The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-06
LENTEN SEASON NEAR
BEGINS NEXT WEDNESDAY

The lenten season begins next We'd
nesday February 49, Rules for its
observance have been announced by
Archbishop S. G. Messmer of Milwau-
kee for the guidance of Catholics:
Canon 1850. THE law of abstin-
ence forbids to eat meat or the juice
of meat but not eggs, milk and it's
products, and any seasonings from the
fat of animals" By this last is meant
what are usually CALLED the drip
pings" from animal fat and lard used
to season the meals, especially vege-
tables. Drippings are the liquid drops
from heated fat or lard. In strict law
the solid fat Or lard by itself is not
allowed, for instance, as a dressing
for bread.
Canon 1851. 1.-The law of fasting
demands that only one full meal day
be taken; but it does no forbid to take
some food morning and evening, pro-
vided the amount and quality of the
feed be observed according to the ap-
proved custom of the place" In the
United States custom and indult al
low coffee, tea, chocolate with a piece
of bread in the morning, and eggs, but
ter, milk, ETC., in the evening.
g. at is not forbidden to mingle
meat and fish at the same meal, or to
exchange the dinner with the evening
collation." In virtue of the first part
the former prohibition of eating flesh
meat and fish, oysters, crabs, turtles
at the same meal on fast days is now
entirely abolished By the second
paragraph one is free, even without
special reason, to take the collation.
or light luncheon at noon and the dim
ner or principal meal in the evening.
Canon 1852. /. 1.-The law of alb
stinence alone must be observed on all
Fridays" By this canon the old law is
abolished which made all Saturdays
also days of abstinence
2. 1.-The law of both, abstinence and
fast, must be observed on Ash We'd
nesday, the Fridays and Saturdays of
of Pentecost, Assumption of the
Mother of God, All Saints and Christ
mas" This is now the general law.
But by papal indult for the United
States we transfer the Lenten abstin-
ence from the Saturdays to the We'd
the Wednesdays are meatless days
while on Saturdays meat is allowed,
except the Ember Saturday (Feb. 23)
and the forenoon of Holy Saturday.
In virtue of the new law the Fri
days in advent are no longer days of
fast, but simply of abstinence.
3. THE law of fast alone holds for
all other days Of Lent"
A. "On Sundays and Feastdays of
obligation the law Of abstinence, or of
abstinence and fast, or OF fast alone
cease, except on feast Gays during
Lent; nor are vigils to be anticipated.
1t also ceases on Holy Saturday after
noon" In virtue Of this canon, when
ever outside of Lent a feast of obliga-
ton falls on a Friday or any fast day,
meat and full meals are allowed on
that day In virtue of an apostolic in
dult we hereby grant the same privil-
eye to those parishes where the feast
VI me pau oll SAINT illIuldl VI Tie pal
ish church) is observed with solemn
ity and large concOurse Of people.
In this case, however, the sOlemnity
cannot be transferred to the Sunday
following.
Canon 1854. l. "By the laws of
abstinence are bound all those who
have completed their seventh year of
age"
g. by the law of fast all are
bound who have completed their
tWenty-frst year of age, until the be-
ginning of their sixtieth year of age"
Canon 1916. "Feastdays as we'll as
the days of abstintnce and fast must
be reckoned from midnight to mid
night"
When it is either physically or NOR
ally impossible to observe the law, or
when it would entail serious Difficult
ties, persons are excused from it. The
church ordinarily exempts from fast
ing the sick and those in feeble
health; women nursing children;
those engaged in laborious and ex-
hausting occupations. Persons in
doubt whether they are excused either
from fast or abstinence or both, should
consult their confessor or pastor for
advice or dispensation.
Persons excused from fast days may
use feshmeat more than once on the
days when it is allowed at all, wheth-
er in Lent or outside of that season.
By a general papal indult we permit
workingmen and their families the
use of feshmeat the principal COM
mon meal on all fast and abstinence
days throughout the year, with the
exception of all Fridays, Ash Wednes-
day, Wednesday and Saturday (fore-
noon) Of Holy Week and the Vigil of
Christmas.