Those who avail them
selves of this dispensaton are not al
lowed to eat flesh and fish at the
same meal and they are exhorted to
perform some other act of mOrtifica-
ton.
Soldiers and sailors in the service
Of the United States are exempted
from the rule of abstinence all through
the year, except on Ash Wednesday.
Friday and Saturday in Holy Week
and on the vigils of the Assumption Of
b. V. NJ. and Christmas.
That there may be more abundant
opportunities to win the graces of this
Holy Season, il is hereby ordained
that. in addition to the Sunday devo-
tions Lenten exercises be held by the
Rectors on at least two evenings of
every week in all the churches, espec-
tally in the cities and towns. and that
the Benediction of the Blessed Sacra-
ment be given after an appropriate
instruction or the Stations of the
Cross.